Chapter 368 Big Cake
“Let’s talk about the ‘Jianyang buckle’ first.”
“The buckle is actually the unit of measurement for paper in Fujian, similar to what we call ‘knife’ now. '."
"And the paper named 'Buckle' , there are actually two types in Fujian, one is called 'Jianyang Kou' and the other is 'Yu Kou'. "
"The origin of 'Yu Kou' is Ninghua, which is also one of the four major production areas in Fujian. One of the paper counties. Ninghua is rich in native paper, and its top grade is called 'Yukou Paper'."
"The jade button paper is as white as jade, made entirely from young bamboo. It has good texture, is smooth and flexible, has strong tensile strength, does not rub and fuzz, is uniform in sheet, clear and transparent, easy to write on, ink will not fade, and will not be corroded for a long time. It is The best paper for calligraphy is comparable to rice paper."
"Jade button paper. Used for printing books, it began in the Song Dynasty. In addition to national classics and history books, local chronicles and celebrity works in Ting County were also printed on it. Genealogy and temple scriptures also liked to use this kind of bamboo paper. ”
“ Later, after the quality of bamboo paper was improved, jade paper became more and more used for calligraphy and painting, and the same The technology was passed to Jianyang, and the result was Jianyang Bamboo Paper. "
"The quality of Jianyang Bamboo Paper is actually a little lower than that of jade buckle paper, so it is naturally not considered superior as a paper for calligraphy and painting. However, because of its large output, affordable price and very high quality among printing papers, it is very popular among book printing papers. Welcomed by merchants. "
"In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, 'Jianyang Kou', which was specially used for printing books, was also the top grade bamboo paper and was monopolized by Jiangsu calligraphers. It is said: 'Wuzhong Bookstore has been valued at every year for two hundred years and cannot be used for external use'"
"In other words, Jianyang's paper buckles are monopolized by all the bookshops in Suzhou."
In Teacher Yuan's eloquent narrative, Zhou Zhi seems to have seen a war that lasted for hundreds of years. In the pervasive big business war, what countless businessmen are fighting for is the biggest piece of cake in the cultural market of China, an ancient civilization.
"Teacher Yuan, can we understand it this way? In the Song Dynasty, the best printing paper was produced in Fujian, the best engraving technology was always in Yuhang, and we in Shu won two middle schools." Zhou Zhi Listen to the story Do your own analysis: "But taken together, it becomes Yuhang first, Shu District second, and Jianyang third."
"With the development and changes of the times, Shu District's competitive advantages have been Suppressed, Fujian became a supplier specializing in papermaking, and Yuhang became the final winner in printing high-quality books using Fujian paper and its own engraving technology?”
“That’s not entirely true,” Teacher Yuan. He smiled and said: "Since the Northern Song Dynasty, the cultural undertakings in Shu have been relatively prosperous, but it has been relatively closed. Therefore, the printing industry is mostly self-sufficient, and the quality of book paper and engravings has been improving."
"And even if we look at the technology of the Song Dynasty, we cannot just say that Yuhang was the first, and our Shu blockbuster can only be regarded as the second."
Teacher Yuan expressed dissatisfaction with this theory: "What many people don't know is that the Song Dynasty The most ambitious and far-reaching official engravings include five. There are more than 1,000 volumes of Tripitaka, 1,000 volumes of "Taiping Yulan" and "Cefu Yuangui", 1,000 volumes of "Wenyuan Yinghua", a collection of poems and chapters, and 500 volumes of "Taiping Guangji", a collection of novels. We, Shuchuan, are responsible for printing three of them. We, the capital of Shu, undertook the publishing history of our country. The first large-scale official engraving and publishing work."
"We can take the Tripitaka as an example to illustrate how brilliant the 'Shu Edition' was at that time."
"The early Northern Song Dynasty. In the fourth year of Kaibao's reign (971 AD), Taizu Zhao Kuangyin issued an edict Sichuan carved the Tripitaka, also known as the "Kai Bao Bao", with a total of 5048 volumes. "
"It took thirteen years and was not completed until the eighth year of the Taiping and Xingguo years, that is, 983. It was finally shipped to Kaifeng for printing, with a total of 5,048 volumes. Edition of 130,000 yuan”
"This is the first complete collection of Buddhist scriptures in the history of our country. Most of the Tripitakas published in the subsequent generations are copies of the Song and Shu editions."
