Lin Yi slowly opened the ancient painting, and then was stunned, only to see a character painted on it, which turned out to be the legendary Bodhidharma Patriarch. The Bodhidharma patriarch on the painting of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info has a solemn expression, wearing monk's robes, carrying a cloth on his shoulders, carrying a pair of straw sandals, looking back at the distance, the blue waves ripple in the distance, and it is an endless river.

If you know anything about Chinese Buddhism, you will know that Bodhidharma is the first ancestor of Chinese Zen Buddhism. Nantianzhu Brahmin, formerly known as Bodhidara, is the third son of Nantianzhu Xiangyu King, Zen 27 ancestors Prajnadora to the country to preach the Dharma, Bodhidora from him to learn the Dharma, very much appreciated by Prajnadora, so he changed his name to Dharma, which is translated as Taoism, which means that Bodhidharma has reached the Dharma. Emperor Wu of Liang arrived in Guangzhou in an ordinary year, and Emperor Wu of Liang heard his name and welcomed him into Jinling, but the concept did not match, and Bodhidharma quietly went north. Passing through the Beijiang River, there was no tool to cross the river, so a bunch of reeds and grass were placed on the surface of the river and crossed on tiptoe. "Bodhidharma crossed the river with a reed, and Luan Ba drank wine to extinguish the fire." Later, in the Northern Wei Dynasty, everywhere he went, he taught people with Zen law.

Bodhidharma's deeds, with the development of Zen Buddhism, gradually became miraculous, and became a favorite subject of Chinese painters and porcelain artists. "A reed crossing the river" in the Ming and Qing dynasties Dehua kiln Dharma porcelain sculpture often takes this as the theme.

At this time, Lin Yi carefully observed this painting, but saw that this "Dharma crossing the river" painting was very delicate. The characters look back and look forward to it, their eyes are prominent, and their expressions are full of light. Although the lines of the clothes are simple, they are very general and have powerful turns. Although this painting is detailed, it has an intentional pen effect.

Lin Yi's eyes fell on the inscription of this painting again, and he couldn't help but be stunned, because the inscription was so famous, it turned out to be "Mr. Daoxuan".

Who is Dao Xuan?

Of course, Lin Yi knew that he was Wu Daozi, the famous "painting saint" --- the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Daozi, a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, also known as Daoxuan. Yang Zhai people. Honored as the saint of painting, Wu Daozi lost his father at an early age, lived in poverty, and began to work as a painter and sculptor very early. He studied calligraphy under Zhang Xu and He Zhizhang, but his achievements were not great. Later, he specialized in painting, and because of his hard work, he made rapid progress, and experienced the way of using the pen by watching the sword dance of Gongsun Auntie. He is good at Buddhism, gods and ghosts, people, landscapes, birds and beasts, plants and trees, pavilions, etc., especially good at Buddhism, characters, and is good at mural creation.

Since Lin Yi came into contact with ancient books and calligraphy, he has also studied the works of great painters of the past dynasties. Among them is Wu Daozi's works. Lin Yi was fortunate to have seen Wu Daozi's authentic paintings at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, so he also knew something about the characteristics of Wu Daozi's paintings/

In general, the reason why Wu Daozi has achieved such outstanding achievements in the art of painting is because he can innovate. He is good at absorbing the essence from the complex object form, summarizing the concave and convex surfaces, yin and yang surfaces into irreducible "lines", combined with the internal movement of objects, constituting the organizational rules of lines, such as the posture of high, side, deep, oblique, rolling, folding, floating and lifting of clothing lines, which is completely based on the organization of lines and depicts the character of objects. The requirements of this kind of line are strict, each line meets the requirements of the shape and expressiveness, and each line is full of rhythmic beauty, which is a collection of previous generations and a creative line.

Among them, the simple and elegant "white drawing" of the Song Dynasty painter Li Gonglin was developed from Wu Daozi's white painting of "not pretending to be the back, but only using ink traces", and the white painting has become a new style of painting in China.

It can be said that Wu Daozi's painting style has been imitated and borrowed by many painters since the Tang Dynasty and the Song and Yuan dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, he was revered as the "painting saint", and in the Song Dynasty, he was praised as the "painting saint of a hundred generations", and the folk sculpture and painting craftsmen respected him as the "ancestor", and he was the most prestigious master in the history of Chinese painting.

