In the previous life, in December 2018, when the entire Pujiang circle of friends was flooded with news about Chuxue, Jiang Shan was invited to enter the Pujiang Museum.
According to the previous agreement, Jiang Shan will lead his team to take pictures of the grand event and produce a commemorative album for a major exhibition in Shanghai Expo.
This exhibition that caused a sensation in the entire calligraphy and painting circle was the "Paintings and Paintings - Dong Qichang's Calligraphy and Painting Art Exhibition".
Although the exhibition was named after Dong Qichang, the reason that made it sensational was not "Dong Qichang".
Rather: "The Remaining Mountain Picture" (the first part of the Fuchun Mountain Dwelling Picture) loaned by the Zhejiang Museum, the "Jiangnan Spring Picture Scroll" loaned by the Gubo Museum, the "Xiajing Mountain Pass Waiting Picture" from the Liaoning Museum,
Wang Xizhi's "Han Qie Tie Curly" in Tianjin Museum, Su Shi's "Dongting Spring Scenery in Running Script" by Ji Bo...
Song Huizong's "Bamboo and Birds Picture Scroll" loaned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Wang Xizhi's "Xing Rang Tie" from the Princeton Museum in the United States, Yan Zhenqing's "Reporting Oneself in Regular Script" from the Japanese Calligraphy Museum...
Coupled with Shangbo's own calligraphy and painting, there are a total of 154 masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, causing calligraphy and painting lovers from all over the country and even the world to fly to Pujiang to enjoy the feast at the palace.
It was also on this day that Jiang Shan, accompanied by the Shanghai Expo management team, walked into the Shanghai Expo office located under the museum.
There, Jiang Shan was lucky enough not only to see the "Shangbo Slips" being compiled, but also to see "Confucius' Poetry Theory" among the Chu slips in the warehouse on the second underground floor.
As early as one spring in 1994, a batch of Chu bamboo slips from the Warring States Period appeared in the cultural relics market in Xiangjiang.
Zhang Guangyu, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who has been paying attention to the compilation of bamboo slips during the Warring States Period, notified Ma Chengyuan, director of the Shanghai Museum, of this information.
At the same time, some facsimile pictures were telexed.
After further research and discussion, Shangbo funded the repurchase of more than 1,200 Chu bamboo slips, including the broken bamboo slips.
A few months later, several of Ma Chengyuan's Xiangjiang friends once again invested in the purchase of 500 Chu slips and donated them to Shangbo for research.
Many years later, when Jiang Shan set foot in Shangbo's warehouse, what he saw was no longer the limp, noodle-shaped bamboo slips of the past.
They are bamboo slips from the Warring States Period that have been dehydrated and reinforced and sealed in a plexiglass box.
The ancient slips are all yellowish, with fine fonts and elegant drawings.
The writing is small and neat, and the font is quite Chu-style.
Most of the obscure and difficult-to-read text written on the Chu slips has never appeared in the human world.
Looking at the "Shangbo Slip" in front of him, Jiang Shan just wanted to say: If such an object is also a forgery, then the person in the account is definitely a person.
It must be taken seriously and strictly protected.
It's a pity that since the appearance of Bo's slips, Tsinghua's slips, and Peking University's slips...
These ancient slips, which were buried in the ground before the books were burned and Confucians were burned, have been continuously cracked down on forgeries.
Initially, several industry experts did not have any doubts about the age of the ancient slips.
I only think that these ancient slips that are contrary to history are "pseudo-historical records" that do not conform to the annals of history.
I never thought that many outsiders and outsiders would immediately make a fuss about the word "fake".
For a time, all kinds of speculations and doubts were flying everywhere.
Even if they have never seen the true form of the ancient slip, it does not prevent them from making various inferences.
At first, they did not have much impact, but with the advent of the new media era, these unknown doubters quickly became experts and professors.
As a result, they became even more persistent.
However, just as many experts have said to those "Shangbo Slips cracking down on counterfeiters": Everything must be supported by evidence. Since you say that the "Shangbo Slips" are fake, then please provide evidence.
After all, even ordinary people understand the principle of "whoever claims it shall give evidence."
Although, the question of "empty words, red lips and white teeth" is not only directed at "Shangbo Jane".
But compared to Tsinghua University bamboo slips, Peking University bamboo slips... the origin of the "donations" is that the first batch of "Shangbo bamboo slips" were purchased with money from Shangbo.
Therefore, this "huge" purchase price of 500,000 yuan has undoubtedly become a commonplace for "anti-counterfeiters" to attack the director of the Shanghai Museum.
But there is no mention of the sky-high price collections that Director Ma Chengyuan brought to the Shanghai Expo for "begging."
After eating every day, I was either studying the newly released "Shangbo Bamboo Rubbings" or paying attention to Director Ma's every move.
Every word on the Shangbo slip and every sentence spoken by Director Ma can immediately be read into an article "The fake Shangbo slip adds new evidence" and "Let's talk about how fake the Shangbo slip is"...
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The most exciting thing among them was what Director Ma said to the Director of Nanjing Expo.
One day, some Han bamboo slips still stained with mud were sent to the Nanjing Museum.
The curator of Nanjing Museum took a look and found that part of the content on the Han slips turned out to be "Warring States Policy".
The seasoned curator did not change his mind at all when faced with the fairy who came to his door.
He turned around and sent these bamboo slips to the Nanjing Soil Research Institute.
However, after testing with instruments, it was found that the soil on these bamboo slips is actually more than 2,000 years old.
But even in the face of irrefutable evidence, the curator remained skeptical.
As the director of a museum, he did not grow up a vegetarian.
