Chapter 586: Yongle Grand Canon
The box containing calligraphy and painting is relatively large, larger than a suitcase, and there are some painting scrolls on the top, one by one looks antique, and the paper of the painting scroll is slightly yellowed, obviously after the baptism of the years.
All the painting scrolls add up to a total of twenty-three, some large and some small, stacked in turn, Tang Dashao who saw it was full of joy, I don't know if there are any works of everyone in it......
"Xiao Sun, twenty-three scrolls, write them down!" Lao Li said softly.
"Yes, Master!" Xiao Sun nodded, he was responsible for registration, and his master and senior brother were responsible for sorting it out.
Take out all the scrolls and put some utensils for the four treasures of the study underneath.
The so-called four treasures of the study, that is, "pen", "ink", "paper" and "inkstone", but this is only the four treasures of the study in a narrow sense, and the four treasures of the study in the broad sense are worthy of the utensils in the study, and are not limited to the four kinds of "pen", "ink", "paper" and "inkstone", as well as paperweights, pen holders and other commonly used tools for calligraphy and painting.
Paperweight is also called paper weight, Wen Town, Book Town, book ruler or weight scale, etc., the appearance is a rectangular strip, the original shape of the weight is not fixed, the ancients often play with some small bronze or jade and the like on the desk, because they have a certain weight, so when writing and painting in the book, they will be pressed on the paper, and a kind of stationery will be formed over time.
Nowadays, paperweights have also become a kind of collectibles, because most of these things are used by ancient literati, and most of them are extremely exquisitely made, some are bronze, and some are carved from precious stones, such as jade, agate, etc., which are deeply loved by collectors of cultural relics.
Nowadays, in Tang Dashao's many collections, there is no paperweight, but in this box there are six pieces and three pairs of weights of different materials......
One of the pairs of colors. Milk. The white one is made of high-grade Hetian jade, rectangular strips, smooth below, engraved with a unicorn pattern above, in the eyes of Tang Dashao, at least it is also a top master knife work, the collection value is undoubted, if you can investigate the origin of this paperweight, this paperweight is also a heavy treasure.
Tang Dashao couldn't help his feelings, and first gave this pair of paperweights an appraisal......
"Qilin paperweight, the original owner is the Qing Dynasty Kangxi period Nalan sex ,......"
The results of the appraisal made Tang Dashao startled, Nalan Xingde, I went, but I didn't expect to give me a big surprise before I started to sort it out......
For Nalan Xingde, Tang Dashao knows a lot, before his teacher Ouyang Zheng also specially explained him, Nalan Xingde, also known as Nalan Rongruo, is known as one of the three major poets of the Qing Dynasty, the first scholar of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the first talent, and the amazing ......
Anyone who has seen the Kangxi Dynasty or knows something about the Kangxi Dynasty will not forget the two ministers of the Kangxi Era, one is Nalan Mingzhu, and the other is Suo Etu, this Nalan Xingde is the son of Nalan Mingzhu, who has been reading poetry and books since childhood, but unfortunately died young, and he was only in his thirties when he died of illness.
You may not have heard the name of Nalan Xingde, but there is a poem that you must have seen, heard, or used......
"If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind sad painting fan, waiting for idle changes but the hearts of the people, but the old people's hearts are changeable", many young people often will sigh their love with this poem......
In addition to Nalan Xingde's unicorn paperweight, there is also a pair of golden paperweights, as well as bright red paperweights, golden paperweights, Tang Dashao recognized at a glance that the theme material is gold, as for the red paperweight, it seems to be made of coral, and there are exquisite patterns carved on it, Tang Dashao probed them one by one, but unfortunately the names of these two people, Tang Dashao didn't even have an impression......
"Paperweights, three pairs, write it down!" Lao Li said in a deep voice, and after speaking, he took out three pairs of paperweights and placed them on the coffee table next to him.
"Yes, three pairs of paperweights!" Xiao Sun said in a deep voice.
In addition to three pairs of paperweights, there are also four square inkstones, three brushes, Tang Dashao identified one by one, and found that some people have used them in these all, in addition to the tiger head inkstone used by Nalan Xingde, the original owner of the other three inkstones Tang Dashao has not heard of it, but the materials used in this inkstone, the workmanship is extraordinary, but it is also a rare treasure, just take it out of one side, I am afraid it will make the boss of the glaze factory Lin excited......
It's just that what makes Tang Dashao strange is how there is a collection of Nalan Xingde's things here? Could it be that this ancestor of the Pan family still has something to do with Nalan Xingde?
"Record, inkstone square, three brushes!" Lao Li continued.
"Yes, the inkstone is square, and there are three brushes!" Xiao Sun Dao.
Other than that, all that was left in the real box were ancient books......
On the top layer, Tang Dashao looked at it openly, there was a copy of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching", a volume of "Analects", and some Buddhist scriptures, which seemed to be written in Sanskrit......
Lao Li and Xiao Tian took out the books in the box in turn and put them on the coffee table one by one......
