Chapter 38: The Jade Seal of the Kingdom
When all the calligraphy and painting experts came around, they all looked at this "Orchid Pavilion Preface" and were amazed.
"It's so beautifully written, it includes almost all the good points of calligraphy, and I can't imagine anyone else who can copy such a work other than the original book of the sage!" said Professor Li from Mizuki University.
"Yes, you see that this point painting pays attention to the frustration of the press, refined and changeable, the same point of painting, the writing is diverse, there is no way to have a law, and it can be strong and beautiful. The structure emphasizes the opening and closing, vivid and colorful, the same glyph, never repeated, can exhaust the true state of the word, and the side is flat. The rules are dense and natural! It's so beautiful!" Professor Hao of the Cultural Relics Bureau exclaimed.
"Look, what is this?" said Gudlong, pointing to the edge of the rice paper.
"This is an inscription poem, someone else's inscription poem, as well as the seal of the jade seal and Li Shimin's private seal. My God, this is Li Shimin's words!" Professor Hua exclaimed.
"Could it be that the legend is true?" Professor Hao held his chin, his eyes blooming with a strange look.
According to legend, Wang Xizhi cherished his "divine help" work "Lanting Collection Preface" very much, regarded it as a family heirloom, and passed it down all the way to the 7th generation Sun Zhiyong. Zhiyong became a monk at the age of 100 and passed on to his disciples when he was dying.
Tang Taizong Li Shimin is one of the emperors who like calligraphy the most, I heard that there is a "Lanting Collection Preface" there is a monk who distinguishes talents, so he ordered Xiao Yi to earn it from the Shanyin monk Biancai, and since then he can't put it down, and after his death, he also let this treasure accompany him to be buried.
Professor Hua took a closer look at the poem, and finally said: "That's right, it was written by Tang Taizong, and the handwriting is almost exactly the same as the words on the "Jin Ancestral Inscription".
There are not many authentic relics left by Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in the world, only a few pieces such as "Jin Ancestral Inscription" and "Hot Spring Inscription", which Professor Hua has deeply studied.
This emperor, who is famous for his calligraphy, still has a certain gap between his calligraphy and the real calligraphy master.
It is said that when Tang Taizong learned calligraphy from Yu Shinan, he couldn't write the word "Ge" well, so when he practiced calligraphy, he wrote the word "Jian", and left the right side blank for Yu Shinan to fill in.
Yu Shinan finished filling in the other half of the word "Ge", and Tang Taizong felt very satisfied, so he showed it to the ministers. When the ministers saw that the emperor had taken out his proud work, they dared to say that it was not good-looking, and they were full of praise in unison.
Li Shimin was very proud when he heard the praise of others, and at this time Wei Zheng also came, so he took his own words to Wei Zheng to show off, and asked: "How is it, my current words are not worse than Yu Shinan, right?"
Wei Zheng has always been known for daring to speak out, he just swept it lightly, and said: "Your Majesty, your pair of words, if you compare them with Yu Shinan, the half of the characters is okay!"
It is precisely because Li Shimin's character characteristics are relatively distinct, so Professor Hua recognized it at once, of course he didn't know that it was imitated by Li Yi, just to prove the authenticity of this "Orchid Pavilion Preface".
There are many people who write annotations on the famous stickers in the past dynasties and stamp their private seals, Li Shimin likes "Orchid Pavilion Preface" so much, it's strange not to draw two strokes on it.
"Mr. Li, although I am extremely sure that this pair of characters is Wang Xizhi's authentic handwriting, it is still necessary to test it. Do you think I can do a carbon 14 test with it?" Professor Hua asked diligently.
"Of course you can, to be honest, I don't know if it's a facsimile!" Li Yi nodded.
Professor Hua immediately took this painting for testing, and it didn't take long for him to come back excitedly and say: "The results are out, this is indeed a work of the Eastern Jin Dynasty! I think this is the original work of Wang Xizhi out of ten!"
Gu Delong also nodded and said: "No matter how bad it is, it is also Wang Xizhi's own self-copying work, and there is absolutely no second possibility!"
