Looking at the copybook in front of them, everyone fell silent.
Isn’t this one with neon characters the same one? If so, then isn’t this one more problematic?
Compared to the post on the balcony and the neon post "Mocking Wang Liyang for Reluctant to Drink", this one seems to have more problems, right?
"Isn't this one the neon one?" Li Mingsheng swallowed and finally asked.
"This one is not the "Mocking Wang Liyang Refuses to Drink" post found in Neon." Mu Kairong affirmed.
Everyone fell silent again, and this time there was something else in their eyes.
At this time, Professor Mu Kairong spoke again: "There are some doubts about the neon piece, but my piece is completely fine."
"If you have any questions, let's talk about it after reading it!" Xiao Xiangqi suddenly said.
Everyone nodded and wanted to see what the thing looked like first.
Mu Kairong opened the calligraphy completely and pressed it down with a square wooden paperweight.
He stepped back a few steps and let several professors around him step forward to check.
Chen Wenzhe also came over and took a closer look. He felt that there was really a gap between the balcony post and the post on the balcony.
Of course, the main reason is that he has not seen the "Mocking Wang Liyang Refuses to Drink" posted by Neon.
The original text of "Mocking Wang Liyang for Reluctant to Drink" is very interesting.
The beginning is: mocking Wang Liyang for refusing to drink.
The ground is white, the wind is cold, and the snowflakes are as big as hands.
He killed Tao Quanming with laughter and did not drink the wine in the cup.
I caressed a harp and planted five willow trees.
What do I have for you if I carry my turban on my head?
Too white!
This is a five-character poem in ancient style. Judging from the content, the time is winter when the weather is freezing.
In order to persuade Li Bai to drink, he compared Wang Liyang, who refused to drink, to Tao Yuanming, saying that he could not stand Tao Yuanming's iconic "five willows", "suqin", "gejin" and other things.
In this poem, Wang Liyang is ridiculed a lot.
Finally, the signature was the word "Taibai".
This piece of calligraphy is 27 centimeters long and 67 centimeters wide, with a total of 50 characters. There are several differences from Neon's "Mocking Wang Liyang for Reluctant to Drink".
First, Tao Yuanming in the five-character poem is written here about Tao Quanming.
Second, the last payment is Taibai, not Li Bai. In the words on the neon side, the last payment is Li Bai.
Third, the height of this character is 27 centimeters, which the neon one cannot reach.
As for the rest, there is actually no need for them to falsify it, because except for the three points just mentioned, this piece of calligraphy is exactly the same as the one in Neon.
The neon one has been recognized by various domestic experts.
Even strict experts say it is a work by a famous artist from the Tang Dynasty and are not sure it is a work by Li Bai.
In order to identify the work, Asuka Ningfan came to China to visit several experts in 1987. Based on the paper texture, brushwork, calligraphy and ink marks, etc., they unanimously identified it as a calligraphy work of the Tang Dynasty.
He believes that "it is undoubtedly a relic of the Tang Dynasty, and it is truly a rare treasure."
However, since only one piece of Li Bai's calligraphy survives, "Shangyang Tie", the styles of the two calligraphy are different, making it impossible to compare and verify, and it is impossible to further identify whether it is Li Bai's authentic calligraphy.
More than a year later, the famous calligrapher Mr. Qi Gong went to Japan to participate in a calligraphy exhibition. Asuka Ningfan took the opportunity to ask Mr. Qi Gong again to identify the authenticity. After careful study, Mr. Qi Gong made the following comments:
"The calligraphy style of this work is unique, with both form and spirit. All aspects reflect the characteristics of the Tang Dynasty. The characteristics of the era are obvious. It must be the exquisite ink of the Tang Dynasty. Whether it was written by Li Bai himself cannot be denied. It requires further research and verification. Just from the
In terms of calligraphy art, it can be regarded as a wonderful piece of Tang Dynasty ink."
Although Mr. Qi Gong also believed that the calligraphy work belonged to "Tang Dynasty ink", he did not easily identify it as an authentic work by Li Bai.
Just when domestic scholars were going further to study whether this work was an authentic work by Li Bai, neon suffered a serious economic crisis in the 1990s. Neon collectors sold off their collections. "Mocking Wang Liyang's Reluctance to Drink" was also sold by Asuka Ningfan others.
Research work was delayed as soon as there was no breakthrough.
This delay is thirty years.
It was not until 2017 that this calligraphy came into the view of domestic scholars again.
Two scholars have conducted careful research on this calligraphy.
One of the experts determined that the calligraphy was undoubtedly the authentic work of Li Bai, and wrote the "Li Bai Kao" for textual research.
He pointed out that this work should have been written in the winter of the twelfth year of Tianbao (753), when Li Bai traveled from Youzhou to Liyang, and Wang Xiancheng (i.e. Wang Liyang) of Liyang County hosted a banquet for Li Bai.
Li Bai loved drinking, but Wang Xiancheng couldn't bear the power of alcohol. Li Bai wrote a poem to encourage drinking and teased Wang Liyang.
Although Wang Liyang is unknown in history, this calligraphy has been passed down through the ages.
However, several previous scholars only believed that the work was a masterpiece of calligraphy from the Tang Dynasty and did not conclude that it was an authentic work by Li Bai. However, this expert concluded that it was an authentic work by Li Bai. Why is this?
It is mainly verified based on the following points.
First, use a pen.
The pen Li Bai used was a chicken-gauge pen. The biggest difference between this kind of pen and the brushes we use today is that the pen has a hard core.
The two characters "Ken" and "Yin" in the book have obvious scratches on the hard core of the chicken-gauge pen, which cannot be written with the Sanzhuo pen (the brush used today).
By the end of the Tang Dynasty, this kind of pen was gradually replaced by the Snzhuo pen. By the Song Dynasty, few people were using it. It can also be said that the production technology was later lost.
Second, paper.
This famous expert also used a microscope to observe and found that the texture of the book was very similar to that of the cultural relic "Shuo Wugu Sutra" from around 700 AD.
In addition, Neon used carbon-14 to test the paper used in this post. The test showed that the production time of the paper used in this post was about 700 AD (±30 years), which is the same year that Li Bai was active, and this post was introduced to Neon. The times are basically consistent.
Since Li Bai was in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, he would inevitably be influenced by the calligraphy styles of previous eras.
This expert believes that the style of Li Bai's book is exactly the same as the "Jin Ci Ming" written by Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and was influenced by the calligraphy style of the early Tang Dynasty.
In addition, people in the Tang Dynasty once commented on Li Bai's calligraphy style as "the penmanship is sharp, the phoenix stands against the dragon," which is consistent with the style of this book.
In addition, collector Ma Dudu talked about this post in the program, saying that there were not many counterfeit cultural relics before the Tang Dynasty. Based on previous research by scholars, he also believed that the work was an authentic work by Li Bai.
These characteristics can all be confirmed to be genuine, and no one can deny these characteristics.
"The ink on this post is deep, old and natural, the writing is powerful, free and easy. Judging from the ink writing style, it is undoubtedly the handwriting of the Tang Dynasty, and has the characteristics of the free style of the literati at that time." Xiao Xiangqi was the first to express his position.
Li Mingsheng thought for a while and said: "The paper of this scroll is yellow, the fiber is fine, but it feels hard to the touch. It is similar to the Dunhuang scriptures. It can be proved to be Tang paper calligraphy of the Tang Dynasty, together with Li Bai's ink in the Palace Museum collection. , as an important material in the study of Li Bai, its important documentary value can be confirmed."