Chapter 624: Even if you sell high imitations, you can still sell them at sky-high prices
If you hadn't come to the Chang'an Forest of Steles, you really wouldn't know that every stone here is a national treasure!
The seal script of Li Si of the Qin Dynasty can be found in "Yishan Stele";
Official script of the Han Dynasty, found in "Cao Quan Stele";
The handwriting of Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is found in the "Tang Sanzang Sacred Stele".
The inscriptions on this stele were assembled from his ink by later generations, and are known as the "Thousand Gold Stele".
The "Tang Duo Pagoda Induction Stele" contains the regular script of Yan Zhenqing from the Tang Dynasty;
The "Tang Xuanzong Secret Pagoda Stele" contains Liu Gongquan's regular script;
"Ban Qianjia Zi Wen" left behind the cursive script of Zhang Xu from the Tang Dynasty.
There are also calligraphy handwritings of Zhao Ji and Huang Tingjian of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty, Dong Qichang of the Ming Dynasty, and emperors of the Qing Dynasty.
From here we can see the development trajectory of Chinese characters and calligraphy.
It can also be said that if Chen Wenzhe wants to learn some of the best calligraphy in the past, he will have it all this time.
After walking around and recording everything carefully, Chen Wenzhe discovered that there were people selling souvenirs here.
Those who love calligraphy can buy photocopied tablets in the museum.
Chen Wenzhe definitely couldn't let go of such a good thing, so he decisively bought a set.
Although there are records in the Pearl of Sui Hou, if he uses it to pass on some knowledge, he is not allowed to write it down himself?
Since it was already available, he didn't need to bother.
Looking at the inscription in his hand, if he could digest all the gains this time, he would gain many more calligraphy skills.
The earliest was Li Si's seal script, followed by official script, regular script and cursive script.
There are certainly many famous calligraphers, such as Song Huizong Zhao Ji's thin gold calligraphy, which is so famous.
However, this time Sui Houzhi recorded too many things through backtracking, and he didn't dare to read more now.
Now I just browse it casually to see some interesting things or some historical anecdotes to satisfy my curiosity.
If he wanted to start studying now, he would be so dizzy by now that he would pass out directly.
Relax, he came here just for a trip, just to see the beautiful scenery.
When you meet someone you are interested in, you can learn a little bit about it. Anyway, he has been here, seen it, and recorded all the knowledge you can get.
As long as you give him some time, he can quickly digest these knowledge reserves.
By then, his knowledge system will be much richer.
Not to mention anything else, it's just a porcelain maker, so there shouldn't be any shortcomings, right?
Looking at the exquisite patterns in front of you, carvings and sculptures can be seen everywhere here.
Walking in the forest of steles, you can not only appreciate the beautiful calligraphy art, but also see the exquisite patterns on the steles.
For example, the Qing Dynasty's "Guandi Poetry Bamboo Picture Stele", the Ming Dynasty's "Kui Xing Fu Dou Picture Stele", and the Song Dynasty's "Tang Xingqing Palace Picture".
This time was really eye-opening for Chen Wenzhe. He really didn't expect that he would receive such a big deal just by looking at Jingyun Bell.
Although it is impossible to touch it, by looking back, the Sui Marquis Pearl can record all the authentic works of these famous people from past dynasties.
If Chen Wenzhe wants to learn, he can learn the calligraphy of all the famous calligraphers of the past dynasties without passing it on independently. He only needs to consume achievement points.
For example, Li Si or Wang Xizhi, even if he made a high-quality imitation of the "Tang Tripitaka Holy Stele", he would probably be able to sell it for a huge price.
Chen Wenzhe is not trying to deceive people, he just sells high imitations or his own works.
As long as the imitation is good, Wang Xizhi's imitation of "The Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty" can be sold for a sky-high price.
Of course, if he was very confident, he could imitate the Orchid Pavilion preface. After all, not many people have seen Wang Xizhi's original work, and even fewer people can see Wang Xizhi writing the Orchid Pavilion preface.
Of course, Chen Wenzhe could not see the process of Wang Xizhi writing the preface to Orchid Pavilion through a stone tablet.
But he can learn Wang Xizhi's calligraphy through the pieced-together thousand-gold stele.
He can even spend some achievement points to directly advance Wang Xizhi's calligraphy to the master level, or above.
It's just over 1,100 achievement points. If he saves it for a while, it will definitely be enough.
At that time, if you compare several Orchid Pavilion prefaces from the Tang Dynasty and copy one copy again, will it still not reach the level of authenticity?
At the very least, it won’t be worse than the three copies from the Tang Dynasty, right?
You should know that there is no such thing as piracy when copying the Lanting Preface.
The controversy over the forgery of "Lanting Preface" is not only a topic of debate in academic circles, but also a popular topic among the people.
Currently, there are six major versions of imitations of "Lanting Preface" circulating.
If according to current standards, these versions are all pirated goods without exception.
In fact, just seeing these pirated goods still makes people ecstatic.
Let’s not talk about finding the original "Lanting Preface" for the moment, just getting the imitation "Lanting Preface" will definitely allow the family to eat and drink for several lifetimes.
So, the six major editions of "Lanting Preface" are all imitations, which are now called pirated copies. Why does it still endure for so long?
First of all, we need to understand the concepts of counterfeiting and piracy.
The main purpose of piracy is to make huge profits, and there is no talk about benevolence, justice and morality at all.
The imitations are different. They are designed to reflect the highest standards of my era and are officially licensed.
The current versions of "Lanting Preface" are basically copied with official permission at that time.
Therefore, there is no such thing as piracy.
In addition, there are many versions of the Lanting preface circulated. There are probably more than a hundred versions from all dynasties. There is really no such thing as "Lanting six kinds".
However, there are widespread sayings such as "Eight Pillars of Orchid Pavilion", "Five Types of Orchid Pavilion", "Three Types of Orchid Pavilion", etc. These are quite credible.
The well-documented large-scale copying of "Lanting Preface" was still in the period of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty.
During Li Shimin's period, there was still a chance to see the authentic "Lanting Preface", so the copies from that period are relatively more credible.
Among the many editions, those relatively close to the original appearance of Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Preface" are Feng Chengsu's facsimile, Yu Shinan's facsimile and Chu Suiliang's facsimile.
The authors of these three major editions of copies have a common characteristic: they are all calligraphers from the Taizong period of the Tang Dynasty.
The most important thing is that Yu Shinan has a mentoring relationship with the calligrapher Zhiyong, and Zhiyong is the inheritor of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy.
Therefore, after all calculations, Yu Shinan still obtained the true transmission of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy.
Chu Suiliang had better luck. He was Yu Shinan's favorite disciple and could be regarded as the successor of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy.
As for Feng Chengsu, although he is not a descendant of Wang Xizhi, he can still have the opportunity to see the authentic "Lanting Preface" by Wang Xizhi.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to copy "Lanting Preface" with his eyes closed, right?
Therefore, even if you have learned Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, if you want to copy the Lanting Preface, you still need to refer to the three major Tang Dynasty editions.
Because the copies of "Lanting Preface" made after Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty were basically based on Feng Chengsu's copy, Yu Shinan's copy and Chu Suiliang's copy, they were basically the same.