In the early Qing Dynasty, there were many celebrities in the literary world, and Bada Shanren was the most attractive one. He was a monk who had practiced for many years, and his poems, calligraphy, and paintings were often deep and secluded; his behavior was strange, sometimes crazy, sometimes dumb, and sometimes extremely normal; he had a special background, he was a descendant of the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty, and from the moment he was born, he bore the severe pain of the decline of his family and country.

The "epilepsy" of the Bada Shanren has brought great trouble and trouble to his life and the relatives who care for him, but at the same time, it has dyed his calligraphy and painting with a mysterious and unique color, making some of his paintings enter a realm beyond the mortal. Such artists are not only in China, but if we broaden our horizons to a larger scope, such examples are not uncommon in the history of world painting, such as the Dutch painter Van Gogh is a well-known example.

Behind the strange and exaggerated images, there are not only resentment and irony based on reality, but also the vast and ethereal that transcends time and space, and some of his works also reveal a mysterious and strange meaning. Perhaps because Bada Shanren had escaped to Buddhism for decades and participated in meditation, such an experience and his former identity had a great impact on his art, and his works are inextricably linked with Zen science, often with other profound meanings, or mysterious, or ethereal, or distant, which can arouse people's infinite imagination and speculation. He has a character that has long been called "turtle-shaped painting" because of its shape that resembles a turtle. Later, it was found that it was originally composed of the words "March 19th", which happened to be the day when Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide.

His paintings are superior to calligraphy, and the subject matter is very rich, including flowers, fruits and vegetables, birds, strange stones, animals, and landscapes. at different stages of his life. He also focuses on these different painting objects, such as birds, animals, mountains and rocks. Most of them leap onto the page with a peculiar gesture and are in their own right. It gives people great visual impact and spiritual shock.

"There are no ink spots and tears, and the mountains and rivers are still the old mountains and rivers. The coconut trees in the troubled times are left to be carefully traced by Wenlin. ”

This poem of Bada Shanren's own inscription also reflects the most sensitive and vulnerable places in his heart, and his paintings are often full of affection.

Zhu Qi's paintings are highly regarded in the East, especially in Japan, and have caused great repercussions in the world art circles, such as: "Peacock Bamboo and Stone Picture", "Lonely Bird Picture", "Sleeping Duck Picture" and so on, many banners. The flowers, birds, fish, ducks, landscapes, trees, and stones in the album are displayed. All of them are treasured in museums and courtyards at home and abroad.

In many auctions, his paintings have been auctioned for tens of millions of dollars, and the "Bamboo and Stone Mandarin Duck" in Zhang Tianyuan's hand has been auctioned for more than 100 million.

The composition of "Bamboo and Stone Mandarin Ducks" takes the diagonal tilt trend, leaving the sky on the top and the slope down, painting two mandarin ducks nestled on the boulder; The real scene is relatively empty, as if there are thousands of blue waves, which is extremely unpredictable. Chapters are white. Cleverly take the momentum, within a few minutes, the image is far away. This work was completed in the spring of 1705, the year of his death. After August of that year. The Bada Shanren passed away. The "Bamboo and Stone Mandarin Duck" left behind interprets the wonderfulness of "less is more". It also had a profound influence on the later painters of the Qing Dynasty and even the freehand paintings of Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian.

After the age of 70, Zhu Qi's life gradually became dull. The style turns to the deep. This has experienced the pain of his family and country, read the vicissitudes of life, from the former nobles to the danger of his life at any time, the king and grandson of the end of the road, in the displacement of all kinds of hardships and impermanence in the world, in this stage seems to have been surpassed in the swaying of calligraphy and painting, to achieve the harmony of the state of mind. And "Bamboo and Stone Mandarin Duck" is a representative work of this style in the late period.

This painting is going to get your hands on it anyway!

Zhang Tianyuan was very excited at this time, not only because the value of the painting itself was very high, but more importantly, it was a dream of his childhood. At that time, the adults around him thought that what he said was just a joke and did not take it seriously, maybe after so many years, those adults had long forgotten about it. But Zhang Tianyuan himself has not forgotten, he has been struggling to trace the whereabouts of this painting all these years, thinking that if he has no money, at least he can always pay attention to it, when this painting was auctioned at a high price, he finally found the long-lost "dream lover" again, not to mention how happy, but at that time, he could only watch from afar.

Later, when he had money, Zhang Tianyuan wondered if he could get this painting, but unfortunately he didn't know the whereabouts of asking around, and when he was about to be disappointed, he didn't want to meet this painting here, maybe it was fate, maybe it wasn't the most expensive, it wasn't the best, and it wasn't even Zhang Tianyuan's favorite, but it was his best dream when he was a child, and now it's time to realize his dream.

After Zhang Tianyuan unfolded all the scrolls, one of the two old men poked his head over and looked at it, and his eyes also showed a look of shock, but it was a pity that although this old man was also an expert in calligraphy and painting, after all, he didn't have Zhang Tianyuan's ability, just a glance, he couldn't see the authenticity of this painting, not to mention that at this time, there were people crowding around, he couldn't even squeeze in, besides, there were many other good things on the ground, he didn't seem to be particularly interested in the paintings of the Bada Shanren, so he turned to look at something else.

