Lin Yi rubbed his nose, followed the scent of books, and soon found a broken thread-bound book under the pile of old books. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lin Yi was surprised, and didn't understand how this book could have such a weird atmosphere, so he slapped it a few times and watched it carefully.

This book is the same as the previous thread-bound book, it is also a woodcut version, but it is very different from the previous one in terms of engraving.

Although the previous "Liu's Family Collection of the Three Yuan Secret Decision" belongs to the fine engraving version, it is a version of the late Qing Dynasty, because the handwriting has a very strong square script commonly used in the Qing Dynasty, and this book is a typical Ming engraving book, whether from the paper or from the font can be determined, it should be the work of the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

After roughly drawing conclusions, Lin Yi went to read the content of this book again, and was dumbfounded, there was a "Weiyang Sheng" in it!

Looking at classical Chinese masterpieces, how many male protagonists can be named "Weiyangsheng"? So Lin Yi immediately concluded that this book was the famous "Juehou Zen"!

When it comes to banned books in China, many people think of "The Golden Vase of Plums", and it is easy to ignore another book, which is this superb "Juehou Zen". In addition, this book has another name called "Yupu Tuan"

Hong Kong 3D movies released last year failed to enter the mainland market because of their large scale, and some mainland tour groups even organized tourists to go to Hong Kong to watch them. Why does this drama have such a big charm? If you look through history, you will know that this is a forbidden book that has been banned several times. And its author is a famous person--- Li Yu.

Counting thousands of cultural giants in the history of Chinese culture, who can be called the No.1 in the theater industry, some people say that it is Guan Hanqing. Yes, his masterpieces such as "Dou E's Injustice", "Zhao's Orphan", and "Save the Wind and Dust" have been passed down through the ages and are well-known at home and abroad. But he was only a playwright and lacked acting practice; So, Tang Minghuang Li Longji should be about the same, right? The emperor rehearsed programs in the court, organized large-scale performances, raised the drama to an unprecedented height, and was even regarded as the ancestor of the theater world. But he is only an organizer and viewer, lacking originality, and there are almost no commendable works in circulation.

Therefore, the real king of drama is about to emerge, and he is --- Li Yu, a great dramatist in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

About Li Yu's birth, in fact, it is also very interesting, it is said that his mother can't get down, so he screams in bed, she screams, and the floor collapses, and when she screams a few times, the floor is already crumbling. Seeing this, others had no choice but to invite Mr. Feng Shui, and his old man counted with his fingers, and it turned out that this place was not full of yang. So he moved Li Yu to the hill in Xiangyang, so that he was born. Because of this, his family thought he was a genius, so they called him Qi Fan. But this is what ordinary people can call, after Li Yu became an adult, he quietly changed his nickname to Liweng. He said, I'd rather fish than become an immortal. In fact, he couldn't even catch a fish in the end.

In addition to this "Little Yellow Book", Li Yu's works at that time, such as "Sympathy for the Fragrance Companion", "Kite Mistake", "Meaning in the Edge", "Jade Scratching the Head", "Silent Play" and "The Twelfth Floor", all of which were bestsellers, can be said to be a well-known best-selling author of that period.

The Ming Dynasty fell in 1644 when Li Yu was thirty-three years old. The first half of his life belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and the second half of his life belonged to the Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, there were many famous cases of literary prisons. In this case, intellectuals are prone to taboos in everything they write, and they can only write about the wind and snow. It can be said that Li Yu is committed to popular novels and dramas, and he has his own interests and hobbies, as well as historical background.

Of course, what really made Li Yu's name go down in history was naturally not these popular literatures, but his masterpiece "Idle Love and Occasional Mail". The book is one of the earliest treatises on opera. The book includes eight parts, including lyrics and songs, exercises, voices, living rooms, utensils, drinks, planting, and maintenance, while the last five involve health preservation, garden architecture, flowers, birds, insects and fish, etc.

After Li Yu finished writing this book, he sent it to a friend for correction. My friend is not interested in drama theory, and after turning ten pages or so, he finds it boring. Li Yu wrote a poem in return: "Reading is not lawful, and opening the book is the first choice." This thing is the same as sugar cane, how not to pour the meal? "The most interesting parts of this book are in the later chapters, and the average reader will read the "sweetness" if they start reading from the back.

While living in Hangzhou, Li Yu became a sought-after "best-selling author". At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the printing industry was developed, and many booksellers made a fortune by reprinting various classics. Writers like Li Yu, who can write about contemporary people and contemporary affairs, are naturally more popular. People living in the last days like to read books that dispel their worries and relieve boredom in order to obtain psychological sustenance. A thriving world where people are so busy creating that they don't really have much interest in it. Later generations have commented that Li Yu's novel praises the free love of young men and women, condemns the orders of parents and matchmakers, and criticizes false Taoism, which has a certain anti-feudal progressive significance, but in fact, how can it be so significant? It's just a big hat that was buttoned up to him by later generations. Even if there are occasional subtleties in the book, it is just to avoid risks, and more to cater to the reader's interest.

