Baojian

Chapter 857 Preface to Lanting Collection
"Thank you Master!"

After receiving the thin booklet that Huangpu Wudi threw over, Qin Dongyuan felt the kindness of the other party for the first time in so many years, and was a little moved in his heart, and immediately bowed to Huangpu Wudi and saluted.

"I taught you Kung Fu, but I never said that I would accept you as an apprentice..."

Huangpu Wudi didn't appreciate it, and said: "The Qin family has done wrong things in the past. I hope that starting with you, I can truly fulfill the role of guardians of the royal family. As for how to do it, you can arrange it..."

If you want to rebuild the royal city, it is not enough to rely solely on Huangpu Wudi's people, so under Qin Feng's reminder, Huangpu Wudi's attitude towards the Qin family has also begun to change, otherwise, according to his temperament, it is impossible to The most core exercises were passed on to Qin Dongyuan.

"I know how to do it!"

Qin Dongyuan nodded, turned around and bowed to Qin Feng, and said, "My lord, I will go back to Qincheng first, and I will come back in ten days, and then I will go out with you..."

Qin Dongyuan and Qin Feng have known each other for a long time, and they have always called him by his first name, calling him "Master". This is the first time, which shows that Qin Dongyuan has truly recognized Qin Feng's identity.

"Elder Dongyuan, you should call me Qin Feng..."

Hearing Qin Dongyuan's address, Qin Feng felt uncomfortable all over his body, and said immediately: "Except for the elders of Huangpu and the others, all Huajin warriors in the future can call me by my name..."

The reason why Qin Feng is not used to this space is that the lack of technology is only one aspect, and the most important thing is the hierarchical system. Just kneeling down makes Qin Feng feel uncomfortable.

The reason why Huangpu Wudi and others are singled out is because Qin Feng knows that these old people are too stubborn, and it is better to let them call him than to persuade them to call him by his name.

"My lord, etiquette cannot be discarded!"

Sure enough, upon hearing Qin Feng's words, Huangpu Wudi became excited again. Qin Feng really didn't know how he had cultivated to the peak of energy transformation, such a small matter could cause his mood to fluctuate.

"Elder Huangpu, my parents and grandparents are above me, if they are still alive, it is not my turn to take the throne..."

Qin Feng interrupted Huangpu Wudi's words with a wave of his hand, and said: "So it's too early to call the Lord, so let me give me a year, and I will talk to my parents first..."

"Until we find them, we will only treat you as the Lord's..."

Huangpu Wudi shook his head. The royal bloodline was almost cut off. It was hard for a person like Qin Feng to come out. They would not let him shirk the burden on his shoulders. As for the parents Qin Feng mentioned, if they could not be found, that is another matter. thing.

"Let's go with you!"

Qin Feng shrugged his shoulders and said: "However, Elder Dongyuan wants to go out with me. The title of Lord cannot be used by the outside world. You still call me by my name. Sometimes, respect comes from the heart, not from the heart." Hanging on the top..."

"Okay, then I'll call you Qin Feng..."

Qin Dongyuan nodded. Unlike Huangpu Wudi and others, the royal family disappeared when Qin Dongyuan was underage. To be honest, Qin Dongyuan didn't have much sense of belonging to the royal family.

In addition, Qin Dongyuan has been in a high position for a long time, he just called Qin Feng Lord, firstly, to thank Huangpu Wudi, secondly, he recognized Qin Feng from the bottom of his heart, but it does not mean that he is very comfortable shouting.

"Okay, Elder Dongyuan, go get busy!"

Qin Feng said: "I just left the customs, go back and take a bath and rest, don't let people disturb me..."

"Yes!" Huangpu Wudi replied respectfully, and walked out of the room with Qin Dongyuan.

"I'm so tired!"

After the two of them went out, Qin Feng couldn't help rubbing his temples. He was a young man in his twenties, and he talked about state affairs with these old guys all day long. How could Qin Feng get used to it.

"You two should go out for food too..."

Qin Feng kicked the blue wolf mastiff lying on the edge of the chair, and at the same time shook his right shoulder, and threw Jin Falcon out, muttering in his mouth: "Grandma, it's been so long since I got the preface of the Lanting collection, and it's still here. have not seen……"

I don't know if it's because of the improved state of mind after entering the peak of Huajin, but Qin Feng's patience has increased a lot. He has held the copybook that Wang Xizhi passed down through the ages in his hands for more than ten days, but Qin Feng has never opened it once.

After driving everyone away, Qin Feng went to the mountain spring behind the house to take a bath, then changed his clothes, and then took out the scroll of "Lanting Collection Preface" that he kept in a wooden box.

The wooden pole of this scroll was obviously refurbished later, because it is made of iron wood unique to this space. Compared with precious sandalwood, iron wood has better corrosion resistance.

At both ends of the wooden pole of the scroll, there is a jade component inlaid on each side. The jade piece is warm and white in color, and it seems that it is often played by people, showing a luster that has been handed down from generation to generation.

"The first post in the ages!"

Before opening the "Preface to the Collection of Orchid Pavilion", Qin Feng was also a little excited. Although Wang Xizhi was called the sage of calligraphy by later generations, none of his works have survived until now.

Some of the works known as Wang Xizhi that people see today are all copies after the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, these Tang Dynasty copies are also rare treasures.