"Oh, I said you've been looking at this for a long time, but give an estimate, the price is estimated, I'm going to change money, aren't they all experts? Why don't you say a word for a long time?"

Zhang Tianyuan admired the paintings and porcelain there, and the two old men seemed to have found something they were interested in, and they were watching with relish, and they forgot the real purpose of coming to the box this time, and half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, Liang Fa must be unhappy, he didn't come here to hold an appreciation meeting, he asked for money, he wanted money, no matter who it was, as long as he could give him enough money, he didn't care who these things were for, so he asked loudly.

Seeing that Liang was in a hurry, Zhang Tianyuan stood up first, pointed to the enamelware, a pair of Ru porcelain brushes, and the painting of the Bada Shanren and said: "I have a match for these three things, I don't want the rest, Liang Dashao, you talk to them first, let's talk about it after we finish talking." ”

Liang Fa heard this. He looked at the two old experts of the gambling ship pawn shop.

The stout old man in his fifties stood up, still holding a painting in his hand. is obviously reluctant to let go, after all, from Zhang Tianyuan's point of view. Most of the things here are really good and valuable. But the rules are the rules, they didn't dare to buy them directly, but asked: "Liang Dashao, when you brought these things out of your home, did you discuss them with your family?

These words must be asked, no one wants to cause trouble, not to mention that the Liang family is not an ordinary family. The gambling boat didn't want to cause dissatisfaction with the Liang family because of the receipt of these things, and then came to the door, although they were not afraid, but the problem was that if it made trouble, it would not be beneficial to anyone.

If it's stolen goods, it's better, and stolen goods are ownerless things, and they have a lot of channels to sell stolen goods. But these things are already known to belong to the Liang family. And there are so many people here, if you want the news not to leak out, it is completely impossible, so this is absolutely necessary to ask clearly.

"It's really wordy. These things were left by my grandfather, left to me, and I want to sell them. No one can take care of it! You can rest assured that no one will trouble gambling boats. Don't forget that I'm still one of the shareholders of this gambling ship, will I get my ship in trouble?"

The onlookers all secretly said in their hearts: You have caused enough trouble today.

These things from Liang Fa. It is indeed as he said, it was left by his grandfather Liang after his death, but whether it was left to Liang Fa or not, I don't know, these things have been placed in Liang Fa's house, and the house is now uninhabited and has been idle, but someone will clean it every day, and Liang Fa also has the key there.

It is precisely because of the key there that Liang Fa can take the sheep with his hands, these things, he took out one or two pieces today, and one or two pieces tomorrow, and put them at home in Hong Kong for fear of being seen badly, so he simply took them to the gambling boat, on this ship, he has his own room, and these things were originally placed in his room.

Although he doesn't know antiques, he also knows how to pretend to be Sven and pretend to understand.

These days, if you don't know a little literature, don't know a little bit of antique calligraphy and painting, don't know a little elegant music and the like, others will say that you are a nouveau riche, a rich fool, Liang Fa is a very good-looking person, for this reason, he has already given away a lot of good things, calligraphy worth millions, he doesn't want a dime to give away, because he doesn't know the value of that thing at all.

Many people who mess with Liang Fa like to pat Liang Fa's ass, some of them are stupid and some are smart. The clever one discovered the value of these antiques, so after smoking Da Ma together, or after drinking, he made a request while Liang Fa was confused, and Liang Fa casually agreed.

Some are more direct, and they take the things on the table away, anyway, Liang Fa has never counted, and he doesn't know the value of these things at all, so he has lost a lot of things. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to carry these jars and jars in a travel bag.

Back then, Mr. Liang worked hard, one by one from the outside to get in, but now Liang Fa is very arrogant, one by one to get out, as the old saying goes, loving fathers are more defeated, although Mr. Liang is not Liang Fa's father, but as a grandfather, he is a little too spoiled by Liang Fa, Liang Fa's situation today has something to do with him.

"This is really embarrassing, if we can't prove that these things were passed on to you by Old Man Liang, we don't dare to accept them lightly. ”

At this time, the thinner treasure connoisseur also stood up and said the same thing, and this is the rule, they will never change it without authorization, such a person is stubborn, maybe not good at business, but to do the gatekeeper, that is absolutely reliable.

Zhang Tianyuan felt that there was no need for this at all, you are a pawn shop, and you have the ability to sell stolen goods, even if you get your hands on something, don't you still put it there? It doesn't mean that it will be sold directly, as long as it doesn't become a dead pawn, it will be redeemed when Liang Fa has the money, after all, Liang Fa still has so many shares, and there will be a lot of dividends in just one year.

Before Liang Fa could say anything more, Li Nanting said there: "I don't think it's better to do this, whether you accept it or not, let's trouble the two of you to estimate the price of these things first, and see how much these things can be worth?" (to be continued......)