Zhang Jingqiang got up and sat on the sofa next to Meng Zitao, and said with a smile: "Master Meng......"

Meng Zitao immediately interrupted Zhang Jingqiang's words: "Yes, if you have something to say, don't use sugar-coated cannonballs, otherwise I will eat the candy and the cannonballs will be sent back to you." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhang Jingqiang said with a smile: "Actually, it's not a big deal, how about asking you for a word?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Words are trivial, but you have to make it clear, who is the person who asks for words, right?"

Zhang Jingqiang said: "It is an elder I know, named Zhu Wenqing, who is a master of Chinese studies. ”

Meng Zitao shook his head and said that he had never heard of this, and he who could be called a master of Chinese studies was definitely not an unknown person, but he really hadn't heard of it, which made him feel a little strange.

But then again, Zhang Jingqiang is not the kind of person who is like the clouds, and he must be recognized by him to be called a master of Chinese studies.

Zhang Jingqiang introduced: "Zhu teacher is famous, he is from Wang Shouren's disciple Wang Gen lineage, according to a senior of Chinese culture, he has been Wang Gen's true biography, although he is indeed not famous in the national study circle, but as long as he has been in contact with people, there is no one who does not admire his knowledge, and he is also recognized as a master of Chinese culture, but the elders do not admit this, he feels that he is still in the stage of exploration, and he is completely unworthy of the title of master of Chinese culture. ”

Meng Zitao knew that Wang Gen, as one of the outstanding disciples of Wang Shouren, his academic achievements were beyond doubt, and if Zhu Wenqing could indeed get the true biography of Wang Gen, he would definitely be worthy of the title of master of Chinese studies.

Immediately afterwards, Meng Zitao became curious again: "Why did he think of looking for me?"

Zhang Jingqiang shook his head: "I don't know about this, he didn't say the reason, and I wasn't embarrassed to ask." ”

Meng Zitao didn't dwell too much on this issue, and asked, "Then what content does he want? Does he decide it himself, or do I write it casually?"

Zhang Jingqiang said with some embarrassment: "He wants you to write a Tao Te Ching in golden script." ”

"Tao Te Ching? or Jin Wen?" Meng Zitao was a little speechless when he was surprised, it was a Tao Te Ching of more than 5,000 words, and it had to be written in Jin Wen, if he only asked to be able to play an ordinary level, it would not be very difficult for him, but since the other party was a master of Chinese studies, it was impossible for him to only have an ordinary level, right?

Zhang Jingqiang said with some embarrassment: "I also know that this matter is a little difficult, but the elders said that he is not in a hurry to ask for it, and he is not asking for it in vain, and it is okay to give money or barter things at that time." Of course, you can do it if you don't want to. ”

"Well......" Meng Zitao thought about it, and felt that Zhu Wenqing's request was a bit strange, and it was also a challenge to himself, but he finally agreed: "Okay, you should challenge yourself, but it will definitely not be completed for a while, you let the elders wait for a while." ”

Zhang Jingqiang smiled: "No problem. ”

Meng Zitao said: "Then did he say which version to choose?"

Roughly speaking, the Tao Te Ching is 5,000 words, but the specific different versions are very different, some versions have a lot of virtual words such as "Zhihu also", such as Ma Wang Dui Silk Book, Wang Bi Ben, etc., the total number of words can reach about 5,4500 words, but there are also some versions of the virtual words less, close to the number of 5,000 words, such as the books of the Heshang Gong, the closest is a manuscript in Dunhuang, with a total of 4999 words.

Zhang Jingqiang: "He said that he wanted this version of the tomb of Guodian Chu." ”

Meng Zitao was surprised: "A simplified copy of the tomb of Guodian Chu?"

I have to say that this is another strange request, Guodian Chu Tomb is an ancient tomb of the Warring States period discovered in 1993, and a total of 804 bamboo slips were excavated, which are bamboo ink. Among them, there are 730 pieces of character slips, a total of more than 13,000 Chu characters, Chu Jane contains a variety of ancient books, three of which are the works of the Taoist school, and the rest are mostly the works of the Confucian school, and most of the documents recorded are discovered for the first time.

Among them, the content and length of the Tao Te Ching are very different from today's popular versions. The most confusing thing is that it only has a total number of more than 1,700 words, and the order of arrangement is very different from that of this book.

Now, due to the lack of more archaeological discoveries as evidence, it is difficult to say whether the simplified version of the Guodian Chu tomb is closer to the original appearance, or whether this book was only a "non-mainstream" at that time. But this book is indeed the earliest version found so far.。

"Don't you think it's weird? Actually, I'm confused as to why he has such a request, so if you find it difficult, don't write it. Zhang Jingqiang shrugged his shoulders.

