Chapter 866: Di Liang Gong Monument
The three of them walked to the vicinity of the pit where the cellar was located, and the police had already put up a cordon, and the line was full of people, including migrant workers and citizens who came in to watch the excitement.
"I'm at the Lijialou construction site now, and at about 8 o'clock this morning, several workers and masters found a γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»cellar during construction," a female reporter from the provincial station was introducing the camera on the shoulder of the cameraman, her tone was a little stiff, and her gestures were not natural, like a novice.
"According to the expert appraisal of the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, this cellar is dominated by Qing Dynasty official kiln porcelain, but unfortunately, it is basically broken, and the specific quantity and value need to be checked. According to the preliminary inference of experts, this cellar should have been built in a mansion during the Republic of China, and the owner of the mansion needs further research. β
Then, the female reporter gave the microphone to an old man in his sixties next to him, this person Tang Yi seems to have met once, it is from the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, but I can't remember what it was called.
The expert held half a bowl with a bottom in his hand, "According to our preliminary inspection, the collections in the cellar are basically porcelain from the official kiln of the Qing Dynasty. Except for a Kangxi official kiln colorful over-the-branch flower butterfly pattern plate is complete, the others have different Cheng dΓΉ cracks, and some have even become fragments, but it's a pity! β
Then, the expert raised the half of the porcelain bowl in his hand, "Like the one in my hand, it was originally a blue-and-white and red-colored treasure pattern bowl from the Qianlong official kiln, and there was originally a pair in the cellar." However, the one in my hand has broken in half, and the other one has become seven or eight petals. β
"According to the on-site inspection, this cellar has already had a cave-in, which not only directly damaged part of the porcelain, but also caused the wooden stakes and iron frames in the cellar to fall down, and damaged another part of the porcelain γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
The female reporter then asked the old man: "Why are so many official kiln porcelain put in the cellar, could this be the collection of people in the Shanzhou Republic of China?" β
The expert responded: "During the Republic of China, the war was turbulent, the national measures were weak, many treasures flowed to the people or went abroad, and the folk collection was very popular, and there were many big collectors in various places, some of them were famous, and some were very low-key. It's very possible what you say, but you may not be able to find out who you really are. β
Tang Yi saw that he had already started to talk about the relevant background, so he looked at Lao Wang.
"See? All right! Lao Wang muttered in a low voice, and then turned around, "Let's go, while there is no one in the shed now." β
Tang Yi and Mao glanced at each other, and walked to the accommodation shed with Lao Wang.
The shed is the kind of color steel plate house, a small room, with four simple bunk beds, which seems to live eight people. At this time, there was indeed no one, and after entering, Lao Wang stuck the door of the room and dragged out a snakeskin bag from under his bed.
"In that cellar, apart from porcelain, are there only these two wooden boxes you found?" Tang Yi asked.
"Yes, some porcelain is placed directly and some are placed on iron shelves. There are two iron frames, and these two wooden boxes are placed in the gap under the two iron frames. The iron frame is over, and the wooden box is fine. Lao Wang said.
Then, Lao Wang dragged out the snakeskin bag, took out a yellow-green cotton coat from it, and opened the cotton coat, revealing the stone stele.
To be exact, these are two rectangular steles, not a complete half. It's just that it was used in a similar way to repair the rice jar, and it was cured with a curium.
However, the text of these two rectangular steles can be coherent. It is not difficult to find that these two steles were originally connected up and down, and the original stele must have been very large, and it may be that the collector only got these two pieces, and the text happened to be coherent, so they were placed side by side and curium.
Tang Yi first glanced at the inscription on it: Heaven and earth are closed, who will be cleared? The eclipse of the sun and the moon, who will be the eclipse? Mansion servant, who will start? Artifact pendant, who will lift it? (The inscription is, of course, not punctuated.) οΌ
The font is regular script, which looks a little crooked and seems a little clumsy. But under scrutiny, it is upright and rigorous, concise and powerful, with a peculiar structure and a unique sense of beauty.
After reading it, Tang Yi waved his hand to Lao Wang, "Put it away!" β
"Tombstone, really?" Lao Wang asked as he pretended to be.
"It's not a tombstone, but it's also written for the dead. It's just that there are only these two articles, so I haven't written the mourning part yet. Tang Yi said.
Lao Wang put away the snakeskin bag and stuffed it under the bed, "Then do you want it?" β
Tang Yi sighed, "Actually, I don't want to." But since I've said it all, let's take it, it's not a tombstone. However, this is also something that has been demolished from other people's ancestral halls, and I can't buy it back, so I can only keep it for myself to appreciate the calligraphy. β
Originally, the stone quality of this stele was ordinary, and it was not good-looking, with traces of weathering and pits. The key is that it is very heavy, and it is impossible for Lao Wang to take a trip to the antique market. As soon as he heard Tang Yi say this, he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, you go and wait for me, see you at the door of the hotel!" β
Tang Yi and Mao Chai left the shed, quickly got out of the construction site, crossed the road, and Mao Chai asked, "This calligraphy is not bad, and the stele is old enough, but unfortunately there are only two." I think you can't hold back a little, what kind of good thing is it? β
"Three uniques in the sea!" Tang Yi pointed to the car in front of him, "Said in the car!" β
The two got into the car, opened a small slit in the window, lit a cigarette each, and Tang Yi took two puffs before saying, "This is a Song monument." β
"Song Bei? There is no innovation in the Song stele, basically following the Sui and Tang dynasties, and those who study the inscription do not seem to pay much attention. Mao replied.
"It's growing!" Tang Yi smiled, "But this piece is too unusual, it is said that the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, I didn't expect there to be these two fragments, and the text is clear, and more importantly, the text can be connected!" β
Mao Cha recalled the inscription, "Heaven and earth are closed, the sun and the moon are eclipsed, the building servant, and the artifact is pendant." This special has the ability to turn the tide, this inscription is not about immortals, right? β
Indeed, these difficult problems do not seem to be able to be solved by man.
Tang Yi smiled, "The ancients were literal, but it was just fiction and symbolism. Yuan Fang, you don't really see it that way, do you? β
Mao was stunned one by one, looked at Tang Yi, pondered the "Yuan Fang" that Tang Yi said, and suddenly understood, "This is written by Di Renjie?" β
"That's right, these are the two fragments of "Di Liang Gong Monument"!" Tang Yi simply extinguished the cigarette, "The protagonist is Di Renjie, the writer is Fan Zhongyan, and the calligraphy is Huang Tingjian, do you say that this tablet is the three uniques in the sea?" β
"! No wonder it is stored separately, this "Diliang Gong Monument" is a rare piece of rubbings from the Song Dynasty that has been handed down, right? Mao took a gasp.
Di Renjie is widely praised in history, and after his death, he was posthumously named the Duke of Liang by Tang Ruizong, so he is also known as Di Liang Gong. After his death, he still maintained a long period of fame, and many ancestral halls were built in various places, and of course there were many inscriptions in the Tang and Song dynasties. But the most famous piece is undoubtedly this one!