Chapter Seventy-Two: Distinguishing the True from the False

The Palace Museum, Painting and Calligraphy Academy

"Master, it's really a big matter, and my brother and I are not sure, so I ask you boss, and my wife will ask Master to ease your cheeks a little more, otherwise my brother and I won't dare to see my wife again......"

Director Xue helped an old man with crane hair and a childish face into the studio, and Director Shan, Professor Jin, Ji Mingbu, and Jiang Yelin hurriedly greeted him.

"There are often things that Xiao Xue can't see, I said a long time ago that your blind historiography and only inheritance and order are a blind obstacle, why can't Xiaoshan see it today?

You have the true inheritance of the master, when I was as old as you, I even dared to refute the fake "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map" approved by Qianlong.

What's the matter, decades have passed, and our Pan homeland can't produce the authentic works of Zeng Gong in the Northern Song Dynasty? ”

The old man is in good spirits, 81-year-old people look like they are sixty or seventy, the ancients said that the northerners and the southern, the men and women are the portraits of longevity and wealth.

Xu Lao actually recognized Ji Mingbu, and happily touched the beauty's head and said,

"Chihuahuas have grown into big beauties, thirty years have passed, you were really a very smart baby when you were a child, follow your grandfather to play with us like a visit, Xiao Ji's body is okay? I haven't seen each other for a while......"

"Xu Lao, my grandfather greets you, grandpa is very good, but the old cold legs are not very convenient to move, otherwise today will definitely come, the Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" was born such a major event, he must be happy to know it!"

Ji Mingbu smiled like a flower, and stepped forward to help the old man to the easel surrounded by everyone.

"The young man is very spirited, this is Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" that you bought for 400,000 yuan from Panjiayuan, you really dare to spend money, you are not afraid to buy a fake, a Mercedes-Benz will be lost......"

Xu Lao teased Jiang Yelin, if you want to say that the people and calligraphy and paintings in this room, the most eye-catching, in addition to the bureau post on the easel, really belongs to this young and elegant Jiang Yelin.

Even a bright-eyed woman like Ji Mingbu seems to be less eye-catching than him.

Jiang Yelin just smiled and greeted Xu Lao very respectfully, but he didn't say anything, and the fat professor had already stepped forward and continued:

"Elder Xu, I'm Xiao Jin, seeing that you are in such good spirits, I am happy in my heart, this bureau post and Xiao Jiang both see it seriously, but the two directors have a big difference of opinion.

If I see it right, you see that I am transferred to the Palace Museum to do chores, can you always talk to the courtyard? The chubby Professor Jin saw the stitches and lobbied for his long-standing wish.

"You, Xiao Jin, I didn't say you, wouldn't it be a waste of your youth when you came to the Forbidden City, and your income and treatment are a cut off from the boss, you can cultivate a few more talents as a professor and graduate student in a university, and you can make a lot of money, and you can contribute to the four modernizations, right?

The Forbidden City is the place where our old man is around, I'm afraid that you will come and leave, won't we be heartbroken when the time comes, and the old Geng of the Ceramic Research Institute knows, right?

Qiu Xiaojun, the eldest disciple who has been cultivated for more than ten or twenty years, has immigrated to Hong Kong, how many of us old men still have ten or twenty years? ”

As soon as Xu Lao said this, the two disciples, Director Shan and Director Xue, were a little embarrassed, Director Xue was the director of the Art History Department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, so he scratched his head and said,

"Master, my brother and I don't plan to leave Huaxia and leave the Forbidden City for the rest of our lives, if you hadn't stopped me, I wouldn't have been the head of the Academy of Fine Arts.

I went into the palace to take over your mantle, but then the senior brother didn't agree, he is the director of the calligraphy and painting department at this time, which is much more beautiful than me! ”

Director Shan was anxious when he heard this, and he stepped forward and said,

"Do you know why you are older than me but you are a junior brother? When I graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, I entered the Forbidden City to do miscellaneous work, and I have worked hard for more than 20 years to get to today.