It is precisely because Lin Yi is well aware of the characteristics of Wu Daozi's paintings, so after carefully observing this ancient painting, he came to a conclusion that this ancient painting is definitely not Wu Daozi's authentic work. Because the brushwork and the soul of calligraphy and painting are very different--- of course, on the surface, this painting is almost the same as Wu Daozi's good at painting Buddhist figures, using a lot of detailed drawing and outline, but a person's spirit is different, Wu Daozi's spirit makes his paintings full of a kind of aura, and this painting lacks aura, more than enough craftsmanship.

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Seeing Lin Yi carefully observing this ancient painting, there was no movement. He Gambling King couldn't hold it back, but he was embarrassed to urge Lin Yi, so he could only give a look to Hai Baichuan next to him, meaning that he is your son-in-law after all, or you should remind him.

Hai Baichuan had no choice but to approach Lin Yi, first coughed, and then said, "Lin Yi, how is it, is this painting real or fake?" ”

Lin Yi was awakened by Hai Baichuan's words, he habitually rubbed his nose, slightly released a trace of aura, wrapped the ancient painting, and then began to absorb the historical information of this ancient painting.

Without hesitation, he said: "There is no doubt that this painting is a fake." ”

"What, a fake?" Hai Baichuan glanced at He Gambling King with some embarrassment.

He Gambling King also looked at them and said quietly: "From where you can see that it is a fake." "He Gambling King has also invited many masters to appraise it before, but none of them can conclude that this painting is a fake after just a few glances like Lin Yi. It seems a little too certain, or arbitrary.

Seeing the gambling king's question, Lin Yi was not ambiguous, so he said: "The gambling king, please see, the payment of this painting is the great painter Wu Daozi of the Tang Dynasty, from the perspective of the idea and composition of the whole painting, it seems that there is not much difference, but this method can be imitated, but the pen god cannot imitate." The god of Wu Daozi lies in the unity of man and god in the portrait he paints, and the god of this painting lies in the delicate brushwork, lacking the aura and charm of Wu Daozi. ”

In front of King He Gambler, Lin Yi talked eloquently, and the people around him couldn't help but gather over to listen to his explanation.

Lin Yi was not affected by the surrounding environment at all, and continued: "In addition, according to the collection price code of the current calligraphy and painting market, the auction of Wu Daozi's paintings is at least hundreds of millions, and the fake paintings currently circulating in the market are roughly between 15 million and 45 million. The painting you bought in Melbourne for $3 million, judging by the price, must be a fake. ”

Lin Yi was so categorical, but he gambled a little unable to get off the stage, originally he thought that his son spent 3 million US dollars to pick up the leak, so it seems that any business is "buyers have no sellers", it is estimated that the buyer of the Melbourne auction knew the authenticity of the painting early on, so he was willing to transfer it for 3 million.

Bang Bang Bang!

He Gambling King applauded, although he was a little unhappy that this painting was a fake, but Lin Yi had at least helped identify the authenticity of this painting, and he still wanted to encourage this young man.

But before He Gambling King finished applauding, he took back the fake calligraphy and painting that he bought for 3 million US dollars, so as not to be embarrassed, but Lin Yi said: "Wait--- I haven't finished talking yet." ”

He Gambling King couldn't help but be stunned, Hai Baichuan and the others were also a little surprised, and they didn't understand what Lin Yi wanted to say. In their opinion, since Lin Yi has identified the authenticity of this painting, he should retire and prepare to say something.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Lin Yi smiled and said, "Although this painting is a fake, it is also a rare treasure. ”

"What do you mean by that?" This is Hai Baichuan asking questions instead of He Gambling King.

Lin Yi smiled, didn't do anything to pretend to be profound, but said bluntly: "Because although this painting is not the authentic work of Wu Daozi in the Tang Dynasty, it is a rice paper in the Tang Dynasty, and the person who made this painting also has a great background, he is the great painter Sun Kehong of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Hearing Lin Yi say this, everyone couldn't help but be surprised, for the name Sun Kehong, most of the people who play antique calligraphy and painting or rough writing and ink know a little bit, as for those who don't dabble in this knowledge. The name is unfamiliar.

In fact, it is true that this Sun Kehong is inconspicuous among many famous calligraphers and painters in the Ming Dynasty, and there are not many deeds in circulation, but in the circle of calligraphy and painting fakes, this Sun Kehong is a bull. Because his fake calligraphy and paintings have been high-fidelity works since the Ming Dynasty, even if many appraisal masters face his calligraphy and paintings, it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity, so that this Sun Kehong is known as the Ming generation of copying masters.