"Yes, who else can write such perfect words except the Book Saint!" the other experts also sighed.
When Tan Mingcheng heard the appraisal results of all the experts, his eyebrows immediately fluttered, and he grabbed Li Yi's shoulder and laughed: "Mr. Li, you are really amazing, you have such a heavy treasure in your body! This is a veritable rare treasure, it really opened my eyes!"
The local expert stepped forward and said, "Mr. Li, your calligraphy is a hundred times more precious than Ru porcelain, but don't use it in a broken bag in the art market, a little scratch is a big loss!"
Li Yi smiled and said: "Thank you experts, before I came, I didn't know if it was a facsimile, but now after listening to everyone, I am relieved." ”
"My God, you really have Wang Xizhi's real handwritings! Didn't Xiaoting say that you wrote it, why is your surname Wang?" Lin Ruxue muttered softly.
Li Yi whispered: "Don't you know me? I live next door and my surname is Wang, of course I wrote it!"
"Phew!" Lin Ruxue glanced at him, and then his heart beat faster.
Two sets of Ru porcelain, as well as Wang Xizhi's original handiwork! How much is this going to be worth when it is sold? Oh my God, this is unimaginable!
It's developed, this time it's really developed!
"Does Mr. Li have any other collections?" Gu Delong looked at Li Yi with anticipation in his eyes.
After seeing the beautiful Ru porcelain that "rains through the sky and the clouds break", and saw Wang Xizhi's authentic handiwork, Gu Delong felt that even if Li Yi took out any kind of rare treasures, he would not be too surprised.
His surprise had reached the limit and he couldn't go any further!
But when Li Yi took out the next item, Gudron found that he was wrong, and this thing shocked him and fell directly from the chair.
Several other experts also shattered their glasses!
Can such a treasure be obtained?
"Mr. Li, you're not joking, are you? This is the most precious treasure of our Chinese nation in the past 5,000 years?"
Even Tan Mingcheng, who didn't know much about antiques, couldn't help but tremble at this moment, because Li Yi took out the heirloom jade seal at this time!
"I don't know if it's true or not, and I still need to be identified by experts. Li Yi smiled.
The jade seal of the country can be a symbol of imperial power in our country for 5,000 years.
At the beginning, the jade seal of the country was not a seal, but a piece of jade, that is, the famous "He's Bi", and the King of Qin wanted to exchange fifteen cities for the "He's Bi"!
Although Lin Xiangru returned to Zhao and was passed down through the ages, after Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, this priceless jade still came into the hands of Qin Shi Huang.
With such a beautiful jade in hand, of course, the first emperor who ruled the world will use it to make a jade seal, and only a jade seal made of this jade is worthy of his status as an emperor through the ages!
This seal is four inches in circumference, on the New York hand over five dragons, the front is engraved with the eight seal characters of Li Si's book "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and Yongchang", as a token of "imperial power and divine grant, orthodoxy and legitimacy".
After the death of Qin, this seal became the jade seal of the Han Dynasty, and passed on to Wei and Jin, changed its owner repeatedly, and traveled in Chixian County, Shenzhou for more than 2,000 years, and finally went through Sui and Tang, and was not lost until the end of the five dynasties.
The emperors of all dynasties have taken this seal as a symbol, and if it is a treasure, it symbolizes its "order to be ordered by the sky", and if it is lost, it shows that its "qi has been exhausted". Those who ascend to the throne without this seal are ridiculed as "white emperors", which appear to be lacking in confidence and are despised by the world.
Gudron wiped his hand again and again, then took a few deep breaths before holding the jade seal in front of him.
At a glance, a piece of crystal clear, beautiful, indeed a once-in-a-lifetime jade!
"This jade quality is really amazing!"
"I've been studying jade for so many years, and I've never seen such beautiful jade, even if it's a small piece!"
"Yes, this kind of beautiful jade is still such a big piece, I'm afraid there is only the legendary Heshi Wall!"
Other experts also shouted around the jade seal.
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