At that time, there were six major collectors in the Republic of China, and each of them was an absolute family, and there were many authentic works in their hands. Last time, C. C. was only the youngest, with the least treasures in his hands, and the other five were even fiercer.

Pang Yuanji, a generation of collectors, is the first of the six masters, his collection of thousands of paintings and calligraphy, by Wang C. Chiqian called "the world's largest collector of Chinese paintings and calligraphy". In the collection world, it is known as "North Zhang Nan Pang" together with Zhang Boju. He compiled the "Catalogue of Famous Paintings of Xuzhai" and "Continuation of Famous Paintings of Xuzhai", which selected 634 masterpieces from his collection to be recorded. Pang Yuanji's collection is mainly in the Shanghai Museum, Nanjing Museum, and Suzhou Museum.

Zhang Boju, a native of Xiangcheng, Henan, his father Zhang Zhenfang was the acting governor of Zhili when Yuan Shikai was president, because he was a famous family in Xiangcheng with Yuan Shikai, so he married Yuan's sister and formed a good family. When Zhang Boju was a teenager, he studied with Yuan Shikai and his sons. and Pu Dong, Yuan Kewen, and Zhang Xueliang are known as the "Four Great Sons".

The essence of Zhang Boju's collection is mostly national treasures, and it is the oldest surviving painting and calligraphy in China, such as Zhan Ziqian's "Spring Tour" by Zhan Ziqian in the Sui Dynasty, "Pingfu Post" by Lu Ji in the Jin Dynasty, and "Balcony Post" by Li Bai. Zhang Boju donated these collections to the state and became the treasure of the Palace Museum.

Wu Hufan, the first person among the painters. His grandfather was the Qing Dynasty's eunuch and Wu Dashi, who was a master of gold and stone, and his family was very rich. Wu Hufan's connoisseurship was famous as early as the twenties and thirties of the 20th century, and the famous connoisseurs Wang C. Chiqian and Xu Bangda were his disciples.

A variety of elegant names in his collection are obtained from precious collections, because he has the Song Huang Valley "Taibai Poetry Grass" volume and Song Mifu's "Duojinglou Poems", so there is a "Pavilion"; Because of the collection of Ouyang Xun's four calligraphy: "Yu Gong Gong Monument", "Huadu Temple", "Jiucheng Palace", "Huangfu's Birthday", so there are "four Ou Tang"

In addition, his collection is famous for Tang Huaisu's cursive "Thousand Character Text", Song Gaozong Zhao Gou's "Thousand Character Text", Song Liu Songnian's "Shangshan Sihao Map", Yuan Zhao Ziang's "Dead Wood, Bamboo and Stone Map", Huang Gongwang's "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map" fragment and "Floating Mountains and Warm Cui Tu", Wang Meng's "Song Window Reading Easy Map" and other famous works of the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, as well as the Ming and Qing dynasties and modern calligraphy and painting.

Zhang Congyu, who was a member of the appraisal committee of the Palace Museum and the deputy director of the Cultural Relics Division of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. In 1962, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage established a "three-person calligraphy and painting appraisal team" composed of Zhang Congyu, Xie Zhiliu and Liu Jiu'an, with Zhang Congyu as the team leader, and appraised more than 100,000 pieces of calligraphy and painting for the country.

Since his grandfather, Zhang's family has been a giant eye of Shanghai connoisseurship and collection for three generations. He once collected the famous works of the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, and basically did not collect the works of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the thirties and forties of the 20th century, his collection was on a par with Zhang Daqian and Wu Hufan. In 1947, Mr. Zheng Zhenduo, a famous scholar, compiled a book for him, "Yunhui Zhai Collection of Famous Paintings since the Tang and Song Dynasties", which recorded many rare treasures. Such as Tang Zhoufang's "Playing Baby", Tang Yan Zhenqing's "Zhushantang Couplet Poems", Song Yi Yuanji's "Roe Ape Picture Scroll" and so on.

He just loves to gamble, so Tan Jing seized the opportunity and deceived a lot of real deeds.

Zhang Daqian once said, "Xu Beihong said that I am the first person to paint in 500 years, I dare not be, if you want to say that I am the first connoisseur in 500 years", it can be seen that he is quite conceited about his collection.

Zhang Daqian's "Dafengtang Calligraphy and Painting Record" is a bibliograph of his collection, which contains the "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" in the Five Dynasties Gu Hong, the "Xiaoxiang Picture", "Creek Bank Picture" and "Evening View of the River Embankment" by Dong Yuan in the Five Dynasties, Guo Xi's "Tree Color Pingyuan", Fang Congyi's "Wuyi Mountain Release" and other famous relics. In particular, Shi Tao's works, according to Zhang Daqian's recollection, collected 500 paintings in his lifetime.

According to Niu Feng's information, except for Zhang Daqian and Wang C. Chiward, who emigrated overseas, the remaining four people did not escape the catastrophe of the past ten years, and many cultural relics were confiscated during that turbulent period, and their whereabouts are unknown. This is a rare opportunity, now I can hear the voice of the Yuan Dynasty and absorb the Song Dynasty, which is the best time to hunt for treasures. ”

Wu Tianyuan made up his mind not to run abroad for the time being, it was very tiring to fly around in the past few months, and his parents would also come to the capital to settle down in a few days, and stay in China to accompany his family. But people can't be idle, so they start their treasure hunt with the four major collectors.

