After dealing with these things, Yu Fei finally started to have the mind to deal with the 120 antiques he picked out from Mitsui Sumitomo. Although he gave three pieces to Ye Jianjun, there are still 117 pieces left, and personally
The top ones are all high-quality products, and more than half of them are national treasures. This good-for-nothing guy couldn't sleep for half the night while holding these antiques.
Having fun alone is not as good as having fun together. Yu Fei still wants to display these antiques through Ma Shangdu's Guanfang Museum. Of course, the exhibition period is still limited to three months.
There was no news from Ma Shangdu and Dong Dechang since they returned from Japan, so Yu Fei had no choice but to call him.
But it rang for a long time and no one answered.
This Brother Ma is real. Yu Fei shook his head and smiled bitterly, and even stopped answering the phone. He was not worried that he would ask him for the antiques that were on display. The exhibition period of those antiques had also come, and it seemed that he really owed money.
It's the uncle. Yu Fei guessed that Ma Shangdu might be busy with something, and he would probably get back to him after seeing the phone call.
But the wait lasted until after eight o'clock in the evening.
Xiaofei, I'm really sorry. I was in a meeting in the afternoon and didn't have time to look at my phone. Ma Shangdu apologized as soon as he came up, with a strong sense of tiredness in his voice. After all, he was not a young man anymore. He had been driving for such a long time.
Yes, it’s a bit overwhelming mentally.
It turned out to be a meeting. I thought Brother Ma was avoiding me because he was afraid that I would have to pay. Yu Fei said jokingly.
How can it not be possible? Ma Shangdu also laughed and said, your collection will be returned to you when this exhibition is over. I will return it to you, so as not to be called a deadbeat by you. If you want anything good for me, please tell me immediately and I will return it later.
Something happened.
Brother Ma, what is so important and mysterious? Yu Fei's curiosity was aroused. Ma Shangdu's participation must be related to antique collection, which is exactly what he is very interested in.
I know you kid can't help but ask. In fact, there is nothing confidential. We are discussing matters related to the Yongle Ceremony. Ma Shangdu said.
Yu Feidao has also heard of the Yongle Dadian. The Yongle Dadian was compiled by Xie Jin as the chief editor during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. It took six years to compile it. It was originally called Document Dacheng. It is a Chinese encyclopedia-style document.
Collection. The 22,937 volumes of the book have a catalog of 60 volumes, 11,095 volumes, and about 370 million words. This ancient cultural treasure house brings together 7,000 to 8,000 ancient and modern books.
However, due to historical reasons, the whereabouts of the original copy are unknown, and not a single piece of paper has been circulated. However, the copies were tragically destroyed. Most of them were destroyed in the war. Today, there are less than 800 volumes and about 400 copies.
As a famous encyclopedia in the world, the Yongle Dadian shows the glorious achievements of ancient Han culture and is a masterpiece. In the encyclopedia entry, the Encyclopedia Britannica calls the Ming Dynasty-style Yongle Dadian the largest encyclopedia in the history of the world.
Some people may say, how come there are original and duplicate copies of the Yongle Dadian. In fact, there is a historical reason for this. The original Yongle Dadian, as the name suggests, was of course compiled by the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di. Because it contains many very advanced things at that time.
Technologies, such as the divine arm bow, etc. were not printed and distributed, but were kept in the palace.
During the Jiajing period, the emperor liked the Yongle Dadian very much. He would usually put a few copies of the Yongle Dadian on his desk and read them when he had time.
Because most of the buildings in ancient times were made of wood, and there were no electric lights in the past, they were all lit by candles, so fires were easy to occur. During the reign of Emperor Jiajing, a fire occurred, and the original Yongle Dadian was almost burned to the ground.
And some ministers also loved the Yongle Dadian very much. Although the emperor repeatedly ordered that the Yongle Dadian was not allowed to be taken out of the palace, some officials still did not comply with the regulations and took some of the Yongle Dadian back home, and some were stolen. Although they were recovered later
However, Emperor Jiajing was still very worried that if the original copy was lost, it would never be found again, so he asked his subordinates to make a copy. This is the copy.
Therefore, the copy of the Yongle Dadian is different from the so-called copying fakes. It is also unique and has a very high value.
Its destruction is also very sad.
Everyone should be familiar with the person responsible for copying the copy, that is, the famous prime minister Xu Jie. This old boy originally wanted to mess up the layout and only record the content, but after seeing the layout of Yongle Dian, he found that there was no more suitable layout than this.
