Chapter 15: Past Events
Director Song said with admiration, "Professor Fang is worthy of being an expert, and your judgment on this painting is completely correct. But what caught our attention was its legendary experience. After I accepted this assignment, I went to Professor Li Hanyang to learn more about the ins and outs of this painting, would you like to listen to it? ”
"Very happy! I also know Mr. Li Hanyang, he is a senior I respect very much, and he can be said to be an academic champion in the field of Chinese archaeology! A few years ago, I went to his house several times to ask him some questions. Not only is he an old man with great knowledge, but even his eldest son Li Yuanshan and second son Mr. Li Yuanshui are also famous scholars in the field of archaeology, and I have a good relationship with their father and son. However, I have never heard Mr. Li tell a story about this painted silk painting. So please elaborate, thank you! ”
"Okay, then I'll relay the past that Elder Li told me. That has to start with Professor Li Hanyang's father, Mr. Li Huanzhi. Li Huanzhi did not do research on cultural relics, he was a technician at the Beiping Library during the Republic of China, and his research topic was the history of ancient Chinese cultural development. At that time, Li Hanyang was only a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, and he had developed a strong interest in ancient Chinese culture since he was a child. Li Huanzhi saw that his son was smart and studious, and he often took Li Hanyang to the library when he was working, and taught some knowledge to his son whenever he had free time. Li Hanyang grew up with his father while studying, and by the time he was seventeen or eighteen years old, he could already help sort out materials and consult literature, as if he was his father's little assistant. At that time, the situation in China was turbulent, and some official and private discoveries and collections of ancient calligraphy and painting cultural relics were stored in the underground repository of the library. Among them is this painted silk painting, when exactly when and by whom found this rare treasure, Li Hanyang is not clear, only know that he followed his father four or five times in those years to see this painting when he followed his father to check the information. Li Huanzhi once explained to his son in detail the painting techniques of this great artwork 2,000 years ago, so Li Hanyang was very impressed by it. ”
When Director Song spoke, everyone was listening carefully, but Fang Ming was a little absent-minded, because he was thinking about another person, her name was Li Qiutong, the same age as Fang Ming, and she was the daughter of Li Yuanshui, the archaeological expert she just mentioned. I met four years ago when Ming accompanied his father to Beijing to visit Mr. Li Hanyang's father and son. Li Hanyang's wife is no longer alive, and he lives in an old Beijing courtyard with his second son Li Yuanshui and his granddaughter Li Qiutong. Fang Wenyuan often researches and discusses some academic issues with the Li family father and son, and he talks about it day and night. Sometimes in order to verify some information, Fang Wenyuan, Li Yuanshan, and Li Yuanshui brothers also went out together to trace their roots and did not come back for a long time, leaving Fang Ming to live in Li Yuanshui's house. So Fang Ming was able to get along with Li Qiutong sometime. Li Qiutong is tall and delicate, with big eyes full of intelligence and wit, straight and black long hair shawl, with a pair of metal thin-edged eyes, is a gentle and elegant virtuous girl, not only superior wisdom but also more attentive and studious, well-read and memorized, she was born in a scholarly archaeological family, her vision and knowledge are far beyond her peers, and her knowledge in the belly is naturally worth half an expert. Fang Ming has no interest in these cultural relics, antiques, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, he is active by nature and adventurous, which is the complete opposite of Li Qiutong's personality. But the two get along very closely, although Li Qiutong is a quiet temperament, she is not a weak woman, she has a stubborn twist in her character, she is very assertive, she will never give up lightly if she believes that what she wants to do. She saw that Fang Ming was like a fire burning his butt all day long, so she asked Fang Ming to learn brush calligraphy with her to sharpen her temperament, and it was strange to say, Fang Ming has been active and unstable since he was a child, except for being restrained in front of his father, no one else can control him, but it is just one thing to one thing, and he obeyed Li Qiutong's constraints, and was glared at by this Sven girl's big eyes, grabbed her ears, and was actually unable to give up, Nuo Nuo didn't dare to resist, she only felt that this woman was the nemesis of her life, and she was born to listen to her arrangement. was beaten and scolded by her, but I still felt a little sweet in my heart. So I patiently learned big characters from her for half a month. During this period, he naturally took the opportunity to take Li Qiutong out to visit Beijing's scenic spots, cultural monuments, play in the water cube, and have fun in Ditan Park. Fang Ming is often funny, making Li Qiutong lean forward and backward with laughter, and Li Qiutong often takes Fang Ming to sit in the courtyard and watch the stars in the sky to talk about the past and the present.
In the following year, Fang Ming took the initiative to follow his father to Beijing several times, the purpose of which was to meet Li Qiutong. After dating like this for almost two years, the two have developed from growing love to affection, and everyone has noticed their relationship, and the parents of both sides are happy to see it. Especially the parents of the Li family, because their daughter is too focused on academic research, looking at the eldest girl who is almost thirty, she has not moved in terms of feelings, so anxious that Li Qiutong's mother urged her daughter many times but did not respond, and now it is rare to see her getting along well with Fang Ming, so she naturally wants to promote good things. But these two people are not as vigorous as others who fall in love, but they are secretly in love, and they seem to have nothing, and their daughters don't allow their parents to ask too much, so Li Yuanshui and his wife are also in a hurry.
Since Li Qiutong went to France to study at the end of the previous year, the two have rarely met, and they usually contact each other by email and phone. During this period, there was only one time when Fang Ming went to Europe and passed through France, and spent a week of happy holiday time with Li Qiutong. Last month, Fang Ming also received a photo of life taken with his classmates in a French country castle from Li Qiutong.
For this girlfriend, Fang Ming cherishes her seriously, loves her knowledgeable, virtuous and generous, and also loves her independent and assertive, soft and rigid. Father Fang Wenyuan also recognized Li Qiutong's qualities very much, thinking that she would be a rare good partner for his son, who could assist her husband's career development, and would become his son's mentor and friend in the future. So although Fang Ming also has other girlfriends in Hong Kong, only Li Qiutong really occupies an important position in his heart.
Director Song Jingyu continued to tell the story of painted silk paintings. After Japan launched the war of aggression against China in 1937, the Peking Library transferred some important documents to the American-funded Peking Union Medical College Hospital for safety, and Li Huanzhi's father and son also transferred it together, until the end of 1941, Li Huanzhi continued to engage in academic research while sorting out and protecting the documents in the office building of the Union Hospital. And got to know the paleoanthropologists Mr. Fei Wenzhong and Mr. Jia Lanpo, whose new generation research laboratory is also there, and in those years, Li Hanyang and his father were fortunate to see another national treasure with their own eyes! ”
As he spoke, Director Song took a photo from Dandan's hand and handed it to Fang Wenyuan, Fang Wenyuan took it, immediately frowned, and said in a lost voice: "Peking Man skull fossil!" ”。 Indeed, the national treasure in the photo is the fossil skull of Peking Man that shocked the world when it was discovered and disappeared!