Zhang Ming didn't answer me, but sighed: "Since ancient times, the so-called prosperous era is none other than the rule of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was a pinnacle www.biquge.info in China's cultural history. It is said that Xiong must be called Han, and Sheng must be called Tang. The Tang Dynasty created inventions in many ways that there is no way to surpass even today. It's a pity that in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, there was first the Anshi Rebellion, then the division of the feudal towns, and in the end, it was even more chaotic, and many things during the Tang Dynasty were annihilated in this continuous ****. When I was young, I was fascinated by the study of Tang Dynasty culture. By chance, I found a broken book with a secret about Wu Daoxuan. ”

Zhang Ming said, I also know a rough idea, among so many disciplines, only history and monasticism may be the most similar. As Zhang Ming said, politics and economics aside, the cultural development of the Tang Dynasty was indeed the peak of a thousand years. Taking Taoism alone as an example, Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang during the Tang Dynasty were great masters who were rare to see in a thousand years. It's just that this Wu Daoxuan is a little familiar to hear.

Zhang Ming continued: "Wu Daoxuan, formerly known as Wu Daozi, was born in the Tang Gaozong period, a young man who was lonely and poor, and once followed the calligraphers Zhang Xu and He Zhizhang to learn calligraphy. Later, he was found in Chang'an, Kyoto by Tang Xuanzong, and entered the enshrinement and pretended to be a doctor of internal teaching. Tang Xuanzong loved Wu Daozi's paintings very much, gave him the name Daoxuan, and ordered him to "not paint unless there is an edict." ””

It dawned on me that the Wu Daoxuan that Zhang Ming was talking about was the famous Tang Dynasty Watson Wu Daozi, whose "Picture of Sending the Child to the Heavenly King" was positioned as a super-first-class national treasure by the island government and stored in the Osaka Museum. Known as the Orient, the Montroe Lisa is the pinnacle of ancient figure portraits.

Do you know what is the truth that this is not allowed to be painted unless there is an edict? Zhang Ming asked lightly.

"The seniors are smiling, the younger generations are only shallow in learning, although they have some dabbling in history, but most of them are from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and they are mainly learned from the master's "Ping Demon Ji", for the life of Wu Daozi, it is limited to a few paragraphs in the textbook." I replied with a smile.

Seeing that I was so humble, Zhang Ming couldn't help but nod and said: "Speaking of which, you and I can be regarded as having some origins, although my master is also in the Dao Sect, but it is true that he has not appeared for many years. It's normal that you don't know a lot of secrets. ”

I asked, "I hope that my predecessors will teach me." ”

Zhang Ming replied: "My master's sect, although it is also a Taoist sect, but I don't cultivate the Tao, we cultivate Tibet. ”

"Repair?" I wondered.

"Yes, Shuzang. Do you know that you are talking about the origin of "Ping Demon Ji"? Zhang Ming said.

"The Story of the Ping Demon" originated from the "Records of the Demon Suppression and Demon Eradication of the Plain Life" of Zhang Daoling, the patriarch of Zhengyi, since the ancestor master, all Taoist priests of Zhengyi will record the "Ping Demon Record". It's just that the world has changed, natural disasters and man-made disasters and wars, and to this day, the "Ping Demon Chronicle" that can be checked is also the way of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. I replied.

"Well, that's true. The ancestor of our sect is called Yan Lu, and he is a closed disciple of Zhang Tianshi in his later years. Until Zhang Tianshi feathered, he had been serving by his side. The earliest "Ping Demon Record" was compiled by Yan Lu by sorting out the notes left by Zhang Tianshi. Zhang Ming said.

"Yan Lu?" I shook my head and said, "Senior, forgive the juniors for being abrupt, this Yan Lu, I have never heard of it, I don't know what the seniors are and the basis?" ”

"All I have to say, believe it or not, but it is yours. Our Patriarch Yan is good by nature and is not very enthusiastic about cultivation. Later, there was a conflict with the boss, and he left the party in a fit of anger. Another gate was set up, called the Tibetan Dao. It means to record the things of the world's doors. It's a pity that a Yan ancestor betrayed the master and suppressed the Daomen, and this Yan Patriarch was cautious, the Tibetan Dao has always been thin, and in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the ancestor of my Zhang family was the only descendant of the Tibetan Daomen, and since then, this Tibetan Dao has only been circulated in my Zhang family. Zhang Ming said.

What Zhang Ming said made me a little confused. However, it does sound like there is some truth. For a while, I couldn't distinguish the truth from the false, so I had to turn the topic back to Wu Daoxuan and ask: "It's not easy for the younger generation to make a conclusion about what the seniors said. Let's talk about this "you have to show it, you can't paint". ”

Zhang Ming smiled and said, "I just haven't talked to anyone for a long time, but this time it's far away." Well, the so-called "unless you have an edict, you can't paint" is not because Tang Xuanzong really loves Wu Daoxuan's paintings so much and doesn't want to share them with the world, but because Wu Daoxuan's paintings have reached the realm of transformation and can paint an illusion. Moreover, this was not intentional by Wu Daoxuan, but by chance, Wu Daoxuan comprehended the way of heaven. ”

"Enlighten the Heavenly Dao? Draw a fantasy? "I don't believe in my ears, this legendary realm that only people who have attained the Tao can reach, Wu Daoxuan can actually reach it?

Zhang Ming said: "According to the fragment I obtained, one of Tang Xuanzong's favorite concubines was seriously ill, and Xuanzong ordered Wu Daoxuan to paint a portrait of the concubine in order to have a thought when he missed it in the future. Later, the concubine really died of illness, Xuanzong was inexplicably sad, and lamented the portrait day and night, but on a full moon night, the concubine in the portrait actually jumped on the paper and talked to Xuanzong. Xuanzong was surprised, so he found Wu Daoxuan and asked him what was going on. Wu Daoxuan couldn't say why he saw this. Although Xuanzong missed his concubine in his heart, he felt that this painting was unknown, so he burned it. and issued an edict to let Wu Daoxuan not be painted. ”

I said, "Senior, regardless of whether this matter is true or not, you also know that in such a realm, even if it is a master of the Heavenly Master level, it is impossible to do it at will. ”

Zhang Ming nodded affirmatively and said: "Although this matter sounds grotesque, I didn't believe it at first, and I didn't confirm it until I first discovered the Luoyang Ancient Tomb." All this is due to a Tang Sancai statue in the tomb. ”

The more I listened, the more confused I became, Wu Daoxuan is a painting saint, this Tang Sancai is indeed porcelain, and it seems that it is a little out of touch. Zhang Ming paused for a moment, sorted out his thoughts and continued: "According to my speculation, that ancient tomb is Wu Daozi. In fact, I did have a statue of Tang Sancai in my possession at that time, and I can be sure that Tang Sancai was made by Wu Daozi. Because, in this Tang Sancai, there is a clone of Wu Daozi. ”

"Doppelganger?" I wondered: "Senior, this has been in the bottle since ancient times, and the realm in the painting is a place where the soul can be hidden. ”

"No, the doppelganger I'm talking about is not really Wu Daoxuan's soul, it should be said that it should be Wu Daoxuan's memory, I have already said that Wu Daoxuan has reached the realm of transformation and can draw illusions. Since this Tang Sancai was made by him, he has consciousness, it is Wu Daoxuan, but it is not really Wu Daoxuan. Zhang Ming said. That's what it told me. Moreover, it also told me very clearly that he was just a trace of Wu Daoxuan's residual thoughts, not the real Wu Daoxuan. ”