The books were all placed on the table, and there were seven large tables piled up. Sun Yuanqi introduced: "In it, many of them are anthologies of local celebrities, such as chronicles, inscriptions and rubbings, and there are also many rare books. However, I'm a layman and can't see the doorway. Both of you are experts, tell me a layman? ”

Wang Guowei made a gesture of please, but asked Zhang Yuanji to come first. Zhang Yuanji was also not polite, and took down two letters from the pile of books, one of which was handed to Wang Guowei: "Let's take a look"

Wang Guowei carefully pulled out the ivory pick, opened the envelope, and gently turned one of the pages. Even Sun Yuanqi, a layman, can feel the quaint atmosphere from the yellowed pages. Wang Guowei's hands trembled slightly because of excitement, turned a few more pages, raised his head and stared at Sun Yuanqi: "This is ...... This is the fourth year (1193) of Song Chunxi's Fuzhou envoy Kuke and Shaoxi's reconstructed version of the "Spring and Autumn Ram Sutra Interpretation"

"Song Keben?" Zhang Yuanji also turned his head to look, "This is my first engraved vermilion ink overprint of Ming Lingmeng's "Meng Dongye's Poetry Collection", although it is not bad, but it is far worse than the one in your hand. ”

Sun Yuanqi didn't know much about these versions of the market, so he asked tentatively: "Song carving, how expensive is it?" ”

"Hehe, I often go to Liulichang these days, and I know some about the general market." Wang Guowei closed the page carefully before explaining, "The Song book, in Kangxi, was only one or two pieces of silver; By the time of the Qianjia period, there were at least two taels of silver; After Tongzhi rebellion and chaos, it rose to ten taels of silver; And now after the boxers, it is twenty-two and one volumes, and there is no market for it."

"yes, there are fewer batches of each unrest. It is said that the "Yongle Grand Canon" of the Hanlin Academy has been burned down when the Gengzi Kingdom changed, and there are fewer and fewer good things," Zhang Yuanji sighed.

Sun Yuanqi's heart moved, but he didn't say anything more. He said: "Therefore, on the basis of satisfying the needs of students, the library strives to further collect all kinds of literature and materials, so as to achieve the purpose of collecting and collecting." By the way, let's keep looking and see how many good things there are? I'm in charge of sorting and arranging the things you guys like. ”

The three of them were busy in the library for a long time, and even ate a few bites of lunch, and later Lu Bi, who went to the northwest together, also came to help, and it was not until dusk that they were roughly separated. Among them, there are more than 70 kinds of Song and Yuan inscriptions, 30 volumes of Dunhuang testaments, more than 200 kinds of banknotes and manuscripts, 70 kinds of calligraphy and painting albums, 300 kinds of rubbings of tablets, more than 400 kinds of square chronicles, and more than 100 kinds of Ming and Qing Dynasty engraved poetry collections and book series.

"These are priceless treasures, they are Ming and Qing Dynasty engravings, many of which are rare," Zhang Yuanji said while sitting on a stool and beating his waist. Being busy for so long is indeed a test for Zhang Yuanji.

Wang Guowei and Lu Bi both nodded. Sun Yuanqi said suddenly: "I think, when the new library is built, put ordinary daily books in it, and open it to the society for free, as long as you abide by the corresponding rules, you can enter the library to read." According to the needs of different departments, the corresponding library is established. As for Tong Wenlou, it is dedicated to storing those rare books, which are only allowed to be used by famous scholars in the society and teachers and students in the school. ”

"As it should be," the three of them nodded in unison.

Wang Guowei said again: "It's just that this rule must be pondered carefully, and the book cannot be defaced and damaged in the end." ”

When I got home, I saw Vera holding Nianzu and chatting with a few people in front of the door. Nianzu's eyes were sharp, and when he saw his father, he shouted crisply: "Dddy, hurry up, hurry up and get rid of the monsters in the house."

It was far away, and the children didn't hear much clearly. Vera greeted her, and she also learned the etiquette of a Qing Dynasty woman, but she just spoke: "Dring, welcome back." ”

"Hehe, I'm back." Sun Yuanqi greeted Vera with a smile, hugged Nianzu, and asked, "What did you say just now?" ”

"Ddyy, there are a lot of boxes suddenly in the house, and at night, they will become monsters, so scary" Nianzu said while gesturing, making Sun Yuanqi laugh.

At this time, I saw that the door turned out to be Lao Zhao and Lao Zheng, as well as Cheng Ziyin. Sun Yuanqi immediately understood that everyone was not an outsider, and after greeting him, he asked, "Ziyin, have the things been shipped back?" Is it safe on the road? Nothing happened, right? ”

Cheng Ziyin saw Sun Yuan asking, and also replied vaguely: "The thing got back......

There are many people and it is inconvenient to ask in detail, Lao Zhao and Lao Zheng's family saw that Sun Yuan was in the dust, said a few words, and went back one after another. Only Cheng Ziyin and a few people stayed and let him into the house, so he asked for details. Seeing that the room was full of boxes, I was surprised to know that it contained Dunhuang suicide notes; When he heard that things were going so well, he was very happy, and praised them a few words, and gave them back a few hundred taels of the remaining silver taels, as a reward, and let everyone go back and divide it among themselves.

