"Brother Yu, why are you so stunned? Are you feeling unwell?"
Shen Yu, who was deep in thought, was brought back to reality by Gu Qingqing's words, "Oh, it's okay, I'm just a little tired."
"Then is this ancient book from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, as stated on the cover?"
Shen Yu carefully closed the ancient book and put it on his desk, "Qingqing, you missed it again. This is a genuine original engraving of "Hui Chen Lu" by Fuchun Hall in the Ming Dynasty. This book is well-engraved and has no typos. It is no exaggeration to call an ancient book a rare book. In my brother's opinion, the value of this rare book is even higher than your Jiajing blue and white gourd vase. Qingqing, you must keep it carefully."
If it were anyone else, Shen Yu would definitely spend money to buy this book, even if it was several times higher than the market price.
Not only because this book is a testimony of what he picked up when he was young, but also because of his deep love for rare ancient books.
It's just that now the owner of this book is Gu Qingqing, Shen Yu definitely can't ask for it, so he can only give careful instructions.
Gu Qingqing nodded obediently, and then asked in a slightly doubtful tone, "Brother Yu that I know, I will definitely collect it carefully, but I have a doubt, was this Jinling Fuchun Hall a library or a book engraving workshop in ancient times? ?"
Shen Yu smiled and said, "No, Fuchundang was a famous bookstore in Jinling during the Ming Dynasty, which is also a modern bookstore. In ancient times, there was no such title as a bookstore at first. Bookstores were about after Qianlong. Before that, there were many ancient people Bookstores were replaced by titles such as bookstore, bookstore, bookstore, and bookstore. In the Song Dynasty, they were also called bookshops or bookshops."
After saying that, Shen Yu picked up the tea set and took a big step back before taking a sip of tea to soothe his throat.
Don’t look at paintings under the lamp, don’t drink water near books, these details of protecting ancient calligraphy and painting books can be said to have penetrated deeply into Shen Yu’s bones.
Gu Qingqing seemed to understand a little better, "Brother Yu, do you mean that ancient bookshops also carved and sold their own books?"
This time it was Pei Yuqin who answered Gu Qingqing's doubts, "In ancient times, bookshops not only sold books, but were also the main force in engraving and printing books. It can be said to integrate publishing, printing, and sales.
"For example, if you enlarge the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" from the Song Dynasty, you can see the bookstore selling books.
"By the Ming Dynasty, there were hundreds of bookshops in Jinling alone.
"The legendary play "The Peach Blossom Fan" written by Kong Shangren, a writer of the Qing Dynasty, writes, "Nothing in the world is richer in books than Jinling, and no one has more bookstores in Jinling than Sanshan Street.
"'Fuchundang' was the largest bookstore chain in Sanshan Street in ancient Jinling. It was very famous in the Ming Dynasty and was famous for its finely carved books.
"What's even more interesting is that bookstores in ancient times were not completely fixed. There were many bookstores that had clerks selling books along the street, that is, mobile bookstores. Ancient people, regardless of whether they were rich or poor, were willing to spend money on books. During lantern festivals and temple fairs, many gods Novels about magic legends or talented scholars and beauties will become hits immediately, and they are often sold out as soon as they go on sale."
Pei Yuqin's words immediately revealed his background as an erudite and talented student of Dongjiang University.
While Gu Qingqing was digesting this knowledge, Pei Yuqin also asked her doubts, "Qingqing, sister is very strange. I don't know if this "Hui Chen Lu" has been preserved so well, or Qingqing, you found someone to re-frame it. of?
"If it was so well preserved before, then the stall owner who sold it to you has really very poor eyesight! This kind of rare book that has no broken corners, damaged lines, smoked grease, brittle and flocculated rare books should definitely not be Use it as a tie-in."
Shen Yu was also very surprised. If it was okay to say that the gourd vase had treasure leakage because it was covered with mud, then the leakage of treasure in this "Hui Chen Lu" was unforgivable.
In other words, as long as your eyes are not blind, you will definitely not miss the treasure.
However, Gu Qingqing's explanation below made Shen Yu look clear, "I selected this book myself from a pile of ancient books, just like when you, Brother Yu, selected the "Decoration Chronicles" at the Chuzhou flea market. 》The pile of ancient books was full of pungent musty smell, and some of the ancient books even contained mouse droppings and dried insect corpses in the pages.
"The smell when reading is simply suffocating.
"The stall owner told me that the pile of ancient books was collected from the old house of a well-known collector in a neighboring province. This collector used to live in Dongjiang and returned to his hometown because he was too old.
"Unfortunately, this collector has no descendants, and the collection of three rooms was sold off by his nephews at low prices.
"Many of these ancient books are packaged for sale. I picked this one out of a pile of ancient books, not only because the cover was not peeled off but the few pages were in good condition. More importantly, it had the word Yu on it, Brother Yu."
This makes sense.
Those antique dealers who dig up old houses mostly receive good antiques when they are selling their land, as Gu Qingqing said.
It's very simple. He doesn't feel bad if he sells his land!
Especially ancient books.
Ancient books are no better than other antiques. In the eyes of bibliophiles, a page of a rare ancient book is worth a fortune, but in the eyes of a seller who doesn’t understand antiques, the so-called ancient books are no different from old newspapers. Even if they are carefully protected and cared for, they will not mind taking up space at home. .
After looking at four pieces in a row, they all showed major leaks, and now only one ancient painting remains.
"Is this painting the Ming Dynasty painting bought at Qingniuguan Antique Market?" Shen Yu asked casually while untying the painting rope.
Gu Qingqing shook his head slightly, "No, that Ming Dynasty painting was given to grandpa. I went to Yuedong Province on a business trip and bought this calligraphy and painting at a Confucius Temple antique market.
"The person selling paintings was not a professional stall owner, but an aunt in her fifties. There were ancient paintings from her family that were sold by patients who needed money urgently. I thought she was pitiful, so I paid for them and bought them. I haven’t asked anyone to identify it, but my intuition tells me that this painting should be an ancient painting handed down from ancient times.”
Shen Yu nodded, "I bought it from a collector, it really might be an ancient painting!"
The painting is on silk. At first Shen Yu thought it was a vertical scroll, but it was actually a hand scroll with color on silk.
In the middle of the picture is a turbulent and foggy river.
At this moment, the river wind has risen, black clouds are rolling in the sky, and the waves on the river are overwhelming, as if they are going to swallow everything in sight.
Riding the wind and waves in the turbulent waves, a real dragon with golden scales and bloody eyes was cutting through the waves on the river.
This dragon has steep horns, deep eyes and a wide nose, sharp beards and dense scales, and its whole body is filled with red fire.
The appearance of this dragon is the same as that recorded in ancient books, with antlers like a deer, a head like a camel, eyes like a ghost, a neck like a snake, a belly like a mirage, scales like a lin, claws like an eagle, palms like a tiger, and ears like a unicorn.< /p>
However, his expression is very relaxed, as if he was playing on the river after the clouds and rain fell.
There are also a group of ancient buildings below the painting.
I saw the golden light shining towards Dou Mansion, and the endless palaces on the bottom of the river.
This is where the Dragon Palace is.
This painting has the title: "Dragon Cutting the Waves".
This chapter has been completed!