Painting and Calligraphy Institute of the Palace Museum in Beijing

The young Professor Jin is a self-taught calligraphy enthusiast, and graduated from the Department of Chinese at Capital Normal University 10 years ago to teach ancient Chinese.

He used to be the executive director of the Beijing Linguistic Society and the secretary-general of the Ancient Chinese Research Association. At the same time, he studied calligraphy under Ou Lao and Kang Lao, and participated in the establishment of the calligraphy art education major of Beijing Normal University and the first calligraphy doctoral program in China.

Not long ago, he was hired as an associate professor of the major and served as a tutor for master's students.

Here, Director Xue circled the Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" for a long time, and Professor Jin followed for a long time, but Director Shan looked up to the sky with his hands behind his back, looking meditative.

Ji Mingbu and Jiang Yelin stayed silently on the side, unable to be anxious at this time, although they didn't know what kind of calligraphy Professor Jin had reached.

But at this time in '92, if you become an associate professor and a master's tutor at the age of 35, it's impossible to have two brushes, right?

Sure enough, 20 minutes later, Director Xue took the lead in letting out a sigh of relief and turned around and said,

"Senior brother, what do you think? I think it is at least something that opened the door in the Southern Song Dynasty, of course, if it is something in the Southern Song Dynasty, it must be a letter written in the name of Zeng Gongzhi.

In fact, Master Tan's collection of "Bureau Posts", I'm afraid our master has never seen the real thing, Master Tan went west in the United States last year, but I really don't know the whereabouts of this thing......"

"Director Xue, you said this is a work from the Southern Song Dynasty? Isn't that Zeng Gong's real work? ”

Ji Mingbu was a little disappointed and unwilling, although the celebrity Mobao of the Southern Song Dynasty was also priceless, but since it was written by Zeng Gong of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was a fake.

Even if it is a fake of the Southern Song Dynasty, unless it can be verified that it belongs to the handwriting of a Southern Song Dynasty celebrity, otherwise, I am afraid that Jiang Yelin's 400,000 yuan will be considered a waste.

"Mr. Ji, I'm just talking about a family, the full text of this post: There is a lot of time. Move and bless. Go to the far sea to teach the benefits. Suddenly for three years. Poor in the middle of nowhere. The day is lost in the redundancy of the officer's position.

How can you be happy? The period of substitution. It's hard to know it. And for others to be unheard. It's time to look forward to it. If you can escape, you can escape. It comes from the power of the sages. The turn of summer and autumn. Go out of the house. Thank you for that.

Just in case. Yu Ji order is precious. Summoned before that. Occasionally, I asked specifically about this. Unfit. Gong goodbye. Yun Gou was discussed as a non-party village sage. Twenty-seventh. Sincerely. Inscription: Zeng Gong Goodbye"

Director Xue read the post word for word, his eyes were a little moist, and then Director Shan spoke:

"Lao Xue, do you really see it? Of course, I didn't dare to say that it was genuine at first, but looking at the paper, ink, moth-eaten and stained, it was very quaint.

Look at the structure of calligraphy, the calligraphy is slender, the calligraphy is clear, it is really the style of Zeng Gong's calligraphy in the most mature period, look at the Tibetan seal, 21 seals are inherited in an orderly manner, and the history of 900 years may not be false at all.

…… It's embarrassing! Director Shan shook his head with Lao Xue, and even wiped the wetness from the corners of his eyes emotionally.

"Two seniors, what kind of thing is this, the Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong Bureau returned to China, we are fortunate to see the real work today, shouldn't we raise a glass to celebrate and laugh three times,

Why are the two of you still sighing, don't you see the truth, I'm excited, Zeng Gong's calligraphy, Qing Jun Xiuyuan, today I can see the true face of Lushan,

I dare to say that this calligraphy is more than all the so-called Zeng Gong calligraphy I have seen, and this work should be the real work of Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post"! You two can't laugh at me! ”

Professor Jin's words made Ji Mingbu and Jiang Yelin both smile, and the two glanced at each other, each other's eyes were full of joy, and Ji Mingbu's face was slightly red.

The heart is really handsome and handsome, but it's a pity that he is a full round younger than himself, and he can be an aunt to others at his age, if Kanazawa Fumiruo misses such an insightful, blessed and lucky object, I don't know how sorry I will be in the future......

"Xiao Jin, do you think the two of us don't want the real thing in front of us? More than anyone else, our brothers hope that this is the true handiwork of Zeng Gong's post.

In the past, it was only rumored that this Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong's bureau post was in the hands of the great collector of the Republic of China, Tan Lao, who knew that Tan Lao died in the United States last year, and we pondered that so many of his collections, most of which would be donated to the local national museum.

But at this moment, there is such a thing of unknown origin in the capital Panjiayuan, who dares to take it lightly? ”

As soon as Director Xue said this, Director Shan didn't dare to agree, shook his head and said,

"Lao Xue, I don't agree with what you say, if there is a genuine copy of Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" of the Northern Song Dynasty in front of you, then it is the real work, and it doesn't matter if you are alive or dead on Hong Kong Island.

The problem is that there are still many doubts about this work in my opinion, and if these doubts are not explained to the bottom of the matter, then it is still impossible to take it lightly! ”

Ji Mingbu is a smart woman, this baby has been a genius girl since she was a child, and her EQ is higher than her IQ.

One of the most important proofs of the surviving ancient paintings and calligraphy is that they have been passed down in an orderly manner through the ages...... What is the meaning of orderly inheritance, that is, the work has been collected by collectors or celebrities from the day of its birth.

Either it is mentioned in the catalogue of appreciating paintings and calligraphy, or it overshadows the collector's appreciation seal, which is called the orderly inheritance.

