Seeing that Chu Chen asked a few questions, but there was no word saying that this thing was good, Lin Dacheng also realized that his thing was probably wrong, and he asked weakly: "Xiao Chen, is there something wrong with this screen of mine?" Is it made of wenge wood? ”

"This screen is indeed made of wenge wood......

When Lin Dacheng's face showed a look of surprise, Chu Chen's tone changed and said: "But this wenge has nothing to do with the wenge wood used in furniture in the Ming Dynasty, it is African wenge wood with a relatively poor texture. ”

"African wenge?" Lin Dacheng showed a trace of doubt on his face, he didn't know anything about this kind of wood.

Chu Chen nodded and explained, "There are new and old wenge trees in the market now. The texture of the old wenge wood is dense, and the purple-brown shades are alternating into lines, especially the longitudinal and slightly oblique sections, which are slender and floating, giving people the feeling of bright and shining feathers. ”

"The new wenge wood, on the other hand, is coarse, purple and black, the grain is often muddy, stiff and has no tendency to rotate, and the wood silk is sometimes prone to warping and stubble. To put it simply, the market generally calls the excellent ones 'old wenge', and the inferior ones 'new wenge'. ”

"The old wenge generally refers to the Burmese wenge wood in the market, and the new wenge generally refers to the African wenge wood that makes the screen of zuò, the heartwood is black and brown, slightly yellow, often with black stripes, the lines are very rough, the density is also the lightest, it does not sink in water, the material is brittle, the hardness is slightly worse, there is no oiliness, and the price is also very cheap......"

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Lin Dacheng looked at the screen he bought again, and it looked. Sure enough, as Chu Chen said, this made him uncomfortable. It was embarrassing, but he didn't give up. immediately asked: "Xiao Chen, is it possible that this screen was made in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Chu Chen shook his head: "This is definitely impossible, let's not explain the difference between the old wenge wood of the present generation and our current one, let's just say that in ancient times, the transportation was so underdeveloped, do you think it is possible for someone to transport a bunch of wood with poor quality and cheap price to make zuò screens?" Shipping costs aren't enough! ”

"This ......"

Seeing that Lin Dacheng was still a little unwilling, Chu Chen added: "Say it again." Just by virtue of the "Silent Night Poem" on the screen, it can be proved that this thing is not made in the Ming Dynasty. ”

Hearing this, except for Lin Dacheng, everyone else also seemed very puzzled.

"The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground. Raise your head to look at the bright moon and bow your head to think of your hometown. That should be right, right? ”

Lin Guangxin recited the "Silent Night Poem" on the screen, and was very confused about Chu Chen's statement.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him with puzzled expressions, Chu Chen explained: "Actually, the reason is very simple, this version we are familiar with now. It is not the original text of the poem. The original text of this poem in the Song Dynasty Hongmai's "Ten Thousand Tang Dynasty Quatrains" is: 'Looking at the moonlight in front of the bed, it is suspected that it is frost on the ground. Raise your head to look at the mountains and moon, bow your head and think of your hometown'. ”

"It wasn't until the Ming Dynasty that the "Ten Thousand Tang Dynasty Quatrains" was revised. 'Raise your head to look at the mountain and moon' was changed to 'raise your head to look at the bright moon'. In Shen Deqian's "Tang Poetry Tailoring" in the Qing Dynasty, the first sentence "watching the moonlight before the bed" was changed to "bright moonlight before the bed". When he arrived at the retreat of Yutang, he compiled "Three Hundred Tang Poems" and synthesized these two sentences. Thereupon. It has become the version that we now know as passers-by. ”

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized. Chu Chen smiled: "Because of this, when I saw this screen for the first time. I knew it was a fake......"

Under normal circumstances, except for freaks like Chu Chen, the antique industry all requires years of practical experience and theoretical knowledge. However, if antique lovers master some knowledge blind spots, they can also detect some relatively eye-catching flaws and not be deceived.

Like Lin Dacheng bought the "Silent Night Poem" on this screen, if Lin Dacheng can familiarize himself with ancient texts, he doesn't have to spend that thousand yuan of unjust money at all. Nowadays, there are many fakes on the market, most of which are low-quality imitations, and the level of counterfeiters is not high, and the workmanship is rough, and some common sense flaws are often exposed. This kind of knowledge blind spot is useful.

There are many changes like "Silent Night Poems", for example, Lu You has a poem "Shi'er", which is also well-known. It begins with a sentence of "Dead Yuan Zhi Wanshi Empty", in fact, the original version was written "Dead Yuan Zhi Wanshi Empty", because before the Ming Dynasty, "original" and "original knowledge" were written as "Yuan Lai" and "Yuan Zhi", and the Yuan character was the original and original meaning.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang disliked the Yuan Dynasty and couldn't even see the word Yuan, so he ordered to change "Yuanlai" to "original", which became the current common usage. After understanding this blind spot in knowledge, if someone shows you an antique from the Southern Song Dynasty, and the word "original" appears in it, there is no need to do other identification, it must be fake.

