Chapter 190 Here comes the opportunity to pick up the slack
The audience was completely silent, and the buyers could say they were not excited at all.
"Boss Zhang, you are so boring. The "Lanting Preface" is in the Zhaoling Tomb of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Where did you get the Lanting Preface?"
"That's right. Could it be that you also said that there are two authentic copies of "Lanting Preface"? One in the tomb, and this one is yours?"
"Lao Zhang, hurry up and get something real. I've brought all my wealth here, and I don't want to see some shabby stuff."
"Lao Zhang, you made a lot of money today. We all dropped our business and came to support you. You should hurry up and put those final treasures in the front row."
"Yeah, yeah..."
Hearing the sarcasm and complaints from some close friends in the audience, Zhang Zongbao laughed at himself: "People may think that I, Lao Zhang, are joking, but I am serious.
"As you said, no scraps of Wang Xizhi's original work have been handed down to the world, but I didn't say that my "Lanting Preface" is authentic.
"My Lanting calligraphy sticker is actually a clear version. Although I don't know who wrote it, the writing style is as floating as floating clouds and as powerful as a startling dragon. It has a bit of the style of a right-wing army. Friends who like it come on stage and read it in person.
Just by looking at it, you will know that what Zhang said is true."
At this time, the Ming version of "Lanting Preface" spoken by Zhang Zongbao was played on the big screen.
The so-called Ming version is the Ming Dynasty copy of "Lanting Preface", which can also be called a duplicate. To be precise, it is the grandson of the original "Lanting Preface".
Because the original copy of "Lanting Preface" has long since disappeared, and all that has been passed down to the Ming Dynasty are Tang Dynasty copies. The "Lanting Preface" on the big screen is a Ming Dynasty copy of its Tang Dynasty copy. It's a bit convoluted, but that's the truth.
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Shen Yu was proficient in calligraphy and painting. When he saw the copybook, he immediately became energetic. Generally speaking, to describe the Lanting preface well written, he usually used the eight words "vigorous and elegant, and every word is exquisite" throughout the text.
This copybook is really worthy of these eight characters. It is copied from "Shenlong Edition" by Feng Chengsu. It uses the "double hook and fill ink" method to completely retain the original flavor and charm of the pen and ink.
It’s just that everyone in the audience still doesn’t buy it. There are so many people who are good at handwriting. The ancient calligraphy of the author who doesn’t know the author is worthless not only in terms of price, but it’s not worth a lot of money, so it may not be sold.
of the calligraphy works of contemporary celebrities.
Besides, with double hook and ink filling, it’s not surprising that the characters are copied well.
But Shen Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he seemed to have thought of something in his heart, and for a moment he clenched his fists in excitement.
Seeing this, Zhang Zongbao coughed twice and said again: "The whole "Lanting Preface" has 28 lines and 324 characters, each word is like gold or jade. It is recognized as the first running script in the history of Chinese calligraphy.
An insurmountable giant peak, belonging to the eternal number one.
Chinese calligraphy fonts can be divided into seal script, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script.
Running script is one of the fonts, and it is divided into two types: running script and running cursive script.
Regular script evolved over a long period of use, and running script was invented by Liu Desheng (Jun Si), a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Han Dynasty, based on regular script.
"Xing" means "walking". At that time, because the writing speed of regular script was too slow, while cursive script was fast but difficult to read, people sometimes felt very annoyed.
Things became easier after the emergence of running script, because it is neither as sloppy as cursive script nor as regular as regular script, but it can make people clearly understand what is written, so running script was very popular as soon as it came out.
When calligraphy was at its peak in the Jin and Jin Dynasties, it was mainly about writing running script.
Many people don't understand what "Lanting Preface" is about, so I'll give you a brief explanation here.
On the third day of March in the ninth year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was an activity called Xiu Yu, which meant praying for good luck and getting rid of bad luck.
This event was held at Orchid Pavilion in Shanyin. After it was over, many literati gathered together to drink and compose poems. Then Wang Xizhi recorded the event, so it is called the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion."
"I'm talking about Lao Zhang, you don't know who wrote this so-called Ming version of "Lanting Preface", what do you think you are doing with all your energy? Hurry up and tell me the lowest price. If anyone wants it, I will take it. If no one wants it, I will buy it.