Director Xue is worried that after Tan Lao died in the United States last year, his will donated most of his collection to the local museum?

At that time, the Forbidden City said that it had found the authentic work of Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post", and the American Museum over there refuted the rumor that the original copy of the old Bureau Post was in their museum, is it so worried?

Do you want us to send an official letter to the family of Tan Lao and the local museum to ask for advice? "Ji Mingbu's thinking is simple and straightforward.

"Mr. Ji, you and Director Xue actually have the same idea, as if what you talk about the old collection is genuine, and what appears outside the old collection is fake.

In fact, there is no only truth and authority in the world of calligraphy and painting collection, and the truth must be in the hands of those who have mastered the truth. ”

Director Shan nodded at the young Professor Jin, but the fat professor who looked like Maitreya shook his hand humbly and said,

"I think everyone should listen to Director Xue's opinion first, and I also know that there are many doubts about this work, but judging from the calligraphy itself and the content of the letter, it must have been written by Zeng Gong himself, which is my starting point for identifying the authenticity of this work......"

Jiang Yelin nodded secretly when he heard this, this Professor Jin is not only superior or authoritative, but can have his own position and opinions, this alone shows that it is not accidental and vain that he became an associate professor and a graduate student at the age of 35.

"Senior brother, Xiao Jin, you are fascinated by calligraphy, the calligraphy of this work is indeed excellent, the knot is slender, square and round pen, round and square, thin but not dry, fat but not turbid, Feng Zang painting strength, clear rhyme, old and vulgar, it is the best!

But did you find that this bureau post was not written on ordinary paper, he was written on the back of the page of the printed "Three Kingdoms"! ”

"As we all know, there are four kinds of existing engraved copies of the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", which are photocopied copies based on the two engraved copies of Shaoxing and Shaoxi in the Southern Song Dynasty;

02 According to the Ming Dynasty Beijian School engraved Qing Wuying Palace; 02 According to the Jinling movable type book printed by Feng Mengzhen, the southern supervisor of the Ming Dynasty; 02 According to Mao's Jigu Pavilion, the Jiangnan Book Company engraved the book; 02

How did the calligraphy of Zeng Gong of the Northern Song Dynasty come to the pages of the Three Kingdoms that appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty? Whoever can explain this problem, then I will retract my judgment and think that this thing in front of me is Zeng Gong's authentic work! The words are really well written! “

Director Xue is the director of the Art History Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China, and he is very knowledgeable and accomplished in the study of history and inheritance. "Director Xue, I don't dare to agree with your words, although the earliest engraved copy of the surviving "Three Kingdoms" comes from the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing and Shaoxi engravings.

However, as early as the Northern Song Dynasty, there was an engraved copy of the "Three Kingdoms" printed, so it is entirely possible that Zeng Gong, a calligrapher of the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote a bureau post on the north side of the page of the Three Kingdoms! Jiang Yelin opened his mouth unhurriedly. Oh, how can it be proven? There's no basis for your words, right?! "Director Xue was bookish, and he didn't take Jiang Yelin, who was born in Panjiayuan's training stall, in his eyes.

Although this kid has a bit of eyesight in porcelain, and his luck is even better, but calligraphy and painting are either able to blow or be true. "Jiang Yelin, it turns out that you are really not chaotic? Did the Northern Song Dynasty really print the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms"? Like Director Xue, I thought that the earliest engraved copy of "Three Kingdoms" came from the Shaoxing engraved copy of the Southern Song Dynasty! “

Ji Mingbu's eyes widened, and his face was full of surprise, not like she was pretending, the girl was indeed a little amazing, and she had only listened to experts before.

At this time, I found that Jiang Yelin, who could continuously pick up leaks from the stalls, was the master of deep concealment. "Xiao Jiang said that the Northern Song Dynasty had "Three Kingdoms" published, and I seem to have seen relevant materials somewhere, hey, it's been hot and annoying lately, and this memory is really urgent!"

Professor Jin echoed and pondered, but he couldn't remember for a while. "Did you find it in some of the wild history notes?" Director Shan looked expectant, but he was actually entangled in the issue of the Three Kingdoms printed on the north side of the page.

If it is an engraved copy of the Southern Song Dynasty, it cannot be written by Zeng Gong of the Northern Song Dynasty anyway, and the largest opening will be in the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, unless it can be verified that it was made by Zeng Gong, a master of calligraphy and painting in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Otherwise, the artistry and value will be greatly reduced, and no matter how good the anonymous calligraphy is, it will not be recognized by the market! "If my memory is good, it was mentioned in the "Jade Sea" edited by Wang Yinglin of the Southern Song Dynasty:

"In the third year of Xianping (1000), the edict selected the official to study the "Three Kingdoms", "Book of Jin", and "Book of Tang" in detail...... After the completion of the school in five years (1002), he was sent to Guozijian for engraving. ”

and the fifty-fifth volume of "Jade Sea" "Xianping Ci Three Kingdoms" states: "(Xianping) five years (1002) April Yihai, Zhiji Pavilion Huang Yijian and others on the new printing of "Three Kingdoms"...... Distribute it to the prince's auxiliaries. ”

It can be seen that the earliest inscription of the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms was in the fifth year of Xianping in the Northern Song Dynasty (1002), not the Southern Song Dynasty, and there are also cases where the Southern Song Dynasty reprinted the Northern Song Dynasty bookplate or the Southern Song Dynasty continued to use the Northern Song Dynasty bookplate.

In addition, the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" has been collected among the princes and ministers as an important gift from Song Zhenzong. With Zeng Gong's identity at that time, it is very possible to obtain the publication of the Three Kingdoms.

Therefore, Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" was written on the back of the page of the Three Kingdoms Chronicles of the Northern Song Dynasty, and there is no problem! “