I finally got something. The original copy of the manuscript must be of some value, otherwise who would be free to copy it?
At this time, Chen Wenzhe became happy. Even if they are not antiques, these books must be of some value.
Also, this is a handwritten copy, which means it was originally rare and could not be replaced, so it was copied by hand.
If it were not an original copy and no replacement could be found, who would be free to copy a bunch of books?
"Historical Records, Historical Records of Dai Viet, hey, there are several volumes of Historical Records of Dai Viet?"
After taking a brief look at Chen Wenzhe, he put it down, and then looked at other books. These are all manuscripts, and they are hand-bound books, so they are easy to identify.
After a little counting, I found that there are quite a few such historical books here.
Needless to say, I don’t know whose collection it was, and it ended up in this small shop.
"Boss, how do you sell these books?"
The female shopkeeper glanced at Chen Wenzhe and said, "That's a handwritten copy. It's very expensive, 360,000 yuan per copy!"
Chen Wenzhe was stunned, so expensive? Three hundred and sixty thousand. Those black-hearted bosses in China wouldn’t dare to charge such a price, right? After all, this is a manuscript written with a fountain pen!
"Boss, 360,000 dong!"
At this moment, following Chen Wenzhe's interpreter, he spoke.
Only then did Chen Wenzhe realize that the 360,000 yuan was not expensive at all, equivalent to 100 yuan.
This female shopkeeper was definitely watching people order dishes. She recognized that Chen Wenzhe was from China, so she offered such a price.
Compared to the South Vietnamese, giving such a price is definitely a bit deceptive.
But for Chen Wenzhe, one hundred yuan is not expensive, but after all, it is not the market price.
At this time, Chen Wenzhe was quite satisfied when he looked at the large row of books on the bookshelf.
This must be a history book copied word by word by the older generation and treated as rubbish by unscrupulous descendants.
However, if these unscrupulous descendants are not sold, where will he find so many historical materials about South Vietnam?
Although it is not a genuine ancient book, the manuscript also has some research value.
The most you can do is conduct research to see if the copy is correct. Just compare it with other ancient books and you will know whether it is of value.
Besides, Chen Wenzhe doesn't have to go to such trouble. He only needs to look back and find out where these manuscripts came from.
After looking at it for a while, Chen Wenzhe was a little surprised.
Unexpectedly, after going back so far, I actually traced back to the source and saw a big shot in the collecting industry.
Chen Wenzhe had to sigh, how good it was when others were alive!
Born decades earlier, there were more opportunities for collecting at that time.
Putting down the historical records of South Vietnam in his hand, Chen Wenzhe sighed with emotion. It was not easy for the South Vietnamese people, but they could only find people from other countries to copy their country's history.
Just copy it, you can protect it well after you copy it back, but now it has been reduced to a bookstore again.
Through backtracking, Chen Wenzhe discovered a lot of interesting things.
Before, he could only envy the South Vietnamese. Not only could they collect blue and white porcelain from their own country to build houses, but they could also collect a large number of good things from little devils.
Well now, a large number of ancient books from their country were actually taken away by a big collector over there.
Through backtracking, Chen Wenzhe understood the whole story, and found it really funny.
However, now is not the time to laugh at others, but to add insult to injury and take away these manuscripts.
There are a lot of books here. I read them one by one slowly and found that they are indeed a complete set.
There are even codes in these books, allowing latecomers to clearly view the entire history of South Vietnam.
Chen Wenzhe glanced at the female shopkeeper next to him. She probably didn't know that this was the history of civilization in their country, right?
South Vietnam belonged to Chinese counties before the Five Dynasties, and its history is part of the national history.
In the fourth year of Tianfu in the Later Jin Dynasty (939), the Yue people Wu Quan began to become independent.
The Ding, Li, and Li dynasties followed, and it is said that they all have "Historical Records".
Unfortunately, either because these dynasties were short-lived or due to frequent turmoil, their historical records are lost and difficult to study.
According to research by scholars over at Wanwan, the extant historical records of South Vietnam that can be examined date from the Chen Dynasty (1226-1400).
The Chen dynasty and the following Houli and Ruan dynasties all set up historians according to Chinese regulations, and many of the national histories they compiled were named "Historical Records".
At the same time, privately written history books are also often titled "Historical Records".
Obviously, the first book Chen Wenzhe saw was a historical record of the Ruan Dynasty, but it seemed that it was not an official history book, but a private work by the people.
Of course, there are also official history books, and there are quite a few of them.
The official historical work titled "Historical Records" is quite influential here, and I can see several versions after just browsing.
The first is Le Van Hieu's "Historical Records of Dai Viet", a famous scholar during the Tran Dynasty (1226-1400) after South Vietnam became independent.
His "Historical Records of Dayue" was compiled under the imperial decree in the 15th year of Thaolong (1272) by Chen Shengzong.
Because the authentic product is hidden in Wanwan, this historical record has long been studied and understood by the Chinese people.
Through backtracking, Chen Wenzhe also knew that the "Historical Records of Dai Viet" written by Le Wenxiu was the earliest officially compiled history book in the history of South Vietnam that is currently known.
It is also a relatively rich history book that appeared in South Vietnam before the 13th century.
According to the existing Chinese documents in South Vietnam, this book is also the first official history book titled "Historical Records" compiled by South Vietnam after the independent founding of the country, followed by Pan Fuxian's "Historical Records of Dayue".
Pan's "Historical Records of Dai Viet" has the same name as the book written by Li Wenxiu, and was written in the second year of Yanning (later) Li Renzong (1455).
In terms of content, it is continued from Li Wenxiu's "Historical Records of Dai Viet", which records the historical events of the Ming army's withdrawal from Annam from Chen Taizong to the (later) Le Taizu period. It is actually a continuation of Li's book.
This book was written shortly after the founding of the Later Le Dynasty, which was a dynasty established after the Ming Dynasty troops withdrew from Vietnam.
Due to the excitement of national sentiment, the later Li Dynasty especially focused on compiling national history.
Pan's sequel followed this trend and received high praise in South Vietnam, making it comparable to Le's original.
Therefore, the Vietnamese "Four-Character Classic" praised it as follows: "Wenxiu Fuxian, who is more talented than history, compiled this chronicle, and Ban Gu of Han Dynasty".
Isn’t it interesting? We have a three-character classic, while others have a four-character classic.
In the end, Ban Gu, a Han Dynasty, was mentioned. I wonder what these South Vietnamese people would think after reading this.
Well, they don’t need to read it because they don’t know how to read it!
While flipping through it, I realized that these are not all historical books. For example, there is also a copy of the Four-Character Classic.
Of course, the most valuable ones must be historical books, so the first ones Chen Wenzhe selected were all historical records.
For example, "The Complete Historical Records of Dai Viet", "The Preface to the Historical Records of Dai Viet", and "The Historical Records of Dai Viet", plus the previous two, there are five types in total, and they are all official revised editions.
It's a pity that these are manuscripts, not originals, otherwise their value would be even greater.