"The central government of the Song Dynasty also successively copied the Shu editions The Tripitaka was presented to North Korea, Vietnam, Japan and other countries, and it also contributed to the engraving and printing of Asian Brushwork and cultural exchanges played an important role. After the Japanese monk Yu Ran brought the Tripitaka back to Japan in 986, the stereotypic printing technique that had been introduced to Japan for more than two hundred years really became popular." I know about it. At that time, the leakage of books from Song Dynasty also caused Su Shi to He was vigilant and wrote to the magistrate of Hangzhou to be vigilant and supervise the purchase of books by Koreans and Japanese. Books such as "Taiping Yulan" must not be exported to foreign countries. "
""Taiping Yulan" is from the second year of Taiping Xingguo, that is, 977. An imperial edict was issued to start the work, and the thousand-volume book was completed in 983, the eighth year of the Taiping Xingguo Period. It was supervised by Pu Shuxian, the magistrate of Chengdu Fulu and the scholar who promoted it."
"There is also something happening about this book. There is an idiom, do you know?”
"Teacher Yuan, you are testing me." Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Song Dynasty Wang Pizhi mentioned in "Mianshui Yan Tan Lu" that after "Taiping Yulan" was written, Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi couldn't put it down. He once said: "This book has thousands of volumes. I want to read it all in one year, so I ordered people to read three volumes every day and prepare "Yiye's Reading", such as "due to lack of work, I will catch up in my spare time. "Make it up."
"The waiter may have thought that it was too much work, so he gave some advice. Taizong said: "Opening the book is beneficial, but I don't think it's a chore." Therefore, the idiom "Opening the book is beneficial" comes from this book. "Taiping Yulan" came. "
"You can come with a good elbow." Teacher Yuan now understands why Mr. Gu indulges and favors this young disciple in every possible way: "Why don't you come to the History Department, and I will take you personally to identify and splice the broken characters of rare books, which requires your skills."
"Cough cough cough..." Gu Youwen quickly pretended to cough aside: "My teacher is still here. , Xiao Yuan, you started poaching people. This is a bit unethical..."
"The school can actually recruit people with elbows like this, right?" Teacher Yuan liked Zhou Zhi more and more: "Aren't they all here? Has "Literature and History" published an outline of the thesis? What kind of college entrance examination results are needed for this level? ”
In fact, Gu Youwen had considered this issue for a long time, but he had no intention of telling Zhou Zhi at all. He just thought that he could take this path in case Zhou Zhi failed the college entrance examination.
But this possibility is so small that it is almost non-existent. Gu Youwen thinks that he can still afford to wait for a year or two, so he is not in a hurry. Otherwise, with his influence, he can even take Zhou Zhi to Shu now. Come on.
However, that would inevitably trigger heated discussions, which might not necessarily be a good thing for Zhou Zhi.
So he waved his hand: "My close disciple entered Shu University in this way. Even if you know that he is relying on his strength, others will believe that he did not go through the back door? Don't waste your whole life just to save a year or two." "
"Shi Zuzu is a real person." Zhou Zhi admired him very much: "The key is that this will create an inappropriate 'precedent' for Shu University and even universities across China."
"It's not a good thing in terms of emotion or reason, public or private."
"Elbow has a good mentality." Teacher Yuan said with a smile: "The ideas are comprehensive, but it's a waste of time..."< br>
“Because I love vanity.” Zhou Zhi smiled and said, “Just think of it as previewing in advance to prepare yourself for suppressing classmates when you enter school in the future. How? It will be a waste of time..."
"Huh? Hahahaha... You said Su Dongpo didn't study after he was 40, is this the reason? "
How many people? Communication seems simple, but there is a lot of "basic common sense" underlying it. If an outsider without these "basic common sense" sounds like it, he will be confused.
For example, Manager Fei.
(End of this chapter)