ps: Because the editor in charge has informed me that any description of sexual situations other than holding hands must be deleted from the entire text. There cannot even be any plots that I can think of, so I have no choice but to rewrite it from scratch. I will have to revise the book today and even in the next few days.
I can keep it updated!
Please forgive me, everyone, my arms can’t twist my thighs, and there’s nothing I can do about it!
Chapter 945 Dongling Relics (Part 2)
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Of course, the giant jade sculptures buried with him are not just the "Qianlong Southern Inspection Map" Yushanzi. The slightly smaller ones are those that responded to the pacification of the Mongolian Junggar Tribe's Amursana and the Uyghur Bunaton and Huojizhan rebellions.
, which is also the main achievement of the Qianlong Dynasty, the "Pinging Down the Quasi-bu and Returning to the Army" Yushanzi, the "Thousand-Sou Banquet Yushanzi" which reflects the two Thousand-Senior Banquets, the "Grand Reading Picture" Yushanzi which reflects the Eight Banners Army Formation in the Qing Dynasty, and
The "Purple Light Pavilion Banquet Picture" Yushanzi symbolizes the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty and the coming of all nations!
These four pieces of Yushanzi, together with the original "Qianlong Southern Inspection Map" of Yushanzi, reflect the five most important political events of the Qianlong Dynasty. ∈♀, Emperor Qianlong spent extravagantly, using five pieces of huge items with an average of more than 5 tons
Jade carved them into jade sculptures and placed them in his tomb, which shows the status of these five things in his heart!
Of course, these historical events basically left behind hundreds of thousands of meters of palace paintings, but it is obvious that Emperor Qianlong preferred jade carvings, because jade carvings can last for thousands or even tens of thousands of years without being damaged, while paper and silk will not be damaged.
If it is not preserved well, it may take hundreds of years, or even less, to decay into ashes!
After admiring the large and small jade carvings, when Liu Dong opened a slightly smaller box again, what appeared in front of his eyes were not the antiques Liu Dong thought. Instead, they were two small wooden boxes that were simple and thick in vermilion color and exuded a light woody fragrance.
.Each small wooden box is about the size of a laptop. From the texture alone, Liu Dong discovered that the material of these wooden boxes is old mahogany, which is very rare in the market and is worth thousands of dollars!
Old mahogany, also known as 'red rosewood', is a precious wood second only to red sandalwood in terms of material! This ancient royal tribute wood, which is different from the current 'new mahogany', has now become the same as red sandalwood.
As good as golden nanmu!
It is precisely because of the preciousness of old redwood that the things contained in it become even more precious.
Liu Dong carefully moved a wooden box out of it. After looking at it briefly, he aimed at the brass lock in the middle. Because it was not locked, Liu Dong opened it easily!
"Book!"
Looking at the neatly bound books with green surfaces, Liu Dong suddenly became excited!
Everyone knows that during the Qianlong period, a great encyclopedia in the history of Chinese civilization, "Siku Quanshu", was born!
This cultural masterpiece, which carries the flourishing culture of the Kangxi and Qianlong dynasties and was compiled in ten years, is divided into four parts: classics, history, and collections. After the book is completed, they are divided into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
The four-color decoration is green for the Sutra section, red for the History section, white for the Zi section, and gray for the Ji section to facilitate inspection.
Obviously, these green-bound books are the ‘Classics’ part of the “Sikuquanshu”!
Liu Dong, who was looking forward to it, quickly and carefully pulled out a book and put it in front of his eyes. Sure enough, the four words "Sikuquanshu" were written in standard italics on the slightly old but well-preserved cover!
After Liu Dong took a brief look, the seal of "Qianlong's Imperial Treasure" on the title page came into his eyes!
The "Classics" of "Sikuquanshu" is divided into 10 categories such as "Yi, Shu, Poems, Rites, Spring and Autumn, Filial Classics, General Meanings of the Five Classics, Four Books, Music, and Primary Schools", and the book Liu Dong took happened to be "
"Spring and Autumn"!
What makes Liu Dong strange is that, except for a Qianlong imperial seal, Liu Dong has never found any collection seals such as "Wenyuan Pavilion Treasure" and "Wenyuan Pavilion Treasure". Obviously, this "Sikuquanshu" does not
It is not the seven volumes of "Northern Four Pavilions" such as Wenyuan Pavilion, Wensu Pavilion, Wenyuan Pavilion and Wenjin Pavilion, as well as the "Southern Three Pavilions" such as Jiangnan Wenzong Pavilion, Wenhui Pavilion and Wenlan Pavilion.
One of the "Sikuquanshu"!
However, more than two hundred years have passed since the revision of "Sikuquanshu". Liu Dong has no way of guessing what happened in the meantime. However, the existence of this set of hand-copied versions of "Sikuquanshu" has left Liu Dong in his heart.
Very excited!
Of course, I am happy but also have regrets. The "Sikuquanshu" attached to "Sikuquanshu", "Sikuquanshu General Catalog", "Sikuquanshu Concise Catalog", "Sikuquanshu Textual Research", "Wuyingdian Treasure Edition"
Books such as "Series of Books" are not in these old red wooden book boxes!
But Liu Dong soon forgot all the previous unhappiness!
"Holy shit, I can't believe it. This is "Cefu Yuangui"?"
When he was halfway through receiving the 79,000 volumes, 36,000 volumes, and nearly 800 million words of the "Sikuquanshu", Liu Dong suddenly pulled out a completely different book with cyan decoration from the mahogany box!
On the cover of the book, the four-character regular script "Cefu Yuangui" stands out!