But Li Yu didn't get much benefit from it. As soon as his works came out, dozens or even hundreds of booksellers pirated them. At that time, piracy was not very technical, so when you bought a new book, you found a few engravers to engrave it at home, and then sold it to the market, of course, you didn't have to pay Li Yu for the manuscript. As long as his works appeared in the Hangzhou market, booksellers in Suzhou, Nanjing and other places would soon be able to reprint them. It is said that in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, when there was a lack of transportation, Li Yu's new works could be seen in a few days, 3,000 miles away, and it can be imagined that it spread quickly. At that time, there was no copyright office, no one helped Li Yu defend his rights, and seeing that his words exchanged a lot of money for others, Li Yu did not make a fire. He ran around, found the source, fought lawsuits with people, and even sued Sun Picheng in relation to Susong Daotai, and finally succeeded in investigating and dealing with a serious piracy incident--- his book has not been officially published, but the pirated book has already been listed.

What's more, the bookseller found the manuscripts of several unknown authors, signed them directly with the name of "Lake Kasama" and put them on the bookshelf. Later generations still made a fig leaf, using Quan Yong, Jin Yong, Gu You, and Ji Long to pretend to be Jin Yong and Gu Long, and the people at that time didn't care about that, anyway, you can call it "Lisa on the Lake" He can also be called "Lisa Weng on the Lake", Li Yu can only suffer dumb losses.

In order to crack down on piracy, Li Yu's family moved to Nanjing, where piracy was most rampant, and established their own bookstore there, called "Mustard Seed Garden", which means "although the mustard seed is small, it can accommodate Sumeru". All his works are printed and engraved in his own bookstore, which can be regarded as a monopoly on the market. At the same time, he transformed the printing technology, paid attention to the binding design, in addition to printing his own works, but also re-examined and edited many famous works, such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "The Complete Biography of the Water Margin", "Journey to the West", "Golden Vase Plum" and so on. In the competition with fake books and bad books, it finally stood out, forming a situation in which good money drove out bad money. Later, the "Mustard Seed Garden" bookstore changed hands repeatedly, but the good tradition laid by Li Yu has been maintained, making the Mustard Seed Garden a famous brand in the Qing Dynasty publishing industry, which has been followed for more than 200 years, and many book collectors today are still proud of collecting books printed in the Mustard Seed Garden.

An important reason why Lin Yi is interested in Li Yu is to appreciate his character. He doesn't take anything seriously and likes to talk nonsense. His mind is not so clean, and there is not much high-spiritedness. He likes women, he likes vulgar jokes, he occasionally likes to tell big truths, and he likes to be pretentious...... In short, he is very much like a flesh-and-blood reader, not one of those false Taoists who have crossed over from ancient books.

Of course, Lin Yi felt that about Li Yu, there was a place where many people were far inferior to him, and when he was an old man in his seventies and eighties, he could still seduce the little girl. Note that it is seduction, that is, if he does not abduct or cheat, and does not rob, those girls will obediently die for him. This kind of "flirting" ability really makes people a little jealous.

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Lin Yi now can't say what he started thinking about Li Yu, maybe just because he wanted to find a few ancient books to read, and Li Yu was more or less an interesting person among the ancient literati, so he read his "Twelfth Floor", and then knew his name as "King of Drama", so when Lin Yi first knew that the book "Juehou Zen" was written by his old man, the surprise was incomprehensible, and the feeling was like knowing that the master Lu Xun actually peeked at "Golden Vase Plum", thinking that such a pure person, How could you do such an impure thing?

But now that Lin Yi is holding this late Ming Dynasty engraved book in his hand, his hands are trembling a little. Why? Because the ancient book edition industry has long thought that the earliest version of this book has been lost in China, the earliest surviving engraving is the "Japanese Kanei Engraving".

In previous auctions in China, it has also been explained that this book is also known as "Juehou Zen" banned in the Qing Dynasty. This book has no early Qing Dynasty engraving, to the manuscript circulation, the Japanese bought the manuscript and took it back to the country to engrave Zizi for publication, the current carved copy is the most.

And this kind of engraved book is generally a letter of four volumes, divided into "spring, summer, autumn and winter", the auction price finally reached tens of thousands of yuan, and now the price is still soaring.

Of course, these are not the point, the point is that Lin Yi is now holding this broken book in his hand, to be precise, it is the earliest engraved version of the book "Juehou Zen", which exceeds the age of Japan and the engraved book, and it should be the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty at the latest, that is to say, if Lin Yi repairs this book with aura, the value of this book is incalculable, and the most important thing is that this book will directly change the history of this book edition, and to hell with those smug little Japan.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yi asked himself not to be too excited, and then turned back and asked the old man who was still sorting out the old books: "Old man, how much is this book?" ”

Immediately after that, the old man who sold books said a word, almost shocking Lin Yi to death--- (to be continued.) )