Where were you at that time, Lao Xue? You are fighting for private criticism and becoming a rebel in the Academy of Fine Arts! ”

"Senior brother, I've always treated you as a senior brother, and you're too boring in front of a few juniors at this time, right? You didn't get into graduate school until you started working.

How have I ever been a rebel, I was in graduate school and knew no, and shouted slogans with red hoops on my arms, none of us young people said anyone, and in the end, didn't we all follow Xu Lao to concentrate on learning? ”

Director Xue's forehead was a little sweaty, in fact, his talent was much more extensive than Director Shan's, and he learned everything from poetry, seal carving, calligraphy and painting.

But in this way, people's energy and talent are always limited, and Director Shan's talent is not as good as that of his junior brother, but he is better at perseverance and than in specializing in calligraphy and painting appreciation.

And in terms of business, his ability to deal with people is much stronger than Director Xue, so one became the director of the Palace Museum of Painting and Calligraphy, and the other stayed in the ivory tower and became the director of the art history department.

Judging from the inheritance of Xu Lao's calligraphy and painting mantle, Director Nature's senior brother is even better.

"Okay, compared to Qiu Xiaojun, the two of you are older than others, but your achievements are less than others, don't think that you can become a master of calligraphy and painting appreciation after writing so many articles and publishing so many books.

Qiu Xiaojun is really close to the realm of blue and better than blue, and the academic value of the ancient ceramics "Geng's identification method" summarized by him is outstanding.

I dare to say that in front of his master, he can see what his master doesn't see real, what about the two of you, such a wide-open Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" is in front of him, and he can't see it really!

When Director Shan and Director Xue were arguing, Xu Lao had already carefully looked at the bureau post on the easel, and his mood was quite uneasy.

The difficulty of painting and calligraphy appreciation is much lower than that of porcelain, and the porcelain of the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties has been handed down, and it is likely that it is perfect after being unearthed because of the relationship between the soil cellars.

Calligraphy, painting, brush, ink and paper are not easy to preserve, and foreign invasions such as fire, insects, and water can end the inheritance and life of a work at any time.

That is, the authentic works of calligraphy and painting under the large families and royal secrets can be passed down relatively well, and in turn, this also brings unique conditions for the forgery of calligraphy and painting.

A painter of all dynasties has learned to paint, whether it is to make a living or to refine skills, they will copy a large number of famous paintings of the previous dynasties, and some of the fakes have become genuine after they have been handed down, and the authentic works have disappeared in the long river of history.

"Master, do you think it's true? That's great! Director Shan and Director Xue came back to their senses and shouted in unison.

Ji Mingbu didn't know when, his nervous hand held Jiang Yelin's hand, and he jumped up with joy at this moment, and Jiang Yelin beside him opened his arms in time.

Fortunately, Ji Mingbu had excellent self-control, and he was coquettish in his nose, but he just high-fived Jiang Yelin and congratulated him, and did not give Brother Xiao Ye a chance to embrace himself in his arms.

The happiest person is the chubby Professor Jin, this guy leaned up with his eyebrows fluttering and said,

"Xu Lao also thinks it is true? Hahahaha, I said, how could I look away, the first time I stood in front of this post, I was shocked and tears poured out.

Good calligraphy is a perfect work of art, every word seems to tell the vicissitudes of history and allusions, Xu Lao, you can tell the leaders of the hospital no matter what.

Let's just say that I looked at the real Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" at a glance, and my eyesight can be regarded as stepping into the threshold of the Forbidden City's calligraphy and painting appraisal, isn't it? ”

"Master, have you ever seen this authentic painting of the "Bureau Post" collected by Tan Lao?" Director Xue asked cautiously.

"Who said that I have seen the bureau post of the collection of today, and who told you that the collection of today must be genuine? At the beginning, the Fuchun Mountain residence map in the treasury of the museum was exactly the same, and there were two copies.