According to the information, Wu Hufan's original wife, Pan Jingshu, is demure and elegant, good at poetry, and good at painting. Its work is ancient and elegant, neat and delicate, washed off the fat powder, quite the Song and Yuan Dynasty atmosphere.

In 1915, Pan Jingshu, then 22 years old, married 21-year-old Wu Hufan. After marriage, the couple played the piano and ming, sang poems and paintings, and always had a good combination. Pan Jingshu not only took care of Wu Hufan in life, but also gave great help in her career, and cooperated with Wu Hufan to edit and print Wu Dagen's "Ziyi Cao", Wu Dayi's "Chu Zhai Poems" and other works, and more importantly, she and Wu Hufan spent several years to edit and archive more than 1,400 kinds of gold and stone calligraphy and painting in the collection.

This is greatly relied on by Wu Hufan, and whenever there is an important calligraphy and painting in the future, it will be sealed with the seal of "Wu Hufan Pan Jingshu Collection Seal". The people of the time compared Liang (Hong) Meng (Guang), Zhao (Mingcheng) Li (Yi'an), Zhao (Songxue) Guan (Zhong Ji). However, in the summer of 1939, an acute appendicitis perforated and became peritonitis.

From today's point of view, this is a complete minor operation, a small problem that can be solved in any township health center, and it actually took the life of this rare talented woman at the age of 48, and it is really heart-wrenching and regrettable.

Wu Hufan's spirit was hit by a huge blow and it was difficult to extricate himself. Fortunately, with the thoughtful comfort of his wife's maid Ah Bao at home, he was slowly relieved from his grief.

Wu Hufan is a famous painter on the Shanghai Tang Beach, and his reputation is as high as the sky. Relatives and friends have been the matchmaker for him, persuading him to continue as soon as possible, but they have all been politely refused. Someone wanted to introduce him to Li Qiujun, a female painter on the beach in Shanghai at that time, and Li was also interested in painting a picture of a half-length lady in ancient costume, with a small mahogany frame standing, which could be placed on the desk and presented to Mr. Wu as a souvenir. There was also a famous beauty at the time, who directly confessed her pursuit. However, Wu Hufan was unmoved, and some people were really incomprehensible.

I didn't know that Wu Hufan already had a crush in his heart at this time, she was Mrs. Pan Jingshu's maid Bao. Wu Hufan's second sister Wu Huijing officially announced to relatives and friends that Ah Bao would be taken over as a continuation. Wu Hufan was 49 years old that year; Ah Bao is 27 years old, and the difference between the two is 22 years.

As soon as the news of Mrs. Wu Hufan's maid came out, various tabloids on the beach in Shanghai followed up and reported, and some deliberately created some false scandals, and it was rumored that Pan Jingshu had already noticed that her husband and Ah Bao were having an affair, so she committed suicide by taking opium. Pan's illness was only three days from his illness to his death, which inevitably aroused suspicion. After marriage, Wu Hufan and A Bao were in love, and Wu Hufan thought that the name of "Baozhen" was too vulgar, so he changed his name to "Baozhen".

In order to express his true love for his wife, Wu Hufan specially painted a delicate sketch "Guoguang Chunji" for his wife on New Year's Day in 1947 as a New Year's gift to his beloved wife. This drawing, which is about 1.1 square feet, started at 800,000 yuan at the Beijing Changfeng auction in July 2011 and was finally sold for 5.175 million yuan after 30 rounds of fierce bidding.

Gu Baozhen was generous and generous, and many of Wu Hufan's painter "poor friends" had received her help. She often went to the exhibitions of some unknown unknown painters, and ordered their works and pasted them with "Wu Hufan Order" red stripe paper, which flattered those painters.

In 1957, the second son Wu Shuou was classified as a "****" element because he wrote an inspection for him, and later the eldest son Wu Mengou fell into the law because he was willing to fall, and Wu Hufan fell into the abyss of loneliness, depression and pain.

In 1961, he suffered a stroke again, and since then his physical strength has been declining, Gu Baozhen has always given meticulous care and love, so that although Wu Hufan has been wronged, he can spend his old age in peace.

After the start of the Revolution, Wu Hufan was branded as a "counter-revolutionary", and his paintings were falsely labeled as "black paintings"; What made him even more heartbroken was that the family collection of calligraphy, paintings and cultural relics was swept away, and the stolen items filled eight military trucks, and the life's work of several generations of the Wu family suddenly came to naught.

The truck rumbled away, and he finally collapsed. The following year, Wu Hufan suffered another stroke and was admitted to the East China Hospital in Shanghai, but the "rebels" still did not let him go, shouting slogans and fighting around the bedside.

Gu Baozhen was also criticized for being supplied, but she was very strong, cared about and comforted Wu Hufan, and would rather suffer more crimes and try her best to protect her husband. On August 11, 1968, Wu Hufan, who was unbearable to be tortured, pulled out the catheter inserted in his throat and ended his life at the age of 75. (To be continued.) )