Meng Zitao smiled: "That's not it, it's easier for him to choose the simplified version of the Guodian Chu Tomb, at least two-thirds less than the number of words." ”

"You decided to write it?"

"Well, you just tell him that I'll contact him when I'm done. ”

"Good. ”

Meng Zitao took a sip of tea, and then asked, "You didn't call me over just because of this matter, did you?"

"Definitely not, if that's all it is, just make a phone call. ”

Zhang Jingqiang said: "The main thing is that I just got a message in the morning, my friend's friend caused a lot of losses because of an order error, so he is ready to come up with something to save the emergency, including a black jade carved birthday statue." ”

Meng Zitao said that since this was the case, he should hurry up, but Zhang Jingqiang told him that his friend had just returned from Sioux City and would arrive in a while.

After waiting for half an hour, Zhang Jingqiang's friend arrived, and seeing his appearance, Meng Zitao wanted to laugh in his heart, because he looked very much like Nobita, the protagonist in the robot cat, and coincidentally, his surname was a male character in Cangdan, and his friends simply called him Nobita.

Of course, out of politeness, a Meng Zitao still called him Cangzong.

The servants were polite, and then set off, because Zhang Jingqiang had something to do in a while, he also drove a car himself, and the three cars set off towards the destination.

Cangxiong's friend lives in a self-built villa next to his factory, of course, this land is actually industrial land, if you really want to say it, there must be some problems, but the people don't hold officials accountable.

Everyone parked the car, and Cangxiong's friend greeted him.

Cangxiong's friend's surname is Li, and the whole person looks a little haggard, which should be because of anxiety.

After introducing each other, everyone exchanged a few words, and Mr. Li welcomed everyone into the living room of the villa and asked the maid to pour tea for everyone.

Then, Mr. Li sighed: "Speaking of which, I also suffered from the disaster of no reason, I am in the export food business, you also know, Europe and the United States are very strict on food import cards, and what we do in our factory is also in line with the standards, but I didn't expect that some time ago there was a very bizarre news, saying that a dead person was found in the production workshop of our factory, and this person has been missing for a long time." ”

Hearing this, everyone understands that it goes without saying that this means that there are loopholes in the management of the factory, and the quality of the products produced is questionable.

And according to Mr. Li, within a few days, the foreign representatives actually heard the news, so they conducted a sampling inspection of the products, but there were some problems, which led to the foreign businessmen to return the goods, and also asked them to compensate.

"Hey!" Mr. Li sighed with a sad face: "My current situation is like building blocks, there are problems at the bottom, and there are problems with everything else. Alas, if I had known this, I would not have had these troubles in domestic business. ”

Originally, Meng Zitao still had some sympathy for Mr. Li, but Mr. Li's last sentence disgusted him, Mr. Li clearly meant that even if there is a problem in the country, it doesn't matter, is it more noble than the Chinese?

Of course, it is not surprising that people who have this kind of thinking are very present, but Mr. Li said it in a grand manner, which made Meng Zitao extremely disgusted.

Zhang Jingqiang and Cangxiong also heard the subtext in Mr. Li's words, and frowned slightly in unison, but they didn't say anything, the key is that since Mr. Li has such a concept, what can he do even if he says it?

As soon as Mr. Li's words came out, everyone's perception of him was a little worse, and there was little interest in talking to him, and the atmosphere was a little weird.

Mr. Li also felt the strangeness of the atmosphere, and was slightly surprised in his heart, and couldn't understand how there was such a change in kung fu for a while.

So, he originally wanted to talk a little more, but he had to turn the topic to the antiques he wanted to sell, and led everyone to a square table.

"These things on the table are what I have gained at the auction over the years, you can take a look at it first, if you like it, the price is negotiable. ”

There are a total of four antiques that Mr. Li wants to show you, namely a painting, a porcelain, and two pieces of jade, and the Moyu birthday ornament is one of the two jades.

Meng Zitao saw the ink jade birthday ornament on the table, and his eyes lit up, only to see that its color was as black as ink, the color quality was uniform, and the texture was thick and warm, not only inheriting the texture characteristics of Hetian jade, which was as warm as fat, but also gave people a dignified and heavy, clean and elegant feeling.

The material of this ornament is clearly a piece of the best Khotanese ink jade seed material, which fully meets the requirements of Shu Ze, in addition, the carving of this ornament is also very exquisite.