Then the copy was copied exactly according to the layout of the original. Today, this kind of work is too simple. It can be completed in a few days at most with a copy machine. But there was no such high technology at that time, and Xu Jie led a large number of people.
It took another six years, until the death of Emperor Jiajing, to complete the copy.
But the strange thing is that the original copy has disappeared since then. There is still only one set of the Yongle Grand Ceremony left in the world, and that is the copy.
Ma Shangdu and others held a meeting at this time to discuss issues related to the Yongle Ceremony. What was the reason?
Brother Ma, it's such a cold day. Why don't you turn on the heater at home and go to a meeting? Could it be that the original copy of the Yongle Ceremony has been found? Yu Fei didn't realize how precious the Yongle Ceremony was at all. He joked at that moment.
You boy, if it could really be found so easily, why would there be no news for hundreds of years? Ma Shangdu smiled and said: The main reason why we are called together this time is because the St. Petersburg State University in Russia wants to collect the eleven
The twenty-two volumes of the Yongle Canon were returned to us.
The Yongle Dadian is usually composed of two volumes in one volume, and sometimes there are three volumes and four volumes in one volume, but this is very rare. The eleven volumes of the Yongle Dadian donated by St. Petersburg State University this time are all in one volume and two volumes, so there are
Volume twenty-two.
"Hey, what do I think this is? Isn't it just a few broken books? Is it worth making such a fuss about?" Yu Fei said. He didn't know much about antiques, so he didn't understand the value of Yongle Dadian. He also wanted to talk to Ma Shangdu for a while.
Let’s talk about the more than 100 antiques and treasures we recently acquired.
He was sure that as long as he leaked a little bit of this news to Ma Shangdu, he would immediately run to Yangzhou to find him.
But the current situation is that Ma Shangdu is focused on the Yongle Ceremony. I am afraid that he only answered this call because Yu Fei is a creditor. Otherwise, he will definitely not answer the call.
Ma Shang glared at the several shabby books and said: You should go and find me some shabby books like this. I tell you, Mr. Dong is here too. If I relay what you said to him,
Keep him from beating you with his big ear-scratcher.
Don't try to be more virtuous. Good people are rewarded. When I get an antique guarantee, I will be the first to think of you, Brother Ma. Yu Fei quickly apologized and said. He was not afraid that Dong Dechang would beat him, but he was afraid that Dong Dechang would be verbose. I don't know.
Is it because he is getting older? Dong Dechang started teaching Yu Fei endlessly. Yu Fei was really scared.
You kid also gets scared sometimes. Ma Shangdu smiled and said: Okay, do you have anything else to do? If not, I will hang up now and there will be a meeting later.
It seemed that Ma Shang wanted to end the call. Just when he was about to hang up, Yu Fei suddenly remembered something and quickly asked: By the way, Brother Ma, what does the Yongle Ceremony look like?
Among the antiques he selected from the collection of Mitsui Sumitomo, one was a book. Judging from the age of Chaos Qi, it should belong to the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Jiajing reigned for forty-one years, and the chronology was also
It’s relatively easy. Could it be one of the copies of Yongle Dian?
But Yu Fei immediately overturned it. There are only 800 or about 400 copies of Yongle Dadian in existence, and they are scattered all over the world. How can they be found so easily?
Sure enough, when Ma Shangdu heard what Yu Fei said, he also said: Why are you asking this? Do you want to pick up this leak again? I tell you, don't even think about it. There are only about 400 copies in the world now, and there are none circulating in the market.
That’s why the 11 volumes of Yongle Drama donated by St. Petersburg State University are so precious. As for you wanting to pick up missing pieces in the antique market, I advise you to give up on this idea. Japan has been purchasing Yongle Dadian at high prices in China since the 1930s and 1940s.
I have indeed received a lot of copies, and they have basically been collected. Japan is also the country with the largest collection of Yongle Dian. So if you have the time to look for the Yongle Dian, you might as well look for other national treasures, maybe there will be something
What's the harvest?
Ma Shang is very experienced in picking up things on the fly. With his luck, he might be able to obtain some precious antiques.
Japan is Japan. Yu Fei hates this country so much. It does everything possible to plunder China. But this has become a fact and it is difficult to change.
However, Yu Fei was still worried about whether the torn book in his hand was the Yongle Dadian. Because the book jacket had fallen off, he couldn't tell. To be continued...