Chapter 208: The Sycophant's Learning

Thanks to whom?

It's definitely not thanks to Bai Ye, even if he has the factors there.

But the real hero was a local farmer, who hid in a ruined temple to avoid the rain when he went up the mountain to collect firewood. Like many villagers, he was accustomed to the remnants of the walls of the ruined temple and did not feel anything unusual.

But he was bored to avoid the rain, so he swept away the cobwebs and dust in the temple. Then when I was playing with my phone, I accidentally took a picture of the mural.

He didn't really care about it, and went home when the rain stopped.

After a long time, he has long forgotten about it. But he has a son who often plays with his mobile phone, so naturally he has seen photos of his mobile phone.

In addition, his son usually pays more attention to gossip news on the Internet. It just so happened that the news of the mural spread on the Internet. When his son saw it, he thought of the photo on his phone and immediately uploaded it online.

This thing exploded, and it was logical that it attracted everyone's attention.

While speaking, Professor Qi also said with a smile: "Speaking of which, it was also our negligence, and we didn't pay attention to this Laojun Temple......"

Everyone understands this, who called this Beibi Mountain. As long as you climb the mountain, the inch of land that you step on may be buried with cultural relics. There are too many things to take care of.

"After paying attention to it now, I found that this temple is a treasure. Professor Qi said excitedly: "As soon as I dug yesterday, I dug up good things. ”

"What?"

In an instant, everyone thought about it, gold, silver, jewelry, or rare cultural relics.

"Come and see ......"

Professor Qi did not shy away from suspicion, and directly led everyone to the corner of the ruined temple. In that place, a large stone monument rested.

This should be that the stele that has been buried in the ground for many years is mixed with serious soil on the surface of the stele body. However, after the stele surface has been cleaned, it is relatively neat, and the dense inscription clearly meets everyone's eyes.

"Ah, that's ......"

At first glance, Yu Hao and Fan Ji'an are overjoyed, and with their experience, they can judge at a glance that this is a stele.

In ancient times, it was customary to carve a major event and something worth remembering on stone to preserve for posterity.

This is the inscription, also called the inscription.

The inscriptions are divided into three categories, namely epitaphs, Feng Zen inscriptions, and Jing Shengming.

The first two don't need to be elaborated, now only talk about Jing Shengming. The inscription dug up by Professor Qi is this kind of Jing Shengming, which details the ins and outs of the landscape.

Yu Hao and the others carefully studied the inscription, and their expressions fluctuated.

Professor Qi was beside him, and said with emotion: "Although I studied the literature and knew that this Laojun Temple should be the remains of the Shangqing Palace in the Tang Dynasty, but after reading the inscription, I found that in the Song Dynasty, the government also repaired the Shangqing Palace, although it did not completely restore the grand occasion of the Tang Dynasty, but also restored many palaces and palaces......

The others didn't bother to listen to his explanation, and one person fell into an agitated mood.

Because from the inscription of the stone tablet, they found many little-known secrets, some important news that was not recorded in the literature at that time.

"Wu, Wu Daozi, this mural is really his creation!"

"And Wu Zongyuan...... He has been to Laojun Temple, seen Wu Daozi's paintings, and even left his works...... Ah, ruined, ruined......"

Several artists wept and laughed, and fell into a state of madness.

An assistant whispered in Professor Qi's ear and asked, "Is this ...... Crazy?"

"Don't talk nonsense, that's the real character. Professor Qi's words showed a look of appreciation. He is an expert in archaeology and has a deep understanding of cultural relics.

Cultural relics and art are often linked, and the value of murals is naturally clear. So as soon as I heard that Yu Hao and Fan Ji'an were here, I didn't hesitate to let them go, and took them to see the inscriptions, so that they could understand the ruins of Laojun Temple and the changes in the murals.

After reading the inscription, everyone was very emotional.

It turned out that the Shangqing Palace they had always thought should actually be called the Xuanyuan Emperor Temple, but when it came to the time of Tang Xuanzong, it was renamed the Taishang Xuanyuan Emperor Palace, also known as the Taiwei Palace.

Tang Xuanzong attached great importance to Taiwei Palace, and ordered Wu Daozi to paint the portraits of Taizu Li Yuan, Taizong Li Shimin, Gaozong Li Zhi, Zhongzong Li Xian, and Ruizong Li Dan on the palace wall.

A great painter like Wu Daozi can also give full play to his subjective initiative when facing propositional composition.

He followed the instructions of Tang Xuanzong, but added his own ideas to create, imitating the idea of the saints worshipping the Yuan Shi Tianzun in the Taoist Liesheng Dynasty Yuan Tu, and painted the Five Sages and Thousand Officials.

This work is the Five Holy Dynasty Yuan Diagram recorded in the annals of history.

With the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, instead of the legendary five emperors, Tang Xuanzong saw that it was naturally a dragon face and a great joy, and rewarded Wu Daozi heavily, and paid special attention to Taiwei Palace.

Wu Daozi's behavior can be described as a pioneering act, and he created a precedent.

So much so that later generations followed suit.

For example, when the Song Dynasty was established, affected by the war, the Taiwei Palace, which had been defeated, could no longer afford this prominent name, and was changed to the Shangqing Palace.

However, during the reign of Song Zhenzong, under the influence of the Tanyuan Alliance, he embarked on the path of self-deception and wantonly created all kinds of auspicious fortunes to paralyze himself and the people.

He was fortunate to visit Luoyang and rebuilt the Shangqing Palace. It was under this circumstance that Wu Zongyuan came to the former site of the Shangqing Palace and saw the murals left by Wu Daozi.

After that, Wu Zongyuan was in the Shangqing Palace, according to the painting of the thirty-six Heavenly Emperors, during which the appearance of Chi Mingyang and the Heavenly Emperor was exactly the same as that of Song Taizong.

This is Wu Daozi's old wisdom, and Wu Zongyuan has learned from it.

Even in the Ming Dynasty, there were still people who learned this trick, and when the Wudang Mountain Palace Temple was built, the appearance of Emperor Zhenwu was shaped according to the appearance of Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be seen that the knowledge of sycophants is really enduring.

It's old-fashioned, but it works. The inscription clearly records that the true sect worships Fenyin, and also passes through Luodu, fortunately in the Qing Dynasty, looks at the painted wall, suddenly sees the holy face, and exclaims: This is the true first emperor!

At this point, the inscription is over, telling everyone that the Shangqing Palace in the Song Dynasty, although it is not as brilliant as the Tang Dynasty, but it has also had a second spring.

Why did it become so miserable and depressed after that? It can only be said that feng shui takes turns, thirty years in the east of the river, thirty years in the west of the river, and the vicissitudes of life.

After reading the inscription, everyone's minds were also a little trance.

"I didn't expect it, this is the true origin of the Five Holy Dynasty Yuan Tu. ”

"So Wu Zongyuan's Chaoyuan Immortal Scepter is really a copy of Wu Daozi's work. ”

"Then the murals in the temple are the real works of Wu Daozi?"

Thinking of this, some people's hearts suddenly became hot.

However, someone poured cold water: "Don't be delusional, it's been more than a thousand years, what mural can survive for so long?"

It seems like...... That's right.

Everyone calmed down and frowned, disappointment was inevitable.