When the visitors were gone, Sun Yuanqi opened one of the boxes, took out the top scroll, turned on the electric lamp, and slowly unfolded it, only to see a thick orange paper, painted with black silk diaphragms, and a volume of Buddhist scriptures neatly copied in small letters. Although it has passed for thousands of years, the handwriting is as good as new, as if there is still the fragrance of ink overflowing. Even if Sun Yuanqi doesn't know how to appreciate calligraphy, he can feel its subtlety. Unfold to the end of the volume, and it reads: Mahayana Tantric Sutra.

Vera stood aside with Xiao Nianzu in her arms, watching Sun Yuanqi look at the yellowed old paper roll affectionately and intently, and couldn't help but ask with some curiosity: "Yanke, what are you looking at?" ”

Only then did Sun Yuanqi raise his head and replied, "This is a Buddhist scripture carefully copied by a certain Chinese who believes in Buddhism 1,500 years ago. And these boxes contain documents from that period. ”

"Fifteen hundred years ago?" Vera hurriedly leaned over her face, looked at it a few times, and was surprised: "It's really strange that the Chinese characters of 1,500 years ago are no different from today."

Vera has been in China for several years, and in order to integrate into Chinese daily life, she not only learns rough conversations, but also knows a lot of Chinese characters. So when she found that there were still Chinese characters she knew in the scriptures from 1,500 years ago, she couldn't help but be surprised.

"Surprised?" Sun Yuanqi was a little proud, "You know, since the development of Chinese characters to the regular script stage two thousand years ago, they have hardly changed at all, that is, if we communicate with our ancestors two thousand years ago in writing, there will be no obstacles."

This is really surprising, not to mention the Old English used between 450 and 1150 AD, that is, the Middle English used between 1150 and 1500 AD, which is only 500 years ago, and many college students in the United States can no longer understand it. You can easily read the words of 2,000 years ago" Vera finally has a deeper understanding of the magic of Chinese culture.

Sun Yuanqi said: "According to reliable written records, our Chinese nation, especially the Han nation, has been thriving in the Far East since 5,000 years ago, and until today, although there have been foreign invasions and thousands of disasters, there has never been a fault line in culture. And our contemporaries of ancient Egyptians and ancient Babylonians have long since disappeared and become historical relics, for this reason, as a Chinese, we should be proud and proud"

However, when I think of the May Fourth Movement more than a decade later, Chinese culture began to change; Coupled with the reform of traditional and simplified characters after the founding of the People's Republic of China and the cultural "big **", the Chinese people in the new century have rarely been able to understand traditional Chinese characters.

"Five thousand years ago?" Vera was even more shocked, "My God, five hundred years ago, Columbus had just discovered the American continent. Not 5,000 years ago, but when the book in your hand appeared, the American continent was still under the control of the Indians, and the vast grassland was full of herds of roaming American bison.

"As for Europe, fifteen hundred years ago it was in the dark ages of the Middle Ages. Feudal secession brought frequent wars, caused the development of science and technology and productive forces to stagnate, and the people lived in hopeless misery. There are very few original documents that have survived at that time, and I suspect that the whole of Europe combined is not as much as it is today, and at that time, the church ruled very strictly, controlling the culture and education of Western Europe, strictly prohibiting the spread of scientific ideas, and setting up the Inquisition to punish heresy, and school education was all in the service of theology. Even during the reign of Pope Gregory I, the library of ancient Rome was burned to the ground. Moreover, even the Bible can only be copied on parchment, and you have learned how to make paper, but how did you find it? ”

Sun Yuanqi was not very clear about the discovery process, and he didn't want to say more, but briefly introduced: "These things were originally hidden in a remote cave in the west of our country, and they were just discovered recently. ”

"Why are you hiding in a cave?" Vera was more curious about the question, "Is it because this information is valuable?" Or is it because of the war? Or was someone persecuting those Buddhists, so they hid the scriptures? ”

Sun Yuanqi just wanted to say that he didn't know, but his eyes suddenly flickered in front of him six or seven years ago, when he saw the expression on the face of the toilet paper and the blood-stained books in Tong Wenlou, his voice was full of emotion: "That's because our ancestors cherished the paper, even if it is written paper and broken books, they will not be discarded casually, either send them to the temple to be respectfully incinerated or treasure them." These documents belong to the latter category"

"You Chinese really cherish culture," Vera sighed.

"It's not 'you Chinese', it's 'we Chinese'" Sun Yuanqi corrected with a smile.

Seeing that Xiao Nianzu stretched out his hand and wanted to touch the volume of the "Mahayana Tantric Sutra", Sun Yuanqi hurriedly and carefully rolled it up, carefully put it in the box and locked it, and then continued: "When the son grows up, naturally the culture of the ancestors will be passed on to our generation when he sees it, and we will pass it on better, so that we can be worthy of the ancestors and descendants." Isn't this how our Chinese culture has been passed down from generation to generation? ”

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