I saw the birthday star holding a peach, smiling on the side of his face, looking at the boy beside him, amiable. The boy holds a cane for the birthday star with his left hand, hangs a sutra scroll on the cane, hangs a gourd in the middle, pulls the birthday star's cuffs with his right hand, and looks at the birthday star, innocent and cute.

There are also two spirit deer carved under the knee, the mouth title Ganoderma lucidum, clustered to the birthday star, the birthday star guide is extremely immortal, meaning longevity. The sound of the deer is the same as "Lu", which symbolizes the wealth of high-ranking officials and the wealth of wealth. The gourd homonym "Fulu". The combination of the three means "Fu Lu Shou", which is full of auspicious and festive meaning.

The overall shape of this jade is beautiful, the carving is exquisite, the expression is realistic, and the concept is ingenious, which can be described as unique.

There is no problem with the material and carving, Meng Zitao will definitely help Shu Ze take down this ornament, and such jade is hard to find, even if it is more expensive, it doesn't matter.

Meng Zitao quietly put the jade back, and then picked up another piece of jade, this is an imitation Zigang card, the carving is also remarkable, but yesterday he has seen Lu Zigang's real handiwork, the comparison between the two, can be said to be a big deal.

Next, Meng Zitao took the remaining two things one by one and did an appraisal, and the result made him shake his head secretly, both things are high imitations, if it is indeed like what Mr. Li said, it will be too much loss. As for the high imitation at auction, it is not surprising.

Zhang Jingqiang asked in a low voice, "Zitao, what do you think?"

"Two pieces of jade, let's have one each. Meng Zitao replied ambiguously.

Zhang Jingqiang immediately heard the meaning of Meng Zitao's words, only two pieces of jade were genuine, which made him secretly smack his tongue, he was very optimistic about the painting, but he didn't expect that there was a problem. Of course, he must have believed in Mencius's judgment, and even if he was surprised, he immediately accepted this result.

Zhang Jingqiang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll choose this Zigang card, and Mr. Li will give a price." ”

Mr. Li said with a smile: "The Zigang card was auctioned by me two years ago, and the original transaction price was 230,000 yuan, so you can give me 250,000 yuan." ”

Meng Zitao felt that the price was about the same, so he gave Zhang Jingqiang a hint.

After Zhang Jingqiang got the hint, he asked, "Mr. Li, can't it be cheaper?"

Mr. Li shook his head: "This is already my bottom line, and it has only increased by 20,000 yuan in two years, to be honest, if I don't have no choice, this price is really reluctant." ”

Zhang Jingqiang saw that Mr. Li was resolute, so he didn't bargain again: "Okay, what about this birthday ornament?"

Mr. Li said: "You must be able to see the quality of this jade, the price, I won't say much, just make up a whole number, five million." ”

Zhang Jingqiang was stunned, and then laughed: "Mr. Li, I have to say, you really make a price!"

Meng Zitao also felt that the price was expensive, and it was not a little bit expensive, although he was willing to buy this jade at a high price, it did not mean that he would be wronged.

Mr. Li explained: "Mr. Zhang, my price is really not expensive, I won't tell you, I took millions of photos at the beginning, and the price of Khotanese jade has skyrocketed in recent years, and black jade is one of the rare varieties, five million is really not high." ”

Zhang Jingqiang smiled and said: "Mr. Li, you can't say that, your shooting is expensive, then we can't have to go up a few layers according to the price you shoot, don't say it's us, you ask yourself, are you willing to encounter this kind of thing?"

Mr. Li smiled and asked, "Then how much do you think you want?"

Zhang Jingqiang said: "To be honest, half price is too expensive for me. ”

Mr. Li spread his hands: "Since this is the case, it can only mean that it has nothing to do with you." ”

Zhang Jingqiang put on an indifferent appearance and asked Meng Zitao, "What do you think?"

Meng Zitao pretended to be a little hesitant and pondered for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Li, if you have to be five million, then I'd better forget it." If you want to sell, please give me a real price. ”

"Hmm...... At most, I'll give you another 500,000. ”

"One price, four two hundred thousand. Although this price is still a little expensive, it can also make Meng Zitao accept.

Mr. Li hesitated for a moment and said with a wry smile: "Okay, that's the price." In addition, this Yongzheng bean color porcelain plate, and Qi Baishi's "Cat Play", what do you think?"

Meng Zitao smiled and waved his hand: "That's not necessary, I'm not very interested in them." ”

Zhang Jingqiang smiled and said, "I'm not interested either." ”

Mr. Li was stunned immediately when he heard this, Cangxiong had introduced Zhang Jingqiang before, as long as he could make money with antiques, he couldn't do without it, why is Zhang Jingqiang unusually now?