For example, Qin Feng once saw a version of Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Lanting Collection" in the Forbidden City. It was called the "Shenlong Version" because of the small seal of Tang Zhongzong Li Xian's Shenlong year name at the beginning of the volume. It is said to be written by Tang Taizong. It was copied by calligrapher Feng Chengsu.

Legend has it that Tang Taizong sent people to obtain the original "Lanting Preface" by almost deceiving means, and regarded it as a treasure.

Most of the "Lanting Preface" that is circulated in the world today are copies of that time or works that were imitated by later generations. As for the authentic works, they were brought into Zhaoling by Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty.

It's just that no one thought that at the end of the Tang Dynasty, in the era of war and chaos, people in this space would steal this copybook from the Zhaoling Mausoleum, and after thousands of years, it would actually fall into Qin Feng's hands.

Qin Feng was not in a hurry to open the copybook, because to observe the calligraphy and painting, he had to put himself into it, so as to understand the charm of the calligraphy and painting. He stroked the scroll lightly with his hand, and Qin Feng silently recited the words and sentences in "Orchid Pavilion Preface". .

On the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar in the ninth year of Yonghe, Emperor Mu of the Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi once held an elegant gathering with 41 famous scholars including Xie An and Sun Chuo at Lanting in Shanyin, Kuaiji, at the foot of Lanzhu Mountain outside Shaoxing today.

The participants compose poems in front of the flow, express their feelings, and transcribe them into a collection. Everyone recommends the convener of this gathering, Wang Xizhi, who is highly respected, wrote a preface to record this elegant collection, that is, "Lanting Collection Preface".

In just 320 characters, it describes the scenery of Lanting Pavilion and the fun of gatherings of Wang Xizhi and others, and expresses the author's exclamation that "events are infrequent and short and easy to change, and the end will come to an end".

When Wang Xizhi wrote the copybook, his emotions alternated from joy to sorrow, and from extreme joy to sorrow, and his essays changed from calm to agitated, and then agitated to calm with the changes of his emotions, showing the beauty of ups and downs and rhythms. Become a masterpiece.

Reading the whole preface of the Lanting collection silently, Qin Feng seemed to be brought into the place where literati gathered in ancient times, and he felt Wang Xizhi's positive outlook on life and his philosophy of life being short and rare, and his thoughts were full of thoughts for a while. .

With that emotion, Qin Feng slowly spread out the scroll on the table.

"Huh? This... This is undoubtedly the authentic work of Wang Xizhi!" Just after opening the scroll, less than five centimeters away, Qin Feng saw a red seal with the words "Zhen Guan" written on it.

Qin Feng read a document, which said that Tang Taizong Li Shimin once personally made a "Zhenguan" jade seal, which was specially used for the imperial collection of calligraphy and painting.

Such emperors also included the "Kaiyuan" seal of Tang Xuanzong, the "Xuanhe" seal of Song Huizong, and the "Qianlong Yulan Zhibao" of Qianlong, all of which were specially used for calligraphy and painting.

Among the many calligraphy and paintings handed down from generation to generation, the "Kaiyuan" seal of Tang Xuanzong appeared the least, and the "Xuanhe" seal of Song Huizong appeared next, all of which are considered precious
As for Qianlong's "Treasure of Qianlong's Royal View", it is rotten on the street. This seal has a bad reputation in the calligraphy and painting collection circle. It is covered everywhere like a dog's skin plaster, and sometimes even destroys the overall beauty of calligraphy and painting.

However, Tang Taizong's "Zhenguan" seal is only known as Deqijian, and none of the calligraphy and paintings that have been handed down so far bear this seal.

For this reason, many collectors and historians even doubted whether this seal existed, and there was a debate in the academic circle. In the absence of the real thing, no one could convince the other party in the end.

Now that he saw this seal before he could see the copybook, Qin Feng's heart was immediately raised. Only this seal could solve the dispute in the academic circle back then.

Then he pushed down the scroll, and Qin Feng's eyes were stunned again, because there was a big seal below it, which was written in eight seal characters of "Ordered by the sky, long life and eternal prosperity".

"This... This is the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom!" Qin Feng was shocked again. He did not expect that the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom, whose whereabouts were unknown at the beginning of Tang Dynasty, actually fell into the hands of Li Shimin.

"This writing must not be taken out!"

Seeing these two seals, Qin Feng immediately made up his mind. If he took out this inscription, he might be targeted by the country, and maybe he would give himself the name of a tomb robber.

Then, when the scroll was opened, Wang Xizhi's characters appeared vividly on the paper. Although it had been thousands of years, those characters were still clearly drawn.

Especially the "pofeng", "duanbi" and "thieves" on the copybook are very different from the later copies, and they appear very natural. They should be written in one stroke without the slightest sense of hindrance.

The handwriting on the whole copybook shows the successive layers, the traces of the brush strokes, and the shades of the ink are very clear.
After it was completely spread out, Qin Feng found that the copybook was 24 centimeters in length and 69 centimeters in width, and there was a layer of paper on the outside where there should be a seal.

However, Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Collection Preface" has always been in the collection of his descendants. After identifying the monk, he was tricked into the hands of Li Shimin.

Wang Xizhi's descendants would not affix seals on the handwriting of their ancestors, so apart from Li Shimin's two seals, the entire calligraphy is very clean, unlike other handed down calligraphy and paintings that are densely packed with seals everywhere.

After Qin Feng worshiped as a teacher, he had copied the copybooks of hundreds of famous masters. His calligraphy attainments were originally extremely deep. Now that he saw this masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, he immediately fell into it and couldn't extricate himself.
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