Chapter 231 'Letter from Zeng Wenzheng's Family' and Three Questions
Chapter 231 "Letter from Zeng Wenzhenggong" and Three Questions Table
"Even if you found the right one this time, don't be complacent. Of the three genuine antiques, you only picked the right one now!" Zhang Weihan said with a rather unhappy tone.
"Haha, of course I know this. Don't worry about it, boss."
After finishing speaking, Liu Dong continued to pretend to rummage through the surrounding antiques. After a full twenty minutes, he walked to the counter next to Zhang Weihan's horrified eyes, and then stacked them together from above.
One of the three or four linear ancient books was selected.
Looking at the six large italic characters of "Zeng Wenzhenggong Family Letter" written on the slightly old yellow cover in his hand, Liu Dong couldn't help but thought to himself: "This Uyghur and Han Dynasty has put a lot of thought into it. If it weren't for my special powers, I'm afraid others would
They would also regard this "Zeng Guofan Family Letter" as the account book of Zhenbao Pavilion, and never thought that real antiques would be in it!"
Zeng Guofan, Han nationality, originally named Zicheng, courtesy name Boyhan, nickname Disheng, the 70th grandson of the sage Zengzi. A modern Chinese politician, strategist, Neo-Confucianist, litterateur, and the founder and commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army. Together with Hu Linyi
He was called Zeng Hu, and together with Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, and Zhang Zhidong, he was known as one of the "Four Famous Officials of the Late Qing Dynasty". He was promoted to the governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Zhili, a bachelor of Wuyingdian, and was granted the title of first-class Yiyong Marquis. His posthumous title was Wenzheng.
And he was also the gravedigger of the mighty Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Even when Zeng Guofan was at his most powerful, he had nearly one million Hunan troops under his command, and he was so prestigious that he even had the opportunity to go to the Qing court and replace him. But when his subordinates persuaded him to join,
Just retreated and fell.
However, despite this, Zeng Guofan is still the most famous political figure in Wanqing. "Zeng Wenzhenggong Family Letters" is a collection of Zeng Guofan's letters. It was written in the mid-19th century of the Qing Dynasty.
This collection of letters records Zeng Guofan's Hanyuan and martial arts career, which lasted for 30 years from the 30th year of Daoguang to the 10th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. There are nearly 1,500 letters. The content involved is extremely extensive and is the main activities of Zeng Guofan's life, as well as his political and family governance.
A vivid reflection of the way of scholarship.
Zeng's family letters are written calmly and calmly, with free form, spontaneous thoughts, and free writing. They contain true knowledge and good words in ordinary daily life, and are extremely persuasive and inspiring. Although Zeng's writings have been handed down too few, only a few of them are
A family letter can reflect his academic attainments and moral cultivation.
This family letter is also one of the main basis for later historians to study Zeng Guofan.
"You, how did you think of it?" At this time, noticing Liu Dong's movements, Zhang Weihan asked with a trembling tone.
"Intuition!" Facing his disbelieving look, Liu Dong said calmly.
At this time, after hearing the conversation between the two, the three old men also gathered around.
"This is Mr. Zu An's "Letter from the Family of Mr. Zeng Wenzheng"!"
After seeing clearly what Liu Dong was holding, the three old men became excited.
After this period of study, although Liu Dong's appraisal level in calligraphy and painting has not improved much, but relying on his almost photographic memory, he can already remember seven or eight of the famous figures in history.
Mr. Zu An refers to Tan Yankai, a great warlord of the Republic of China who is known as the four major calligraphers of the Republic of China along with Hu Hanmin, Wu Zhihui and Yu Youren, and is known as the "Master of Modern Yan Calligraphy".
Tan Yankai, courtesy name Zu'an, Zu'an. No. Wuwei, Qiezhai, was born in Chaling, Hunan. He once served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and served three times as the governor and governor of Hunan and the commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army. He was awarded the rank of general and army marshal. He once served as a citizen of Nanjing.
Chairman of the Government and President of the Executive Yuan. He died of illness in Nanjing on September 22, 1930. After his death, the Republic of China government held a state funeral for him. Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling got married, and Tan Yankai was the introducer.
Tan Yankai's calligraphy is just like his character, with an aura of great power, a broad structure, and a look of self-importance. He was another master of facial expression writing after Qian Feng in the Qing Dynasty.
From the Republic of China to the present day, Tan Yankai has never been more successful in writing about Yan style. He is especially famous all over the world for his Yan style regular script. It can be said that Tan Yankai has been attacking Yan style script all his life.
Tan Yankai is good at poetry couplets, and his handwritten calligraphy and small regular script are extremely exquisite. His calligraphy works have dual value of art and cultural relics, and most of them are collected by domestic folk in Hunan.
People in the world have mixed praise and criticism for him. Some people call him "the perfect man of the Republic of China" and a great politician who "has no tolerance for humility and mediocrity." Some people call him "the pillar of the party and the country" and "the licorice of medicine."
, some people also say that he is a "crystal ball" with eight faces and "a living Taoist who accompanies food and draws promise".
Although Tan Yankai has received mixed reviews politically, he is an admirable presence in calligraphy.
"Well, Zhang Weihan, last time I offered you 500,000 yuan to buy this "The Family Letters of Mr. Zeng Wenzheng" handwritten by Mr. Zu An, but you didn't sell it to me. It turned out to be here. Now I'm being picked on.