As the book on it continued to be taken out, Tang Dashao saw something that surprised him again......
"Yongle Ceremony"!
I'll go, there are so many treasures in this box, even the Yongle Grand Ceremony, this is a national treasure......
"Yongle Canon" was compiled during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and most people are familiar with the famous Yongle Emperor, which is the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Yan, who opened the Ming Dynasty!
Zhu Yuanzhang originally passed the throne directly to Zhu Yunwen, the eldest grandson of the emperor, and later implemented the policy of cutting the feudal domain, but as a result, he annoyed the iron-blooded Yan King, and spent four years in the name of the Qing monarch's side, defeated Yingtianfu, forced Zhu Yunwen to death, and became the emperor himself.
At that time, the fief of Yanjing was the current capital, and the place that was very close to the capital was called Tianjin, there was no Tianjin before the Yongle Emperor, but when he raised his army, he passed by this place and named Tianjin, which means that the place where the Son of Heaven spends his time......
It can be seen that King Yan himself actually wants to be the emperor, not the Qing monarch......
There are also rumors that Zhu Yunwen was rescued from Yingtianfu by a loyal minister and went overseas, and later Emperor Yongle let Zheng He go to the West seven times, saying that it was to promote the great power of the Celestial Empire, but in fact, it was to find Zhu Yunwen......
It's a bit far......
"Yongle Canon" is the Chinese classical collection of the great canon, the original name is "Literature Dacheng" and later named "Yongle Dacheng" by the Yongle Emperor, is a Chinese encyclopedic literature collection, the whole book 22783 volumes, the catalog alone has 60 volumes, divided into 11095 volumes, about 370 million words, bringing together seven or eight thousand kinds of ancient and modern books!
It is a pity that since the compilation of the "Yongle Grand Canon" has been completed, there have been many disasters and difficulties, and the original has not yet been clarified whether it is outside the Yongling Tomb, and the copy of the "Yongle Grand Canon" has been tragically destroyed, and there are still less than 800 volumes......
Nowadays, the National Library of China has 161 volumes, 40 volumes in the United States, 51 volumes in various places, 61 volumes in Baodao, and most of the rest are scattered in libraries, universities, research institutes and other places around the world, and many are also privately collected......
Such a strange book is definitely the greatest wealth in China, and what Tang Dashao didn't expect was that there was a treasure here......
"Yong, Yongle Grand Ceremony...... My God, there is still "Yongle Ceremony" here? ”
Lao Li, who was originally calmly checking these things, became not calm after seeing these four words......
"What? There is also the "Yongle Canon" here? Let me take a look, let me take a look......" Xiao Sun, who was originally recording, leaned his head over in surprise when he heard this......
They are all scholars of cultural relics research, mainly studying some historical events, customs and culture, economy and population of various dynasties, and the most intuitive response to the study of these things is those recorded in words......
Although some porcelain and bronze can also understand some of the productivity levels and social structures of the time, after all, they can only be based on speculation and understand the part, and it is difficult to study in depth, and only the things that are recorded in words are more convenient to study, which is also the reason for the huge difference in the value of bronzes with inscriptions and bronzes without inscriptions......
"Do your job well, the thing is here, I'm afraid I won't be able to see it?" Lao Li's face sank suddenly, as if he had forgotten about it, when he saw this "Yongle Canon" just now, his excited look didn't seem to be much worse than that of Xiao Sun......
Seeing this, Tang Dashao smiled and said: "Count first, the inventory is finished, and there is time for you to study." ”
In the end, after all the books in the entire box were emptied, there were actually some letterheads hidden at the bottom, about ten of them......
"Eighty-seven books." Lao Li said.
"Yes, books, eighty-seven." Xiao Sun recorded.
"Well, the last letterhead, twelve!" Lao Li said.
"Letterheads, twelve!" Xiao Sun repeated.
At this point, the box was empty, and everything was cleared......
This is, Oda took a camera from the side, took a few photos of the empty box from different angles, and then pointed a few pictures at the coffee table......
"Now let's start the specific inventory work, Xiao Sun, or you record, Xiao Tian, you are responsible for taking pictures." Lao Li said softly.
Inventory of things, all have to be photographed, there are photos, but also have a written record, so that the entire inventory work is completed, as for the age, origin, name, etc., of these things, are the work content of the follow-up researchers......
"Okay, teacher." Both replied at the same time.
"Lao Li, you start with the books, count one and put one in one, this letterhead, I'll take a look first, if there is anything I find." Tang Da Shaodao.
"Yes, Tang Shao."
Lao Li nodded at Tang Dashao, then picked up a book and said: "1121 volumes of "Yongle Canon", 1134 volumes of "Yongle Canon", 1131 volumes of "Yongle Canon" ......"
Every time Lao Li pronounced a name, Xiao Sun changed to record one, and Xiao Tian took the camera to a book and began to take pictures non-stop......
And Major General Tang Da set his eyes on those letterheads, which were stored in the secret room, and also placed under the "Yongle Canon", I don't know if there will be any exciting content......