Chapter 36: Ancient Paintings
In an antique treasure pavilion, an old man with snow-white hair was playing with a jade wrench in his hand. The inside of this jade wrench finger is engraved with the words 'Flying General Li Guang', the old man nodded, and said to himself: "Yes, yes, the jade wrench finger given to Li Guang by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is really extraordinary. ”
The treasure pavilion is full of antique treasures - the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty, the [Classic of Mountains and Seas] of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the tripod of the Warring States, the terracotta warriors and horses of the Qin Dynasty, the jade of the Western Han Dynasty, the calligraphy of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the calligraphy and painting of the Tang and Song dynasties, and the porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, all of which can be said to be the best of the cultural relics.
The old man looked at the treasures as if he were his beloved child, and his eyes were full of pride.
The old man came to a Three Kingdoms period of Zhong Xuan's [declaration table] calligraphy to the front, stopped to appreciate it carefully, the old man nodded again and again: "Zhong Xuan's calligraphy is rigid and soft, between the dot paintings, there are many strange tastes, it can be described as deep and boundless, more than ancient, since the Taihan Dynasty, except for the book saint Wang Xizhi and his son Wang Xianzhi, there is only one person." ”
Obviously, the old man admired Zhong Xuan's calligraphy very much.
After a while, the old man came to the enlightenment teacher of the sage Wang Xizhi in the Wei and Jin dynasties, Mrs. Wei's [Famous Ji Post], and carefully stopped to look: "Mrs. Wei's calligraphy is like a flower arrangement girl, low and wonderful; It's a pity that all along, I have not been able to collect the true handwriting of the book saint Wang Xizhi, Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is known as "the world's first line of books", the peak of calligraphy art it has reached is fascinating, but it is a pity that the existing [Orchid Pavilion Preface] are all copys, if there can be a book saint of the true handiwork that would be great!"
After a short time, the old man came to the famous landscape painting of the Northern Song Dynasty painter Fan Kuan, and he used a magnifying glass to carefully appreciate it - [Traveling in the Mountains and Streams] is 206.3 cm in length and 103.3 cm in width. In the painting, the giant peaks are towering, the waterfalls in the mountain streams are cascading down, the thick mountains are covered with dense trees, and the rock lines are recognizable, showing a kind of majestic momentum. At the foot of the mountain, the fog is misty, and the big rocks stand nearby, the old trees are tall, and the stream is murmuring. On the mountain road, there are travelers driving the caravan to pass, although the people and animals are painted as small as ants, but they are real and vivid, so that people seem to be able to hear the sound of the donkey's hooves. Known as "the first masterpiece of Song Dynasty painting", "Traveling in Streams and Mountains" is the pinnacle of ancient Chinese landscape painting, and has influenced many painters in ancient and modern times since its birth. The impact of "Traveling in Streams and Mountains" is not limited to China. Ban Zonghua, a well-known scholar of Chinese art history and professor of art history at Yale University, was attracted by "Traveling in Streams and Mountains" and decided to study the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy.
The old man nodded proudly, looked into the distance, and his thoughts drifted into the distance: "It's a pity that the [You Chun Picture] has never been related to me. At that time, in Beijing Liulichang, I had a close look at the earliest existing landscape painting scroll in China painted by Zhan Ziqian of the Sui Dynasty, but at that time, Ma Jichuan asked for 800 taels of gold, I couldn't take out so much money at that time, I could only watch this painting fall into the hands of others, hey, now I think about it, this is really a big regret in my life!"
At this moment, a charming young woman knocked on the door of the treasure pavilion: "Dad, there are two calligraphers and painters looking for you, and they say they want you to see a painting. ”
The old man was stunned for a moment, and thought, "Who is so big that you are looking for him to look at paintings?"
After the old man retired for so many years, he rarely looked at paintings for others, and unless an old friend from Beijing asked him for help, he would deign to look at them. It's not that he deliberately put up a show, the main thing is that ordinary calligraphy and painting can't get into his eyes at all, it's like a person is used to seeing rare treasures, and ordinary things can't arouse his aesthetic interest at all, so the old man simply hides in his treasure pavilion to entertain himself!
"Who are those two people??" asked the old man.
- "I don't know the middle-aged man, but I saw the kid on the bus, and the painting they brought seems to have a good background, and the kid said that it was the [Spring Tour] painted by Zhanziqian of the Sui Dynasty. ”
- "Kid, You Chuntu, it's 100% fake, you tell them, I'm not available." ”
- "But Dad, I know that child, he helped me on the bus, so you can take the time to show him! ”
- "I see! With that, the old man walked out of the Treasure Pavilion.
Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.