Chapter 491: Wealth
Chapter 491: Wealth
Chapter 491
Hetian topaz, one of the four main colors of XJ Hetian jade, crystal clear, soft as fat, delicate texture, moisturizing, proud of the color yellow, moist as fat makes it worthless, it is rare and rare, it is a treasure in jade, the output is very small, comparable to mutton fat jade. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ
Hetian topaz has high hardness, reaching 6.5 degrees on the Mohs scale, dense and fine texture, strong toughness, with typical grease luster, and the introverted nature of the light can better represent the profound connotation of Chinese culture, and is an excellent carved jade material, with high collection value. Hetian topaz is a typical gas-forming hydrothermal mineral, which is produced in granitic pegmatites, geodes of acid volcanic rocks, dolomites and high-temperature hydrothermal tungsten-tin quartz veins.
Topaz is warm and delicate, and its voice is like the aftermath of a golden rock, and then the residual sound is far away, slowly and slowly. He is the most Chinese-cultured, like a prince of a family, and he is not surprised by changes. He is mature and introverted, quiet, and under the humble and obedient appearance, he is full of vitality but so determined. Whether it is in Qin Ge Hanfu or Tang and Song poems, he is so bright and has never lost his luster in the change of time.
Yellow like gold, the color of the earth, the brilliance of the flames, was regarded as a sacred color by Buddhism and emperors. In addition to the unique solemn and luxurious color, in ancient China, yellow represented the color of the king, and was used for religion, with a sense of sublime, luxurious, majestic and mysterious. Yellow is considered the color of the sun and the earth. For example, Liu Xi's "Interpretation of Names" in the Later Han Dynasty: "Yellow, Huang, still shaking, like the color of the sun." Xu Shen, a scholar and philologist of the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Shuowen": "Yellow, the color of the earth." "It symbolizes the sunshine and the land that make all things grow, and is revered by people.
Yellow is the same color as gold, and it reminds us of the saying that "ancient gold and jade are good fate", and topaz seems to integrate the nature of gold and jade, making it highly ornamental and deeper cultural heritage.
The Eastern Han Dynasty writer Wang Yi's "Treatise on Jade" contains the color of jade: "Red as a cockscomb, yellow as a steamed chestnut, white as fat, ink like pure lacquer, called a jade talisman." And Qingyu has nothing to say. Today there are always those who are green and white, and those who are black are always there, but there are no yellow ones." It is precisely because of the scarcity of topaz and the uniqueness of its color that its value has risen for a long time in the jade trading market.
Topaz is like a brilliant star in the starry sky, scattered in the colorful jade garden, it gives people a warm and firm texture, is the crystallization of nature that has not changed since ancient times, and the stars also shine with eternal light, so that the world admires.
The color of Hetian topaz is the original yellow, and there is also a tender yellow with a slight yellowish green. The color is light and cannot be called topaz, and the color is green and is called "yellow mouth material" (yellow-green green jade), and the color is brown and the color is not correct. Pure color topaz is produced in small quantities and is comparable to mutton fat jade.
It can be said that Hetian topaz is also the best in jade.
And the texture of this Hetian topaz is extremely delicate, and even after a thousand years, Ye Xiang still feels extremely warm to the touch of his hands.
The whole piece of topaz, about the size of two adult fists, was carved into a three-headed lion jade carving, which was set on the top of a golden scepter.
It may also be to protect this golden lion jade carving, which is still like a Buddhist Zen rod on the outside. Three curved gold bars engraved with lotus petals are used in the center.
Three gold hoops meet two centimeters above the lion's head to form a thumb-sized circle, and the second one resembles a pyramid and is set with red diamonds weighing about 50 carats.
And on the scepter under the base of the three-headed topaz lion is a lotus-shaped relief, such a relief is a total of three, at a glance, as if three blooming lotus flowers are stacked together, very beautiful.
On the body of the scepter, which is about 150 centimeters long, there is a lion-headed human body, a three-headed and six-armed, a blue-faced fang, and a statue riding a tiger, which is obviously the three gods believed by the Kangju people.
Ye Xiang had no way of knowing the specific identities of these three gods, but he was more concerned now that having these three god patterns obviously made this scepter more valuable.
After Ye wanted to play for a while, he focused his attention on the space separated by the coffin on the right!
Compared with the golden scepter and royal flag on the left side, which represent the royal power of the ancient kingdom of Kangju, although the space on the right side is the same size, although there are more things in it, the value is undoubtedly much worse!
After digging for a while, two golden scimitars and a golden bow appeared in front of Ye Xiang, but because the bowstring had decayed, this gorgeous weapon was damaged!
In addition to the weapons, there are also gold plates inlaid with gems with a diameter of more than 40 centimeters, silver pots and silver cups embossed with figures from the Western Regions, and there are also silver vases with the images of the three goddesses in Greek mythology, and a gold statue of Zeus about 60 centimeters high!
Plus a piece of the wrong Jinbo mountain furnace that obviously has the characteristics of the Han Dynasty and is embossed with the image of a variety of exotic beasts!
Seeing these cultural relics with obvious characteristics of Eastern and Western cultures appear in the coffin where King Kangju stored his beloved things, although Ye Xiang was not shocked, he was also a little novel!
Located in the center of the Silk Road, Kangju is a bridge between the East and the West, and it is so normal that cultural relics from the Han Dynasty and the Greco-Roman period appear in the tombs of the Kangju royal family!
"This is a jade board book, this thing is really good!"
Waiting for Ye Xiang to turn his gaze to the coffin space with a length of 150 cm and a width of 45 cm on the top of the jade coffin, the lacquer box that was originally beautifully packaged but is now obviously decaying a lot appeared in front of Ye Xiang after opening, a jade board book with a length of 20 cm and a width of 10 cm, and a thickness of no more than 3 cm per page!
These jade plates, which are polished and smoothed with Hetian white jade, are completely in accordance with the ancient Chinese way of writing, from right to left, from top to bottom, with about 198 ancient official books engraved in the shade!
That's right, it's the ancient Lishu of the early Han Dynasty, not the ancient Luwen that circulated in Central Asia!
When I turned it over, it was four big characters in the ancient Lishu - "The Art of War"!
The Art of War!
"The Art of War", also known as "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Book of War", "The Book of Soldiers", "The Book of the Soldiers", etc., is the earliest existing military book in China, and it is also the earliest military work in the world, and is known as the "holy book of military science". There are about 6,000 words in total, and there are thirteen articles in total.
"The Art of War" is a military masterpiece written by Sun Wu, which is the world's earliest military book, and military sayings such as "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles" come from this book. Today, the book is also well-known in the world, and many Western military schools have listed it as a textbook.
The Hanshu Art and Literature Chronicle records: "Eighty-two articles on the art of war of Wu Sun Tzu, a military strategist, with nine volumes." Thirteen of the eighty-two articles were written before meeting King Wu, and after seeing Queen Wu, there were many questions and answers.