The East Asian Pavilion of the Tokyo National Museum was also called the Toyokan by the Japanese, but later because it was not easy to call because the Toyo was mainly called during World War II, the Japanese changed the name of the Toyokan to the East Asia Pavilion, but in fact, the Japanese have always been accustomed to calling it the Toyokan to remember their past 'glorious years'.

The Toyokan is the second largest exhibition hall in the Tokyo National Museum after the Toyokan, with a total of 10 exhibition halls, mainly exhibiting artifacts from Southeast Asia, West Asia, as well as China and the Korean Peninsula.

Among them, Chinese cultural relics are the most abundant and precious, and there are a total of ten exhibition halls in this Oriental Museum, but five of the exhibition halls display cultural relics from China, which shows the proportion of Chinese cultural relics in this exhibition hall.

Moreover, several of these Chinese cultural relics are regarded as Japanese national treasures by the Japanese themselves, which shows the importance of these Chinese cultural relics to the Japanese.

When Jin Muchen came to step on the spot before, he focused on those Chinese cultural relics, so this time he entered the exhibition hall and went straight to the back exhibition halls.

The first stop is the exhibition hall that mainly displays paintings, which displays hundreds of paintings from various periods of Chinese history.

In addition, four of these paintings are regarded as national treasures by the Japanese, which shows the importance of these paintings.

When Jin Muchen entered this exhibition hall, he went straight to the front of the paintings that were regarded as national treasures by the Japanese, and the first thing he faced was Li Di's "Red and White Hibiscus".

The name of this painting sounds like a painting, but it is actually composed of two paintings, one each of which is a red hibiscus and a white hibiscus. It belongs to the ink and color painting on silk, and it is also the masterpiece of the highest artistic achievement among Li Di's works and surviving works.

Such an evaluation is not judged by the Japanese, but by us Chinese ourselves, for a very simple reason. Because Li Di is not only a famous painter, but also a famous loyal minister and good general in the Northern Song Dynasty, his hand-me-down works are very sought after by those literati.

Therefore, he has many hand-me-down works, which have been collected by the literati of his later eras, and everyone has collected more, and his works have naturally been evaluated, and the only recognized conclusion that has been reached later is that this "Red and White Hibiscus Picture" has the highest artistic achievement. In the Qing Dynasty, this "Red and White Hibiscus Picture" was collected by the Old Summer Palace.

Later, the British and French forces robbed the Old Summer Palace, fortunately this work was not snatched away, but it was lost outside the palace, but it is a pity that after the Northern Qing Dynasty Incident, this masterpiece still failed to escape the clutches of the Japanese, and was captured by the Japanese to Japan.

Hidden for decades. For fear that the Chinese government would ask for this famous painting to return to China, the relationship between the two countries has not been very good in recent years. The Japanese simply didn't even want face, and directly took this painting to the Tokyo National Museum to display, and also rated this painting as an important national treasure of their country, in fact, the purpose is nothing more than to stimulate the sensitive nerves of Chinese.

If you want to talk about this Li Di, many people may not have heard of it much. But after Jin Muchen saw this painting that day, he also went back and carefully checked the origin of this person, and only after this investigation did he know that he was not only a painter, but also a very famous loyal minister and virtuous in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Li Di was born in the fourth year of Kaibao of Taizu of the Song Dynasty in 971 AD. His family had lived in Zhao County for generations and later moved to Youzhou.

His great-grandfather Li Zaiqin, in order to escape the war of the five generations, moved to Puzhou, which is now Juancheng, Shandong.

Li Di has a deep and steady personality, talented and learned, and once brought his own articles to Liu Kai, Liu Kai thought he was a genius, and said he: "He is a public assistant." ”

In the second year of Jingde of Song Zhenzong in 1005 AD, Li Di entered the Shijia Branch, the champion and the first. After winning the examination, Li Di was appointed as a supervisor, successively served as a general judge in Xuzhou and Yanzhou, and later changed to the secretary of the provincial book Lang and the Zhishi Museum, and served as the judge of the third division of salt and iron.

In 1008 A.D., when Zhenzong carried out Mount Tai Feng Zen, Li Di was appointed as the general judge of Yanzhou, but because of the improper dispatch of Kaifeng Mansion Jinshi, he was demoted to Haizhou Supervisor of Taxation, and later changed to the right secretary, from the governor of Yunzhou, and was called into the court, and was ordered to picket the prison case, promoted to the housekeeper, pacified Jiangzhou and Huaizhou, and served as the deputy envoy of the three divisions of salt and iron as a member of the Shangshu Department, and was promoted to the knowledge system.

At that time, Zhenzong heard that the thieves were rampant in Bozhou, so he asked Li Di to be the prefect of Bozhou.

So he was added to the rank of knight, became the right counselor, a bachelor of Jixian Academy, and was in charge of the Yongxing Army. At that time, there was a border commander Cao Wei, Shangshu asked for more troops to strengthen the defense, and Zhenzong thought that this person was very cowardly and wanted to cut off his head.