In his opinion, the strokes and strokes on these bamboo slips were too free and elegant and did not conform to the writing habits of the corresponding dynasty.
To be cautious, the director of the Nanjing Museum sent the bamboo slips to Ma Chengyuan, the director of the Shanghai Museum.
Curator Ma’s naked eye confirmed the suspicion of the curator of Nanbo: it’s fake, so don’t pay for it.
Not only that, he also informed the other party of a newly developed counterfeiting technology: these bamboo slips are made from unearthed coffin boards from the Western Han Dynasty, and our museum has also been fooled.
While feeling lucky, the director of the Nanjing Expo did not forget to praise the selfless experience of the expo.
Unexpectedly, the "anti-counterfeiting expert" who was waiting aside immediately published an article "Ask Shangbo Jian again, are you also a product of coffin boards?"
New media after 2000 has grown rapidly.
Questioning, probing, and pressing questions from all walks of life... extremely troubled this old curator of Shanghai Expo in his twilight years.
Finally, one night in 2004, the old man who had been working for Shangbo all his life jumped out of the window after leaving the words "I don't owe Shangbo anything."
The year when Mr. Ma made his final call, it was less than ten years before the new Shanghai Museum of Art, which he had single-handedly created.
Fortunately, although this person has passed away, Qingzhu is still writing.
Regarding the "Shangbo Slips", the waist pole is becoming stronger and stronger due to the continuous unearthing of "Jujube Paper Slips" and other ancient slips.
And Shangbo has not stopped compiling the "Shangbo Slips".
In their view, the advancement of this work is the greatest comfort to the old curator.
When Ma Chengyuan purchased the first batch of bamboo slips, he said he would buy them back first and then do further research.
Because he has experienced many wars, and he was captured by Japan as long as he thought about it for a moment.
It was precisely because of his words that Ma Chengyuan's friends in Xiangjiang bought all the ancient slips that appeared in the Xiangjiang antique market at that time, packed them up and donated them to Shangbo.
In fact, from Jiang Shan's point of view, it doesn't matter if there are some riddles in these thousands of ancient bamboo slips.
I only paid 500,000 yuan in total on Shangbo, not to mention how many things I picked up.
What they have done is more than ten years of sorting and identification work, how can they let fake ones pass it off?
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In the underground office of Shangbo in 2018, when Jiang Shan looked at the dimness on the "Shangbo Slip", an unexpected encounter more than ten years ago became clear again.
At that time, not only did Jiang Shan not know who the old man was on the expedition with him?
Little did I know that this interesting old man would pass away in a few months.
It was a stormy night in 2004.
It's close to closing time, and I haven't left Shanghai Expo yet, and I'm racing against time to copy a piece of bronze.
He didn't notice at all that an old man in his 70s had been standing behind him for a long time: "Student from which university?"
The sudden inquiry did not affect Jiangshan in the slightest: "I graduated early."
"I thought you were here to complete your summer homework too!"
After the old man finished speaking, he sat down on a bench in the center of the exhibition hall.
Looking at Jiang Shan standing in front of the ancient bronze artifacts with focused eyes, Ma Chengyuan, who is over 70 years old, thought of his past when he was young.
I once had a prosperous life!
"Young man," Ma Chengyuan asked with a smile, "Do you like this museum?"
“It’s okay, quite impressive,”
Although he is new to the world, Jiangshan does not acknowledge his identity as Little Luoluo at all: "It looks a bit like a big hot pot."
"Hot pot?" Ma Chengyuan laughed: "What a pity, this pot is too cold."
"I'm just kidding," Jiang Shan showed off a little bit of his own ink: "Actually, the overall shape of the Shanghai Museum is based on its treasure, the Dake Tripod."
"You know quite a lot," Ma Chengyuan asked with a smile: "Then do you know what this bronze vessel you painted is?"
Jiang Shan replied nonstop: "He Zun."
Ma Chengyuan: "Do you know who is respected and what is respected?"
Jiang Shan, who had just left school, was only interested in art design: "Did you know?"
"I live in China as a righteous citizen," Ma Chengyuan said leisurely: "Chinese civilization has a long history and continues to this day. As sons and daughters of China, we often ask: Why China?"
In the empty exhibition hall, the painting "He Zun" on Jiangshan's painting board has been completed.
Ma Chengyuan looked at Jiang Shan's painting: "The bronze you painted has provided us with an answer from more than 3,000 years ago."
Jiang Shan has already realized the answer: "Is my home in China a righteous citizen?"
"right,"
Ma Chengyuan suddenly stood up and took out a bunch of keys from his pocket:
"Young man, you are in luck tonight. Taking advantage of the opportunity of He Zun to come to Shanghai to participate in the exhibition, I will let you take a look at the earliest inscription with the word "China"."
After saying that, after inserting a key and entering a password, the display cabinet containing the number one statue in the world was opened under Jiang Shan's shocked gaze.
After that, the inscription cast on the bottom of He Zun appeared before Jiang Shan's eyes.
"You are actually..." Jiang Shan was shocked: "The administrator of Shangbo?"
"Isn't it amazing?" Ma Chengyuan stared intently at the inscription on the bottom of He Zun: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and take out your phone to take pictures."
"Oh, yes," Jiang Shan immediately took out the Nokia: "Don't worry, I will never tell anyone about this."
"Then we've made a deal," Ma Chengyuan said in a low voice, "My job is just a matter of a thought."
"Yeah!" Jiang Shan closed his mouth and nodded vigorously.
"As long as you can keep it a secret,"
While locking the cabinet, Mr. Ma glanced at the security guard who was approaching: "Tonight I will let you see how big people visit the museum..."