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Lin Yi continued: "This Sun Kehong is a calligrapher, painter and bibliophile of the Ming Dynasty. He was originally the son of Sun Chengen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was clever and intelligent, with a loud voice and a sparse appearance. These are all records in the history books. It is also said in the history books. This person's Lan imitates Zheng Siken, writes characters, immortals, and Liang Kai, vertical and horizontal, all of which are grounded. The name is important for a while, and the person who asks for the painting is stuffed, and the multi-life disciple responds. To be more specific, that is, he is very talented, deliberately calligraphy, painting, painting landscapes and learning Ma Yuan, Yunshan imitation Mi Fu, flowers and birds like Xu Xi, Zhao Chang, bamboo imitation Wentong, Lan imitation Zheng ......"

After hearing this, He Gambling Wang, Hai Baichuan and the others seemed to understand something, but Lin Yi didn't know it clearly, and they were a little uncertain. I can only look at Lin Yi with my eyes and wait for him to reveal his hole cards.

Lin Yi exhaled, and it was quite tiring to say so much in one breath.

Then he concluded: "I said so much, everyone should probably guess it." This painting is actually a copy of Sun Kehong, as a famous copying master in the Ming Dynasty, now his paintings are rising, and also have great collection value. According to what I know, in 2010, Sun Kehong imitated Mi Fu Yunshan map, and won 8 million in the Bohai auction, and in 2012, Sun Kehong's imitation of Wentong's bamboo auction price was as high as 10 million. It can be seen that the appreciation potential of this Ming Dynasty copying master is still very huge. ”

He Gambling Wang breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect Lin Yi to have a discerning eye and see that this work was the work of Sun Kehong, a great painter of the Ming Dynasty, and proved that this work has great collection value.

Hai Baichuan also breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't expect his son-in-law to be so sharp, he could see the authenticity of this painting in a short period of time, and reposition the value of this painting.

But someone next to him suddenly spoke: "Your conclusion is too arbitrary." It is true that even if this painting is not the Tang Dynasty painting saint Wu Daozi, how do you know that it is by the great painter Sun Kehong of the Ming Dynasty? His name is not written on it......"

The people around also nodded and agreed: "Yes, although this painting seems to be old and belongs to the fakes of the ancients, where can you see who the author is?" The title is Wu Daozi, and the payment is also Daoxuan, where is the shadow of Sun Kehong? ”

The audience said this, Hai Baichuan also buried his head in looking at the painting, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't find the name Sun Kehong, except for a group of poems above the head of the Bodhidharma Patriarch, there was nothing else.

In the face of such a question, Lin Yi seemed to have a mature mind, he pointed to the poem and said, "The secret is in this poem." ”

"On this poem?" Everyone couldn't help but focus their eyes on the poem.

I saw that the poem reads:

Bodhidharma crosses a reed to the east,

Buddhism is boundless and universalizes all living beings.

Children and grandchildren will worship for all ages,

Yuke Yangtze River for a new generation.

I have compassion in my heart,

Turn into manna bodhi rain.

Seeing this, some sharp-eyed people suddenly said: "This is actually a Tibetan riddle poem---- and every second word of the last four sentences is not the words 'Sun Kehong'?" ”

A word wakes up the dreamer.

The big guy takes such a closer look, and that's true. It turns out that the real mystery of this painting is actually in this poem.

But what everyone is strange is, how does Lin Yi know this?

Lin Yi smiled and was speechless, you must know how Sun Kehong said that he was also a famous painter in the Ming Dynasty, although he became famous by imitating other people's paintings, but he himself was also very arrogant, even if he really imitated, he had to find ways to tell people that the real author of this painting was him. Therefore, he will use all kinds of tricks in his imitation works to tell these secrets to future generations.

In any case, Lin Yi's appraisal has convinced everyone that he can so perfectly identify the provenance of this work and estimate the potential value of this painting, for a good appraiser, the appraisal work has been successfully completed.

At least at this time, He Gambling King was very satisfied, and nodded and smiled at Lin Yi constantly. Hai Baichuan was also very satisfied, and felt that this son-in-law had given himself a long face.

Looking at the others, they all looked at Lin Yi with strange eyes, if Lin Yi gave them the impression that he was polite before, then now he is really talented. You must know that the appraisal of cultural games is different from general knowledge, which requires a lot of precipitation and accumulation of knowledge, so often those big appraisers are some old men or old people, and there are definitely very few young people like Lin Yi who are so insightful.

No wonder people were able to obtain the title of eight-pin collector.

It's no wonder that people have a net worth of more than one billion at a young age.

None of this is accidental, there will be luck when there is strength. Talent will sit on the world.

Originally, those who looked down on Lin Yi had to reassess his strength at this moment. So much so that Lin Yi had to entertain the super bigwigs who had served wine glasses again, one uncle and uncle, and they were very happy.