"No, there must be a problem in this, is it ......?"

Mr. Li immediately thought of a situation that he didn't want to see, and he looked away. So, he hurriedly arched his hand to the two: "To be honest, my eyesight is limited, and things are all auctioned in some big auctions in China, so please give a letter to the two of you, whether there are problems with these two things." ”

Meng Zitao just smiled, and replied, jokes, he said that the things were photographed at the big auction, and he said that the things were fakes, so he didn't offend people for nothing.

Besides, what about the big auctions, not to mention porcelain, the current calligraphy and painting market is like this.

There is an old saying in the painting and calligraphy industry called "the real price of real paintings, the false price of fake paintings, the good price of good paintings, the difference between poor paintings, and the special price of special good paintings".

But in fact, in the market, because the selling price of fake paintings is lower than that of real paintings, there is a price advantage, it is easy to sell, and the profit is high, so sellers who have real paintings in their hands are reluctant to put real paintings at auction. Therefore, some painting and calligraphy dealers are willing to sell fake paintings for a profit, leaving real paintings for sale.

In the long run, there are many and frequent transactions of fake paintings in the market, and the same is true in the auction market, and some people even joke that in the market nowadays, "fools buy, fools sell, and fools wait", which shows the bad atmosphere of the calligraphy and painting auction market.

Therefore, it is not surprising that imitations are sold at auction.

Although Mr. Li didn't get a clear answer, and he understood what Meng Zitao and Zhang Jingqiang meant, he definitely didn't want to think that there was something wrong with his things, just that they were wrong.

But in this way, he was embarrassed, because he had originally calculated that if these four things were sold, they could solve his current financial pressure, and now only two pieces were sold, and the value of the jade plate was not high.

In this way, he had to go and get a few more antiques and let them see it.

So, Mr. Li asked Meng Zitao and them to wait for a while, and he walked upstairs with porcelain and paintings.

Taking advantage of this time, Meng Zitao chatted a few words with everyone, and at the same time looked around, and then, the things placed on a small coffee table in front of the left caught his attention. He said hello and walked over.

This is a three-legged lotus incense burner, the bottom of the three-legged outward skimming, the lower is a round tripod shape, the lid is like six milk nails, and the top cover is open along the mouth of eight lotus flowers. The whole body is light green glaze slightly green, the glass texture is strong, the glaze has large cracks, and the pattern is like eel blood.

Seeing this, Meng Zitao was suddenly shocked, could it be the rare porcelain, the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty?

Due to the fact that the Bianjing site of the Song Dynasty has sunk into the ground, up to now, the official kiln site of the Northern Song Dynasty has not been excavated, and there is a lack of archaeological excavation site data and sufficient documentary data for the official kiln site of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, to this day, there are still different theories about where the ruins of the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty are, and there are generally three theories: one says that the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty is the Ru kiln, the second says that the existence of the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty is denied, and the third is that the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty and the official kiln of the Xiunei Division in the Southern Song Dynasty existed successively. There are many people who support the third statement.

The utensils of the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty mainly include bowls, bottles, washes, etc. The carcass is thick, and it is black, the glaze is light cyan, moist and gentle, especially the glaze is known for its large crack piece, which is different from the Southern Song Dynasty official kiln and Ru kiln and Longquan kiln porcelain, it also has the characteristics of "purple mouth iron foot".

In addition, when it comes to the official porcelain of the Northern Song Dynasty, I have to mention a word of praise to describe its opening lines, "the tattoo is like an eel with blood and ice skin".

This sentence is the precise refinement and summary of the artistic characteristics of the Northern Song Dynasty official porcelain, from the Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong praised the Northern Song Dynasty official porcelain of a beautiful poem, which said that the porcelain glaze of the Northern Song Dynasty official porcelain is not only like eel blood, and with the cracking of the eel blood lines, but also forms the artistic effect of "ice skin" like the ice axe vibrating ice and the ice chip shining brightly.

And the opening of this incense burner is precisely this feature, coupled with its glaze color, Mencius has ninety percent certainty, thinking that it is the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty.

You know, the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty is very rare, very rare and precious, so far, in the memory of Meng Zitao, in addition to the Shanghai Museum has four pieces of porcelain, a museum on the island has a piece of porcelain, and China's cultural relics and archaeology department in the Northern Song Dynasty official kiln site has excavated a few pieces of fragments and porcelain pieces, the world has not been a complete vessel so far.

If this incense burner was indeed the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty, Meng Zitao couldn't help but tremble slightly with excitement just thinking about it......

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