I feel so sorry for you when you come out!" Mr. Wu said angrily at first, then became gloating again.
At this time, Liu Dong also opened the ancient book in his hand. On the title page, it was written in Yan style: "Wen Zhenggong, a distinguished official of the Zhongxing Dynasty. Although his body has passed away, he has been famous throughout the ages. His talent was great, modest, and grand."
"And Ning, and became the first-class figure in the Qing Dynasty!" There is admiration for Zeng Guofan between the lines.
In the lower left corner of the title page, there are two seals of 'Tan Zuan' and 'Qie Zhai'!
After opening it, there was a row of small regular script, with strong and strong handwriting. Although small, the handwriting was clear. It showed the bottom of the book behind the author. At the first sight, Liu Dong fell in love immediately.
Seeing Liu Dong's happy look at this moment, Zhang Weihan's face turned green, and he became even more uneasy. It has been five or six years since he set up the rules of this treasure fight, and he has attracted twenty or thirty people.
Individuals participated, but so far, except for Mr. Li, who is the only one who has succeeded, the rest basically got stuck in the first level. Even if they can pass the first level, very few people can pass the second level.
So far, there are less than three people.
"I don't believe you can still find the third one!" Zhang Weihan gritted his teeth and thought to himself.
"Okay, young man! You have just found two authentic antiques now, and there is still one missing! Go, go, let's show you this "Book of Zeng Wenzhenggong" first!" said Mr. Wu.
Regardless of Liu Dongtong's disapproval, he took away Tan Yankai's handwritten letter from him.
Seeing this, Liu Dong felt quite dumbfounded. Looking at the three old men holding the "Zeng Guofan Family Letter" handwritten by Tan Yankai, looking intoxicated, Liu Dong did not come forward to disturb them.
Instead, he continued to look for the third authentic antique. Of course, he had already found it, but he had to pretend to do it before.
It wasn't until half an hour later that Liu Dong decided to take action.
"What are you doing?" Zhang Weihan's words became a little trembling after watching Liu Dong walk to his side and stand next to him.
"Don't move!" As he said this, Liu Dong held Zhang Weihan's shoulders and took out a gorgeous pocket watch inlaid with gold and silver from his coat pocket.
"You!" Liu Dong's arm was like a giant mountain, placed on his shoulders. Zhang Weihan tried to stand up several times but failed.
"Boss Zhang, I should be considered successful now, right?" Liu Dong asked, shaking the exquisite pocket watch in his hand.
"How did you think of it! This is impossible?" Zhang Weihan looked pale and looked at Liu Dong with disbelief in his eyes.
Ever since Mr. Li succeeded once, he spent a lot of effort to re-set the three genuine antiques, especially the third one that he wore everywhere. Just like this pocket watch, the watch body is hidden.
Only the watch chain was outside. When people asked him about it, he sometimes said that even though it was hidden secretly, it still met the conditions. The three genuine antiques were indeed on the first floor.
Therefore, many people who have participated in gambling games in the past finally understood that although they were angry, it would not help. They could only swallow the bitter pill of failure and obediently offer the treasured antiques in their hands.
However, this time his painstaking plan failed.
"Intuition!" Facing Zhang Weihan's face full of disbelief, Liu Dong said with a smile.
At this time, after hearing the conversation between the two, three elderly people who were admiring Liu Dong's antiques also gathered around.
"Have you never seen this pocket watch before?"
"Indeed, I've never seen it! It must have been this guy Zhang Weihan who took it in during this period!"
After hearing the discussion of the three elders, Liu Dong also took the pocket watch in his hand and looked through it.
On the front was a filigree enamel exploration picture. After opening it, Liu Dong found that the pocket watch was still running. With a clear ticking sound, the time was exactly the same as the time on Liu Dong's mobile phone.
"This is a minute repeater watch!" Mr. Wu said next to him.
"Three questions?" Liu Dong asked doubtfully.
He has only been in the collection for a short time. Although he has an excellent memory, he has recently been studying calligraphy and painting, ceramics and bronzes. He has limited knowledge of complicated antiques, especially pocket watches, which were only niche collections before. He has not studied them at all.
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If it weren't for his identification ability that detected the rich white aura on this pocket watch, he would never have thought that this pocket watch was an antique.
After listening to Liu Dong's words, Mr. Wu looked at him in surprise.
Needless to say, Liu Dong also knew the meaning in his eyes, and he couldn't help but say with a slight embarrassment on his face: "Intuition, purely intuition! I didn't know this watch was an antique before!"
After listening to his words, Zhang Weihan felt even more bitter, while the other three could only sigh for Liu Dong's good luck.
"The so-called minute repeater pocket watch is a three-reed watch. The sounds of the three reeds are different. You can tell the time of "hour", "quarter" and "minute". Listen!" Then Mr. Wu moved the dial next to the pocket watch.
A raised button, and then the 'ding-dong' was different, but the same crisp sound suddenly sounded.
"Did you hear it?" Mr. Wu asked.
"These seem to be three voices, Old Wu!" said an old man named Qin next to him who came with Mr. Wu and had tall cheekbones and a thin face.
"Yes, there are three sounds. Just through these three sounds, you can tell the specific time."
"Pocket watches are the earliest watches to appear, also called pocket watches. Almost every minute repeater watch has more than 500 parts. This is a true mechanical work of art!" Mr. Wu said with a look of admiration on his face.
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