Jianbao life

Chapter 623 Ghostwriting

When Xie Gong spoke up to this point, he let out a long sigh, and what he said next made Chu Chen and Lao Wu feel extremely embarrassed.

Considering that the child may have a congenital disease, and the daughter-in-law's health is too bad, in order to prevent accidents, thanks to a friend, the daughter-in-law was admitted to the Beijing Children's Hospital.

And with the help of their friends, they also contacted a very skilled pediatrician and made a detailed plan, which made Xie Gong and his wife a little relieved.

But even so, there was an accident on the day of delivery, because the daughter-in-law was too weak and had postpartum hemorrhage. Even though preparations had been made in advance, because of the health of the daughter-in-law, she died in the end.

After hearing the news from the doctor, the parents of the two families were devastated. Xie Gong's son couldn't think about it, so he injected himself with a lot of drugs and left with his daughter-in-law.

To make matters worse, the child seemed to be normal, but after a doctor's examination, it was found that he had congenital intestinal atresia and the small intestine was too short. If the child was not treated in time, the child would definitely die.

Their son and daughter-in-law are gone, Xie Gong and his wife don't want to lose this child no matter what, so they suppress the grief in their hearts and put all their energy into saving the child.

The child underwent an operation immediately, but the condition was not very good. He was rescued again and again, but was critically ill again and again. In order for the child to survive, thank the doctor for giving the child the best medicine. It's almost gone, so there is a thing about selling antiques before.

"The child's current situation is still not very good?" Chu Chen asked while driving.

"Yes, otherwise, I wouldn't have sold the remaining antiques."

Xie Gong sighed: "The doctor said that there will be another operation the day after tomorrow. I am afraid that this money is not enough, so I want to sell that thing at home."

"Master, what exactly is that thing in your house?" Lao Wu asked.

"It was Wen Zhengming who copied Li Song's "Skeleton Illusion"." Xie Gong replied.

"What?!" Lao Wu was taken aback when he heard that, not only him, but also Chu Chen who was driving the car.

You know, both Wen Zhengming and "Skeleton Illusion" are really famous.

Wen Zhengming must have been heard by many people. He is known as "Wenheng Mountain" in the world. He was a painter, calligrapher, and writer in the Ming Dynasty.In terms of poetry and prose, together with Zhu Yunming, Tang Yin and Xu Zhenqing, they are called "Four Talents in Wuzhong".In the history of painting, together with Shen Zhou, Tang Yin and Qiu Ying, they are called "Four Masters of Wu School".

Li Song was a famous court painter in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was born in a poor family and worked as a carpenter when he was young.Good painting, quite far from Shengmo.He was adopted as an adopted son by the court painter Li Congxun, who was taught painting skills and eventually became a generation of famous artists.He was a member of the Painting Academy of Song Guangzong, Song Ningzong, and Song Lizong, and was respected as an "old painter of the Three Dynasties" at that time.

The themes of Li Song's paintings are rich and colorful, from the palace to the folk, from the city to the countryside, from production to life, from eating and drinking to entertainment, from fairy mountains to dragon palaces, and from history to reality. He can do line drawing and ink painting at his fingertips.

"Skeleton Illusion" is just one of Li Song's masterpieces. The picture of this painting is weird and strange, with strong contrast. Famous masters of the past dynasties have guessed and interpreted the content of the picture, and there is no shortage of mysterious meanings. After thousands of years, it has been easily collected by collectors. Now It is collected by the Imperial Palace Museum in Beijing.

Chu Chen didn't expect that Wen Zhengming would copy this work, and this was also something that made him feel very strange.

There is no doubt that Wen Zhengming is good at painting figures.However, the vast majority of his figure paintings are "point scenes" in landscape paintings, and there are only three or four individual figure paintings in existence, such as the axis of "Portrait of Lao Tzu", the page of "Portrait of Lao Tzu", the axis of "Picture of Xiangjun and Mrs. Xiang", "Picture of Banana Lady" axis and so on.If this "Picture of Skeleton Illusion" is an authentic work by Wen Zhengming, its cultural relic value and artistic value can be said to be inestimable.

But there is one thing, because Wen Zhengming's reputation is too high, even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is hard to change calligraphy. There are hundreds of imitations, family collections and commercial sales, authentic and fake."

This sentence refers to the fact that Wen Zhengming's paintings had just been painted, and people rushed to the door to buy them, and the ink used to exchange them piled up like a mountain.His inscriptions and postscripts had the weight of "get what you say, and the price will skyrocket" in the calligraphy and painting business at that time, so Wen Zhengming's works became the objects sought after by merchants who made and sold counterfeit works, which led to the fact that Wen Zhengming's works were also sold in Suzhou during this period. The one with the most fake ghostwriting in the region.

Moreover, Wen Zhengming is too kind, as long as someone asks him to be promoted, he will rarely refuse.

He Liangjun of the Ming Dynasty recorded Wen Zhengming in his "Siyou Zhai Cong Shuo": Every family in Wuzhong who collects calligraphy and painting asks his master for appraisal. Even if it is a fake, the master will say: "This is the real work."