Li Di fought for this Cao Wei, saying that he was brave and strategic, he was a loyal minister and a good general, and he would definitely be able to win the border pass one day, and it came true.

After Renzong was made the crown prince, Kou Zhun was framed by the traitor Ding Wei and dismissed the prime minister. Zhenzong appointed Li Di as the servant of the Ministry and the young master of the prince, and he was in charge of the same book as the Sect of the Prince.

At that time, Ding Wei was in power and excluded dissent, Li Di was deposed as prime minister, went to Yunzhou as a prefect, and was almost persecuted to death.

History said that at this time, "the people of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China are empty", and there is even such a rumor among the people: "If you want to win the peace of the world, you should pull out the thorn in your eye; If you want to be good in the world, it is better to summon Kou Lao. ”

Later, Ding Wei fell, Wang Zeng was the prime minister, and Li Di became the secretary and supervisor and went to Shuzhou as the prefect. The Empress Dowager died of illness, and the imperial court re-summoned Li Di as a senior scholar and sentenced him to Shangdu Province. Soon, he worshiped the same Zhongshu Sect under the Ping Zhangshi and Jixian Hall scholars.

In the middle of Jingyou, Li Di was squeezed out and framed by Lu Yijian, dismissed as the secretary of the criminal department, and went to Bozhou as the prefect. At that time, Yuan Hao attacked Yanzhou, the Song army suffered heavy losses, Li Di asked himself to fight the border, Renzong did not allow it, and ordered Li Di to be the envoy of the Zhangxin Army, know the Tianxiong army, and transfer to Qingzhou.

The following year, stationed in the town, Li Di asked to return to his hometown, and was named the prince and the prince and returned to Puzhou.

On November 1, 1047, Li Di died of illness at home at the age of seventy-seven, Renzong posthumously presented Li Di as Sikong and Shizhong, nicknamed "Wending", and personally inscribed his tombstone as "the monument of the legacy", and changed the Denghou Township where he was buried to "the township of the legacy".

This is the life of the famous painter Li Di, according to his life, in fact, he is just a part-time painter, his main job is actually a politician.

But in his life, it can be said that he is very successful, not only the ups and downs of the Huan Sea, but the final ending is not bad, and the reputation among the people is also very good, and in the end, he also won a good reputation of loyal ministers and good looks.

This kind of life has added a lot to his paintings.

In addition, the quality of his "Red and White Hibiscus Picture" is indeed high, and the red and white hibiscus painted are one each, and in terms of line drawing skills, he is very strong in the spirit of Huang Zhen's painting style.

Moreover, the painting and portrait description are extremely realistic, which is a very rare style in Chinese history, and it is also very particular about the use of brushes, with slender strokes and subtle color levels, which makes this red and white hibiscus full of interest, and makes perfect use of the picture space of Yu Bai, and also makes the conquest works appear more natural and quiet.

Such a unique painting of flowers and birds is rare in the history of ancient Chinese painting, let alone such a fine product?

Coupled with the collection of celebrities in the past dynasties and the Old Summer Palace, the net worth of this painting has increased a lot, so the Japanese devils rated this painting as a Japanese national treasure, which is also their vision.

It's just that today, this Japanese national treasure is going home, back to where he originally belongs, and no longer drifting back in this foreign land, desecrated by these Japanese devils.

The defense of this painting can be said to be very tight, with a heavy glass cover, titanium alloy wire, plus a number of various types of detectors, cameras and so on.

However, the power supply was cut off, and these electronic monitoring equipment couldn't help Jin Muchen, smashing the glass cover and cutting the wire, and soon this famous painting was included in his pocket.

Jin Muchen did not stay too long, but continued to move forward, and the next one is also a famous painting that has been rated as a Japanese national treasure by the Japanese.

This painting is Li Sheng's "Xiaoxiang Lying Scroll", and the "Xiaoxiang Lying Scroll" exhibited at the Tokyo National Museum is actually only a part of the original scroll, which is about 30 centimeters long and 33 centimeters wide.

The author of this painting is actually not called Li Sheng, but should have been a scholar surnamed Li, but because he was not very famous when he painted this painting, no one recorded his real name.

And like those sad Western painters, after this Li scholar created this painting, his work did not immediately attract the attention of people at that time.

It was not until later, after he had been dead for an unknown number of years, that his paintings were collected by the literati of successive dynasties, and finally flowed into the court of the Qing Dynasty, which attracted people's attention.

Many people regard this "Xiaoxiang Lying Tour Picture Scroll" as a masterpiece with extremely high artistic value, but when they want to verify who the author of this painting is, there is no way to verify it.

And even if you find out if there are any other works of this Li family, it is simply an impossible task.

It is very likely that this Li scholar was full of confidence when he originally created this picture scroll, and felt that after this picture scroll was completed, he was likely to become famous all over the world in one fell swoop.

But I thought that after the painting was completed, I found that it didn't attract the attention of others at all, so I ended up depressed and didn't leave any other works. (To be continued.) )