In addition, there is also a well-known idiom, "talking about soldiers on paper", which refers to Zhao Kuo's boastful talk and was killed by 400,000 Zhao troops in Changping. But think about it carefully, Zhao Kuo was a person in the Warring States period, when was paper invented? During the Western Han Dynasty, there was just the prototype of paper, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cailun, paper in the real sense appeared.

In fact, the idiom "talking on paper" first appeared in the late Qing Dynasty, when it was associated with Zhao Kuo, almost during the Republic of China. If you see an ancient book before the late Qing Dynasty mentioning the story of Zhao Kuo's talk about soldiers on paper, just throw it away, there is no doubt that it is fake.

There are many more examples like this, and after mastering them, they are undoubtedly very helpful for antique identification, but one person's energy is limited, and a lot of knowledge must be accumulated over a long period of time. Therefore, if an antique lover wants to make achievements in this industry, he must be determined and recharge himself often.

Seeing Lin Dacheng's face full of shame, Chu Chen persuaded: "Cousin, I think it's okay for you to be interested in antiques, but you must learn more, like you now, you don't even understand the basic knowledge, you will definitely suffer a loss." ”

Hearing this, Sister-in-law Lin said: "In the past, he was asked to read a fish farming book that was only twenty or thirty pages long, and it was like asking for his life, so I think it's better to forget it!" ”

Lin Dacheng was not happy when he heard this: "What are you talking about, can these two things be compared?" I tell you, I'm done with this line! ”

"Then you, but I'll leave it here first, if you come back with fake things every once in a while, don't blame me for being unkind......"

Seeing the-for-tat appearance of the couple, Chu Chen and Wu Ke wanted to persuade a few words, but they were stopped by Lin Guangxin, and he said in a low voice: "My parents are like this, they don't mix a few words at the two ends for three days, and they feel uncomfortable, and my dad usually doesn't have any hobbies, so it's good for him to have something to do." ”

Wu Ke said: "Guangxin, you must know that this antique industry costs money, if you can hide it to be good, but ......"

Lin Guangxin said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I also understand what you mean, let's take a look at this matter first, and my mother is in charge of money at home, my dad didn't buy things indiscriminately before, and my dad's money is also abundant, now it's like this, my mom will definitely manage my dad's money bag." ”

Hearing Lin Guangxin say this, Chu Chen and Wu Ke both put their hearts at ease, you must know that in the antique industry, there are many people who go bankrupt because of greed, and they don't want Lin Dacheng to suffer huge economic losses to their families because of such a thing.

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The next day, with Wu Ke's advice to "pay attention to safety", Chu Chen and Hu Yong first went to the bank to withdraw 500,000 RMB, because Chu Chen was a big customer of the bank, and he had already contacted him in advance, so he did not delay any time in withdrawing money.

Subsequently, Chu Chen called Ma Xiaoqiang and asked him where he met.

The place Ma Xiaoqiang said on the phone was not far from Chu Chen's location, and Hu Yong only drove for five minutes to arrive.

Ma Xiaoqiang is still the same, but it looks like he is a little more ruffian than the last time they met, and I don't know if it's because after Chu Chen bought those things from Ma Laocai last time, Ma Xiaoqiang began to have a lot of money on hand again, as the old saying goes, when a man is rich, he becomes bad, this is okay for a self-disciplined man, but Ma Xiaoqiang, it's enough to choke.

Ma Xiaoqiang got into the car, greeted Chu Chen with a smile, and then, he first instructed Hu Yong how to drive, and then looked around in the car, and said with envy: "It's good to be rich!" ”

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Mr. Ma, there should be a lot of good things in your house, how many are sold, how many such cars can't be bought?" ”

Ma Xiaoqiang waved his hand and said: "There are a few good things, but those things are kept by my father, with his careful eyes, how can he be willing to sell and buy a car?" ”

Seeing that Ma Xiaoqiang was a little angry when he spoke, it seemed that he should have a lot of opinions about Ma Laocai in this regard.

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Anyway, your father's things are yours sooner or later, and you're in a hurry." At that time, you can call me, or go directly to the capital to find me in my antique shop, as long as the things are good, we can negotiate the price. ”

Ma Xiaoqiang hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "Chu Shao, then I will trouble you then!" ”

"What's the trouble here, let's take what we need!"

Chu Chen laughed, and then asked, "Mr. Ma, it's come to this point today, can you tell me what your friend's path is?" Let's talk about it first, if the thing gets into my hands and there is any big trouble, don't blame me for being rude! ”

"Chu Shao, my friend's path must be a little wrong."

Ma Xiaoqiang thought about it and felt that Chu Chen would have to know about this sooner or later, so he said: "But it's just a matter of digging the ground or something, killing people and setting fires, I shouldn't have done it." Chu Shao, you should also understand that the things we do in this industry, and the things we create are not too rare, right? (To be continued......)

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