"Cefu" is the place where emperors collected books, and "Yuangui" is a large turtle, which was used for divination of national events in ancient times. It is meant to serve as a reference for future emperors in governing the country.
"Cefu Yuangui" is one of the four major books of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is a Han history book with the nature of a political and historical encyclopedia. In the second year of Jingde, Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng ordered eighteen people including Wang Qinruo, Yang Yi, and Sun Shi to compile the book "Cefu Yuangui".
The deeds of monarchs and ministers. "Cefu Yuangui", "Taiping Guangji", "Taiping Yulan", and "Wenyuan Yinghua" are collectively called the "Four Great Books of the Song Dynasty", and "Cefu Yuangui" ranks among the four major books in terms of scale
The first one, several times more than other books.
The book has a total of 1,000 volumes, divided into 31 parts for emperors, leaps, etc., and subordinates are further divided into sects, totaling more than 1,100 sects.
"Cefu Yuangui" records the deeds of emperors and ministers of past dynasties, from ancient times to the Five Dynasties, according to the status of the characters and their classes, and arranges them one after another. The purpose is "to serve as a model for the future and to make it useful for those who open the book."
History, "Guoyu", "Guanzi", "Mencius", "Han Feizi", "Huainanzi", "Yanzi Chunqiu", "Lu Shi Chunqiu", "Han Shi Wai Zhuan" and similar books of the past dynasties, "Xiuwen Palace Yulan", classification
Compilation.
Using a combination of chronological and biographical styles, a total of 1,104 gates were formed.
There is a small preface to the door, describing its return. It is divided into emperors, leap positions, hypocrites, kings, palaces, clans, relatives, chief ministers, generals, Taiwan provinces, national plans, officials, admonitions, ministers, and national history.
, in charge of ceremonies, schools, criminal law, ministers and supervisors, sanitation, selection, tribute, envoys, ministers, pastors, commanders, palace ministers, shogunate, accompanying ministers, general records, foreign ministers, etc. Thirty-one. The Ministry has a general
The preface describes its system. It took eight years to complete the book, with a total of one thousand volumes. It was titled "Cefu Yuangui".
What makes Liu Dong deeply regretful is that the "Cefu Yuangui" that appears here is not complete, and it is not the Song Dynasty original, but the Ming Dynasty royal edition. However, there are some additions from the Qing Dynasty, which add up to a total of
954 volumes, although there is still a gap of 46 volumes from the completion, but compared with the 550 volumes of Zhang Yuanjiban's "Cefu Yuangui" that has been handed down now, it is almost double the number. Liu Dong is already very satisfied!
With "Cefu Yuangui", "Taiping Guangji", "Taiping Yulan", and "Wenyuan Yinghua", which are one of the "Four Books of the Song Dynasty", are naturally indispensable, but just like "Cefu Yuangui",
Basically, no set is complete, and basically all are missing forty or fifty sets!
In addition to these encyclopedia series, almost all the quintessential books of Chinese civilization can be seen here, such as the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Sun Bin's Art of War" by military strategists, and "Han Feizi" of Legalism!
Its richness is comparable to the royal library, but most of these books were revised in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Although they are very rare, their monetary value is slightly lower, but Liu Dong does not care about this because he values
It’s the information contained in the book, a lot of which can solve some historical mysteries and fill in the gaps in culture!
What makes Liu Dong a little puzzled is that there is no "Yongle Dadian" here!
"Perhaps Qianlong thought that "Sikuquanshu" had surpassed the Yongle Dadian?" Liu Dong guessed in his mind.
The emperors were all proud, especially Qianlong, who was known as the ‘Old Man of All Things’!
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Due to limited time, Liu Dong could not examine nearly one million books one by one. He could only save them in the Mustard Seed space first, and then look at the more abundant collections later!
Now he has been shocked and numbed by the appearance of a large number of rich works of art with equally high artistic and monetary values!
But when he opened a huge wooden box in front of him, he was still shocked by what appeared inside!
"It is said that Qianlong was the most extravagant emperor in the entire Qing Dynasty. I had doubts before, but now I believe it after seeing all this. Even in the entire feudal history of China for more than two thousand years, there are few people who are as extravagant as him.
The emperor of desire!"
Liu Dong looked at the giant golden clock in front of him that was more than 3 meters tall, divided into 6 floors, and made entirely of gold. Liu Dong's face was full of sighs.
This giant golden bell is tall and gorgeous. The bottom floor is about 60 centimeters long, with a square golden platform measuring two square meters. Looking up from the golden platform are four five-clawed golden crouching dragons. The backs of the crouching dragons are towering, supporting the four floors above.
The pagoda-like gold stacks, except for the gold platform at the bottom and the four five-clawed golden dragons on the second floor, there are clocks on the four facades of each of the four floors above!
Except for the four golden dragons on the second floor, each of the remaining five floors is engraved with bas-relief and line carvings with entwining lotus patterns, rolled leaf patterns, lotus petal patterns and other auspicious patterns, of course from top to bottom.
Including the four golden dragons, they are inlaid with exquisite jade, lapis lazuli, red sapphires, pearls and other precious stones. Even the covers of all watch plates are not made of glass, but made of pure crystal!
Especially on the top spire of this giant golden clock, there is a ruby-carved Pulao sculpture the size of two adult fists!
Pulao is one of the nine sons of the dragon in Chinese cultural legends. Because of his characteristic of being "good at singing", people often cast Pulao into a bell button!
Obviously, this giant golden clock is an artistic crystallization of the obvious combination of Chinese and Western cultures, and its value is immeasurable! (To be continued...)