People asked him why, and the master said: "Anyone who buys calligraphy and painting must have a family. This person is poor and sells things, or treats them as a fire. If I don't agree with me, the whole family will be trapped. I want to buy How can I bear it if I get fame for a while and make my whole family suffer?"

Wen Zhengming's weird logic also made him an easy target for manufacturers and sellers of counterfeit products. As a result, there were frequent cases of imitation, forgery, ghostwriting, etc. of him at that time, and even formed a special trend in the Suzhou area at that time. cultural landscape.

It is precisely because of the above reasons, and in Wen Zhengming's life's paintings that he seldom copied the works of his predecessors, but mostly created for himself, so Chu Chen has to worry that the "Skeleton Illusion Picture" handed down by Xie Gong's family will It is a forgery or a ghostwritten work.

But whether it is true or not, you need to see it to know. If it is the authentic work of Wen Zhengming, it will be a surprise, and Chu Chen will definitely buy it back.

Xie Gong lived in a small courtyard with a single door just like Uncle Wu. When Chu Chen stopped the car, he found that the courtyard door was still closed.

Xie Gong opened the door and explained: "My wife has been watching the child in the hospital, so there is no one at home."

Chu Chen nodded, expressing his understanding.

Opening the door, Chu Chen walked in following Xie Gong, and found that there were some things used for funerals in the corner of the yard, and there was a depressive atmosphere in the room, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.

Xie Gong brought him to the hall, first served a cup of tea for Chu Chen and Lao Wu, then greeted them, and went back to the bedroom to take out the things.

During this period, Chu Chen looked around and found that in the corner of the hall, there were still a few unfinished handicrafts, which were red in color and looked good. This made him a little curious, so he stood up and walked up.

When he got there, Chu Chen discovered that these handicrafts were unfinished carved lacquer works, and judging from the craftsmanship, they should be carved lacquer from the capital.

The carved lacquer has been introduced in the previous article. Among them, the carved lacquer in Beijing has a simple and solemn shape, exquisite decoration, smooth color, elegant shape, and has the characteristics of moisture resistance, heat resistance, acid and alkali resistance, no deformation, and no deterioration.It is a traditional handicraft in the capital, as famous as cloisonné, ivory carving, and jade carving, and is known as one of the "Four Famous Danes" of Beijing crafts.

Chu Chen saw that these unfinished carved lacquer works, some of which were more than half completed, and some of which had just started to be made, judging from this situation, it was obvious that this Xie Gong was their maker, so it was true. Let him not expect.

Judging from these carved lacquer works, Xie Gong's craftsmanship is very exquisite. Although it may not be as good as some masters, it is not much different. Maybe he only needs an opportunity to become a master of carved lacquer.

Just when Chu Chen was about to appreciate it carefully, Xie Gong carefully walked out of the bedroom with a painting box in his arms.

Seeing this, Chu Chen put away the carved lacquer in his hand, walked back to the original position, and then asked with a smile, "Mr. Xie, did you specialize in making carved lacquer before?"

Xie Gong put the box on the table, and replied: "Yes, this is a handicraft handed down from my family. I originally wanted to pass it on to my son, but I didn't expect... hey!"

When he mentioned his dead son, he immediately felt dejected.Although the son was infected with the poison, as long as the person is alive, there is still hope of getting better, but if the person is gone, there is nothing left.Moreover, sending a white-haired person to a black-haired person is always the saddest thing in the world. He would rather suffer himself than his son to go before him.

Seeing Xie Gong's grief-stricken appearance, Chu Chen quickly comforted him: "Mr. Xie, your health is important, don't be too sad, and now is the time when your grandson needs you."

Hearing Chu Chen mention his grandson, Xie Gong cheered up immediately, and said with a forced smile: "Boss Chu, I'm sorry, let's take a look at this work."

"OK……"

Chu Chen nodded, then Xie Gong took out the painting from the box and unfolded it.

The work in front of me is lightly colored on line drawing paper. On the left side of the picture, there is a large skeleton sitting on the ground, manipulating a small skeleton with a hanging wire.This is one of the market puppet performances in the Song Dynasty - hanging silk puppet performance.

Of course, such performances in real life are manipulated by people, and the implication of using the skeleton as the protagonist probably reflects the illusory, impermanent, and sudden disillusionment of life and destiny. You are the manipulator today, maybe tomorrow you will become a manipulator. a manipulated person.Therefore, life is seen through, and it is probably just a walking dead.

Next to the skeleton is a pair of puppet show burdens with straw mats, umbrellas and other things. Behind the skeleton is a woman nursing a baby, perhaps his wife.

On the right side of the screen, there is a child who is attracted by the action of the little skull and is about to run over.There is a woman behind the child, who should be the child's mother or his guardian. She seems to be worried that the child will get hurt or break the little skull if it gets too close.

The inscription in running script on the upper right reads: "Without any skin or flesh, there is a burden of pain and sorrow. The puppet also pulled out the silk thread, making a small appearance to tease the enemy. How can you not be ashamed if you see through it? You are alone since Wuli." , and wrote down the signature of the date of creation, and the signature of Zhu Wenlian Zhufang printed "Zheng" and "Ming".

(End of this chapter)