In the next few days, Xia Nai was busy inspecting the overall situation of each cave, and the horse platoon leader followed behind Zhang Daqian. The platoon commander couldn't wait for Zhang Daqian to quickly damage the mural, so he could go to Zhou Hexuan to ask for a bounty, ten gold bars on one wall, and he wouldn't have to worry about destroying a few more sides in his life.

Wanrong, Wu Zuoren and Lin Fengmian stood in front of the mural every day and couldn't move their legs. For the painter, the freshly peeled frescoes are so beautiful that the lines and colors are indescribable.

Zhou Hexuan is now a qualified collector of paintings and calligraphy, and from a purely connoisseurship point of view, he can't wait to move these murals home.

It is difficult for future generations to understand this mood when they visit the Mogao Grottoes to admire the murals, because they cannot see the original colors. Just like the Terracotta Warriors, the newly unearthed Terracotta Warriors and Horses are brightly colored, just like real people, but they quickly fade in a few tens of seconds, and the color is completely absent after three days.

It is estimated that most Chinese think that the terracotta warriors are ashes, and they can't imagine the amazement when it is first unearthed.

Zhou Hexuan stood behind Wanrong, saw that she had just finished copying a partial picture, and said with a smile: "What, reluctant to leave?" ”

Wanrong joked, "I want to live here for the rest of my life." ”

Wu Zuoren heard their conversation, and suddenly turned around and said, "Mr. Zhou, I have a reluctant request. ”

"You speak." Zhou Hexuan said.

Wu Zuoren said embarrassedly: "I want to stay and study Dunhuang murals, but I don't have enough financial resources to support it." If Mr. Zhou can lend me 5,000 oceans, then I will stay in the Mogao Grottoes to supervise Mr. Daqian at all times, and I will definitely be more professional than the horse platoon commander. Of course, this 5,000 is now the ocean, and I will definitely work slowly to repay it in the future. ”

"No problem," Zhou Hexuan smiled, then turned around and asked Lin Fengmian, "Does Mr. Lin want to stay too?" ”

Lin Fengmian shook his head and said, "No matter how beautiful the mural is, it is still a dead thing." I will stay here for two or three months at most, and then I will go to Chongqing and the front line to propagate the War of Resistance, and when the Japanese invaders are driven out of China, I think I will return here. ”

Lin Fengmian was a member of the design committee of the Political Department of the National Government, responsible for the propaganda task of the Anti-Japanese War, and went to the front line many times to do investigation and creation.

Of course, it cannot be said that Wu Zuoren is unpatriotic.

Three years ago, Wu Zuoren organized a field sketching group to collect materials on the front line, and later served as a director of the National Association of Art Circles to Resist the Enemy, creating dozens of works that reflected the Anti-Japanese War and the people's suffering. He is a patriotic painter like Lin Fengmian, but his choice at this time is different.

Lin Guoda suddenly raised his hand and said, "Teacher, I want to stay." ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and asked: "You don't know how to paint, what are you doing staying?" ”

Lin Guoda said: "I have read more than half of the "Twenty-four History", and I am most interested in the Han and Tang dynasties. Dr. Xia said that after he finished inspecting the Dunhuang murals, he would go to various places in the northwest to do field research, and I wanted to follow him to visit the Han and Tang Dynasties. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and encouraged: "It's a good thing to have academic pursuits, I will be responsible for the expenses, you follow Dr. Xia to learn more things." By the way, I've brought two cameras with me, one of which I'll give you. ”

"Thank you, teacher." Lin Guoda was overjoyed.

Zhou Hexuan walked leisurely all the way to the cave where Zhang Daqian was, and saw this old gentleman standing in front of the murals of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Daqian turned around and smiled bitterly: "I really want to peel it off." There are at least three layers inside, or even four layers, and the Ming Dynasty murals on the outside are compared with the Jin and Tang murals inside, as if the sun and moon are brighter than fireflies. Mingcheng, do you know how uncomfortable this is for a painter? ”

Zhou Hexuan pointed in the direction behind him and said, "There are dozens of caves over there that have been penetrated, do you know who did it?" ”

"I don't know." Zhang Daqian shook his head and said.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Late Qing Taoist Wang Yuanlu. ”

"I've heard a little." Zhang Daqian immediately had an impression.

Zhou Hexuan asked: "What do you think of Wang Daoist's behavior of opening the cave?" ”

Zhang Daqian said angrily: "Destroying art, the murals at the passages of the dozens of caves were all ruined by him." ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Your evaluation of Daoist Wang is the same as Dr. Xia's evaluation of you. ”

Zhang Daqian was unconvinced: "How can it be the same? I'm for art, and the Taoist priest is all out of selfishness. ”

"Daoist Wang himself doesn't think so," Zhou Hexuan said, "although Daoist Wang believes in Taoism, he saw the Buddhist antiquities in the Mogao Grottoes, and immediately spontaneously stayed to protect them." He cleaned up the sand and gravel, offered incense, and raised money to protect the Mogao Grottoes by preaching and curtaining. Sometimes the money is not enough, and Wang Taoist also helps people copy the scriptures. Opening dozens of caves meant running out of money for him, but he did it anyway to make it easier for his pilgrims to worship the Buddha. You are for art, Daoist Wang is for worshipping Buddha, and Dr. Xia is for archaeology. Subjectively, who is wrong? None of that seems to be wrong. You have a reason to criticize Daoist Wang, and Dr. Xia has a reason to criticize you. ”

Zhang Daqian was silent, difficult to refute.

Zhou Hexuan continued: "You destroyed the murals of the Song and Ming dynasties in order to copy the murals of the Jin and Tang dynasties, and Daoist Wang sold dozens of boxes of ancient books and thousands of scriptures in Mogao Grottoes for hundreds of taels of silver in order to raise money. Does it make any difference? ”

Zhang Daqian argued: "Of course there is a difference, I ......"

Zhou Hexuan interrupted and said: "The painting layer you peeled off is inside the cave, and the Taiqing Palace built by Daoist Wang is outside the cave. When future generations see the murals in the cave and the Taiqing Palace outside the cave, they will think of everything you have done, do you think this is very glorious? To put it mildly, if Daoist Wang hadn't discovered the cave back then, the thousands of scriptures in the Mogao Grottoes would still be intact today. If you don't find the mural layering, the murals of the Jin and Tang dynasties will be intact decades later. ”

"You...... That's it, I don't peel paintings anymore! Zhang Daqian was so angry that he almost vomited out a mouthful of blood.

Zhou Hexuan really said a little too much, and he shouldn't compare Zhang Daqian with Wang Daoshi. Although Zhang Daqian destroyed the Dunhuang murals, he made great contributions to the research and development of Dunhuang studies in history, and it is difficult to say whether he is a merit or a fault.

The biggest difficulty is that the country is too backward.

If the Qing government had prospered and strengthened, it would have been impossible for the Dunhuang scriptures to be lost overseas. At the beginning, Wang Daoist discovered the Mogao Grottoes, which contained thousands of scriptures and dozens of boxes of ancient books, which were originally intended to be transported to the provincial government for proper safekeeping, but because the local government could not come up with six or seven thousand taels of freight, a large number of cultural relics were bought by foreigners with more than 1,000 taels of silver.

If the Republic of China is prosperous and powerful, it will not be the turn of Zhang Daqian, a painter, to spend thousands of taels of gold to study the murals, but the state will organize a professional archaeological team to excavate them.

As the people of China, we can only look forward to the advent of a prosperous era.

At that time, we will not only be able to protect our domestic cultural relics, but also slowly recover the cultural relics that have been lost overseas.

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