If you only talk about the five elements, it will be simpler, and it will be over as soon as you say what gold, wood, water, fire, and earth represent. But once it comes to gossip, it's hard to explain. If you want to say simple, it is also simple, with the five elements to explain the characteristics of the gossip, it is just "separation for fire, kan for water, dry for yang gold, exchange for loss of gold, earthquake for yang wood, Xun for yin wood, Gen for high earth, Kun for the earth" is just that.

But to explain this gossip in detail, it will be difficult. Let's talk about the Xun hexagram, there are more than 20 main hexagrams represented by this hexagram alone, and there are almost 30 secondary hexagrams.

This is only the original meaning of the Xun hexagram, if you substitute it, then the content of the Xun hexagram is even more. From people, animals, human bodies, objects to occasions, shapes, seasons, weather, time, and then to directions, numbers, colors, tastes, in addition to the color and taste numbers and other relatively small ranges, others such as the characters and animals represented by the Xun hexagram or something, each of which easily has a dozen or so kinds.

This is just one of the eight trigrams, and the content represented by the eight hexagrams basically covers everything that can be touched in daily life.

When Zheng Zheng was learning antique knowledge with the old man and learning the section of the Five Elements Bagua, he memorized a booklet called "The Elephant of All Things" according to the old man's requirements, which talked about what the gossip represented. According to the old man's words, these are just a primer in the gossip, and after the gossip matches the sixty-four hexagrams, each hexagram can be listed separately and recounted at length, and the length is not much longer than this "Images of All Things". Letting Zheng Zheng memorize these elementary things is just the basis for Zheng Zheng to know a gossip, so as not to be blind when he encounters antiques related to these things in the future.

It took Zheng Zheng nearly five days to completely memorize and understand this image of all things. But there is still an old man on the side of the guidance, if there is no old man on the side of the guidance, Zheng Zheng doesn't know how much time it will take.

Now I want to talk to Anna about these things, Zheng Zheng has spoken in depth, Anna can't understand after all, and Zheng Zheng doesn't have that time. But if it's too shallow, that's not good, and if it's shallow, it's easier for people to not understand.

Therefore, Zheng Zheng could only explain as much as possible and roughly told Anna the meaning of the gossip. Even if he explained it as in-depth and simple as possible, it was as concise as possible, but it took nearly forty minutes to explain this. This is something that can't be helped, Anna likes to ask a question from time to time when she listens to this, and Zheng Zheng has to answer this question for him in a way that he can understand.

Although this time is a little longer, Anna is very interested in these oriental thinking that he has only heard of, and Zheng Zheng's explanation is not boring, and the two of them have a very pleasant time in the past forty minutes.

"So ......"

After talking about the gossip, Zheng Zheng took a sip of tea and pulled the conversation back to the ring: "The reason why my ring is made of wood is to take the image of the Xun hexagram 'no matter how small the gap is' and the earthquake hexagram 'like thunder and lightning to split the dark predicament and forge ahead bravely'." This can be said to be an expectation for myself, and it can be regarded as an incentive for myself. ”

Anna applauded lightly and praised, "Mr. Zheng, you are really ...... It's amazing. I have always been very interested in the culture of the East, especially China, but I don't know much about it. Although I can look up information, it is either too shallow or too profound, and I can only understand a little, but I can't understand more. I've heard you say so much today, and if you think about some of the materials I've read before, those materials that originally seemed very esoteric can now be understood. ”

"There's nothing particularly magical about this," Zheng Zheng smiled: "The key is that Mr. Anna is strong enough in your learning ability, if this is not the case, no matter how detailed I explain, Mr. Anna may not be able to understand it as clearly as he does now." ”

"It's really hard work, Mr. Zheng...... If Roland hadn't told me that Mr. Zheng was an archaeologist, I would have thought that Mr. Zheng was a mysterious oriental soothsayer. ”

Hearing Anna mention Roland, Zheng Zheng's heart moved, but his face didn't show anything, and he smiled: "There are many Chinese artworks that are related to the Five Elements Bagua, so when studying ancient Chinese artworks, it is also necessary to learn these things." In this way, when encountering some targeted ancient artworks, we can understand what the ancients were thinking and what kind of psychology they made out of what kind of psychology, which is very meaningful for the study of artworks. ”

"You're such a profound scholar, but it's amazing that you're so young......"