There are a lot of nonsense about the Qianlong imperial approval as the real product on the fake, and a lot of nonsense about the Qianlong imperial approval as a fake on the genuine product.

Qianlong, who is not very good as an emperor, is not good at all, and the appreciation of calligraphy and painting is simply a dozen soy sauces! You two can't learn from him! ”

"Then Master, can you tell me why you are so sure that the Northern Song Dynasty Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" in front of you is genuine, and let the disciples learn another trick.

Before, my brother and I were quite puzzled by the fact that this bureau was written on the back of the page of the engraved book of "Three Kingdoms", and everyone thought that the earliest engraved copy of "Three Kingdoms" was an engraved copy of Shaoxing and Shaoxi in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Later, Xiao Jiang said that in the book "Jade Sea" compiled by Wang Yinglin of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was mentioned that in the fifth year of Xianping in the Northern Song Dynasty, the royal family also printed the engraved copy of the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" and gave it to the auxiliary ministers......"

Since Director Xue is the head of the Department of Art History, he is proficient in history, but Wang Yinglin's "Jade Sea" in the Southern Song Dynasty is vast, and he has not studied it very carefully.

I didn't expect that Jiang Yelin, the youngest in front of him, was a hidden guy, and when he was 24 years old, he was still shouting slogans and waiting for the leader to meet him, who would put his mind on a tool book like "Jade Sea"?

"Oh, how old is Xiao Jiang? Only 24 years old? Xiaoshan, you were 24 years old when you entered the Forbidden City, what kind of university did Xiao Jiang graduate from? Didn't go to graduate school?

Do you want to consider coming to the painting and calligraphy institute to do chores? It's not difficult to give you a graduate diploma in three years......" Xu Lao has a heart of love for talents, of course he knows Yuhai's book, but if you want to say it, I'm afraid that this memory will not work.

After all, an 80-year-old person, as young as Jiang Yelin, how could he be familiar with an unpopular book like Yuhai?

"Elder Xu, Jiang Yelin was forced to drop out of school because of life after only going to high school, and set up a stall in Panjiayuan to support himself, doesn't it mean that society is the best university.

His vision in ancient ceramics is something that Geng Lao and Shi Lao both admire, but he didn't know that he also has such a great ability to pick up calligraphy and paintings.

I still know a little bit about Taiping Yulan, I know the name of the author of this jade sea, I haven't dabbled in anything else, and I don't know how he found it! ”

Ji Mingbu replaced Jiang Yelin's answer and obviously surprised everyone present, why, this young man only has a high school education, and he is so well-read and has a wide range of knowledge, and Yuhai has books like this at his fingertips, which is really surprising.

"Young man, you said that this Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" was auctioned by you from Panjiayuan, do you know the seller's situation? The auction of Pan Jiayuan is held at any time and ends at any time.

I won't give you the ability to quote scriptures to find information about a cold book like Yuhai, not to mention, if you don't read it carefully, you may not even be able to see it on the spot if it is written on the page of the engraved book of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms......" Xu Lao asked with a deep groan.

"The seller is very mysterious, the entrance fee is 50,000, the auction starts at 100,000, and you are only allowed to see but not touch, and the things are placed in the glass cabinet from beginning to end, and I am just lucky.

Like Professor Jin, I pay special attention to the feeling at first sight, the calligraphy is so shocking at first glance, and as for opening the door, I only saw the Southern Song Dynasty at first.

But I thought it was a copy of the Southern Song Dynasty, because the calligraphy definitely got the essence of Zeng Gong's calligraphy, I thought it was only 400,000 yuan, and it would be good to buy a copy of the Southern Song Dynasty! That's it! ”

Jiang Yelin's words were false and real, but they sounded extremely reasonable, Xu Lao nodded approvingly when he heard this,

"At this time, the museums in the United States should be troubled, if they still have a painting of Zeng Gong's "Bureau Post" of the Northern Song Dynasty, it must be a fake! Let's just say that I said it! ”