One piece."
"Yes, Boss Zhang, let's have a good time and don't waste time."
The audience complained again. Although Zhang Zongbao stood on the stage seriously, he was also very embarrassed. As everyone said, a piece of anonymous calligraphy is really worthless.
But this Ming Dynasty still had to be photographed, because Zhang Zongbao bought it at a high price.
Speaking of which, Zhang Zongbao once went to a neighboring province to attend the wedding of an old friend's son. In his spare time, he went to a local antique market. There were no shops there but only antique stalls. Not to mention that Zhang Zongbao actually bought something.
Two or three good items.
Just when he thought he was about to return to the hotel, he accidentally discovered a small baggage store. The seller was an old man. There were only three things on the stall, a piece of ancient jade, a bronze mirror, and a pair of tattered copybooks. The ancient jade and
The bronze mirror was quickly bought, but no one wanted the copybook because it was too tattered.
Zhang Zongbao walked over and took a look, and he was overjoyed. Although the paper of the copybook was torn, it was smooth and fine. From the surface, it looked like silk. Looking at the paper alone, it was an ancient silkworm cocoon paper. According to ancient books, the preface to Wang Xizhi's Lanting was written with silkworm cocoons.
Paper, paper is like leather and is repaired.
The so-called cocoon paper is not paper made from silkworm cocoons, but is made from the bark of a certain tree. After the finished product, the paper is light yellow in color and resembles cocoon silk, hence the name.
Zhang Zongbao judged that this was at least a Song Dynasty copy, and wanted to buy it. However, as soon as he asked the price, the old man didn't even say the price, and several competitors immediately came.
As a result, Zhang Zongbao finally spent a high price of 1.8 million to buy it.
While walking on the road, Zhang Zongbao was very happy and felt that he had picked up a big mistake. But when he arrived at the hotel, he felt that something was wrong. Why was the other party trying to play a trick?
Zhang Zongbao majored in porcelain appraisal, and his miscellaneous subjects were also good, but his calligraphy, painting and calligraphy skills were only average. However, his old friend was a famous calligraphy and painting appraiser. After taking the painting over, he saw that it was from the Ming Dynasty and had the highest market price.
That’s over one hundred thousand yuan.
The money must be earned back and cannot be wasted, which is why Zhang Zongbao is so concerned about this collection.
……
After waiting for more than a minute, no one came on stage. Zhang Zongbao picked up the tea cup and took a sip of water, then glanced at Lao An in the audience.
Lao An understood it and picked up a bottle of iced black tea from the table of a staff member nearby, unscrewed the cap and took a few sips, then put it back away.
At this time, finally some buyers came to look at the paintings. They were old and young, male and female. There were seven or eight of them at once. After several people came on stage, they pointed at the Mingben calligraphy and praised it greatly.
He looks like he will win it no matter what the cost once the shooting starts.
Seeing this, Lao An couldn't help but clenched his fists and cursed in his heart: "These guys are really stupid. If one goes, they all go, can't you go up one by one?
"Besides, I'm asking you to look at the painting, not to tell you how good it is. You just have to walk around it a few times. If you don't know how to be a supporter, you are doomed to be a loser for the rest of your life."
Just now, Lao An was severely scolded by Zhang Zongbao in the office because of the doubling of the remaining utensils in the firewood kiln. It seems that he will be scolded for a while, so how can he not be annoyed?
"Sister Qin, please sit down for a while. I want to go up and take a look at this Ming version of "Lanting Preface". I feel that this copybook has some fate with me."
Pei Yuqin frowned slightly when he heard this, "Shen Yu, there must be a reason why everyone is not watching. Besides, it seems that those people on the stage are Bao Yuan's support. Their acting is really fake." p>
Shen Yu has a good impression of Pei Yuqin, but it is not a relationship between men and women. She is a bit like his sister. Shen Yu feels that he has a natural sense of closeness when he meets her for the first time. This is why he helps her move the car.
He even protected the reason why she went to the old street to buy antiques.
"Sister Qin, I saw this copybook once at the house of an old friend of my grandfather's. If no one bids for it, I might pick up a big one." Shen Yu whispered in Pei Yuqin's ear.