Anna praised Zheng Zheng a few more words, changed the conversation, and asked: "Mr. Zheng has such a thorough understanding of Chinese culture and artworks, but what about European art?

Zheng Zheng knew that this was to the point. He smiled and shook his head gently, "Because I am a Chinese, it is not difficult to have more contact and understanding of Chinese culture, and to know more about Chinese culture and artworks." As for European art...... Although I have studied and studied systematically, frankly speaking, my understanding of these things is not as good as my understanding of Chinese culture and Chinese art. ”

Anna smiled, "Mr. Zheng is so humble...... I believe that Mr. Cheng's knowledge of European culture and art is definitely not shallow. Otherwise, how could Mr. Zheng come to Europe, and how could Roland recommend Mr. Zheng to me? ”

Hearing Anna say this, Zheng Zheng secretly said in his heart: "If you know why Roland recommended me to you, then I guess you have to jump to your feet and curse......

Although he pondered this in his heart, Zheng Zheng didn't show any emotion on his face, just smiled and nodded.

"Judging from your knowledge, Mr. Zheng, I believe that Mr. Zheng is a profound archaeologist, and your performance makes me very ...... Surprise. However......" Anna hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "I have some impolite requests, and I hope Mr. Zheng won't mind too much." ”

Zheng Zheng smiled and nodded, "Please speak." ”

Anna seemed quite cautious, and he obviously didn't want Zheng Zheng to have any resistance in his heart: "Personally, I really hope to have more cooperation with Mr. Zheng, and I can also learn more Chinese culture from Mr. Zheng." But...... As you can see, this is Europe, and most of the art I came into contact with was European art. So, although I would love to hire Mr. Zheng as my art consultant, I would also like to know how much Mr. Zheng knows about European art. ”

Annaqu said such a round, and the core is actually just one sentence: "I want to test you." ”

Zheng Zheng was clear about this, and he was mentally prepared before coming, otherwise he wouldn't be able to bring the bronze balance, wouldn't he? Zheng Zheng was not surprised at all by Anna's idea.

Although until now, the two have not explained what the purpose of today's meeting is. But Zheng Zheng knew that in Anna's mind, Roland introduced Zheng Zheng to himself, because Zheng Zheng was a good archaeologist and could be used for his own use, and Zheng Zheng came to apply, and Zheng Zheng didn't want to debunk this point now, so he simply let Anna think so. When you can calm down Anna, then let's talk about anything.

Seeing that Zheng Zheng did not object, Anna was a little relieved. He nodded to Zheng Zheng, motioned for Zheng Zheng to wait, turned and walked out of the cigar room.

Zheng Zheng was not in a hurry, so he waited in the cigar room with peace of mind.

After about ten minutes, Zheng Zheng drank almost a cup of tea, and Anna came in with a few people.

The few men who followed Anna were empty. Two people were carrying a half-human-high angel statue, but this angel statue was different from the angel statue on one side, and the wings behind this angel were shortened. And this angel is not that kind of little angel, but an adult figure.

The image of an adult is paired with angel wings like a little angel, and the sense of disobedience is almost breaking through the sky.

Although he does not have a thorough understanding of Western religions, Zheng Zheng also touched on religious art when he studied the history of European literature and art. He can be sure that this kind of angel statue is definitely not an orthodox religious art statue, as for what age it is, and whether it is genuine, then you have to get your hands on it to know.

Behind the two men, a man was holding a black statue of a ruler of height and a certain height. From a distance, it turned out to be a statue of a black cat.

Cats were very unpopular in the ancient West, especially black cats, which were always regarded as ominous signs. This is similar to China's hatred of crows, and it always feels that black cats are unlucky.

If this statue is also an ancient European work of art, then it is really interesting. If you say a statue of a lion or something, that makes sense, but in that environment in ancient Europe, who worshipped it?

Behind the black cat, there was a man holding a box. The box is nothing to look at, nothing unusual. As for what is inside, it is even more unknown. However, judging from the size and width of this box, there is still a spectrum for putting an ancient short sword or something in this box.

Behind these people, several more people carried a table. Among the people who came in were holding other bits and pieces, such as magnifying glasses with high halogen lamps...... In a word, all the tools that can be used to identify antiques are basically ready.