Chapter 379 Creation Background
"Hahaha..." the fourth cousin laughed: "Quick forward, fast forward, it will be good to bring Jiang Zhaohe's two important paintings back to Manzhou. I'll give you some elbow grease. Remember this! Now that I have returned to Shu, it is indeed a bit embarrassing.” Home jumps!"
"Hahaha..." The fourth cousin obviously didn't believe it: "Then I'll wait."
Going to the study, Zhou Zhi took the fourth aunt's wheelchair. He also pushed it in front of the big desk, closed the flower door of the pavilion, turned on the big light when his fourth cousin was painting and writing, and said solemnly: "Here he comes..."
The fourth aunt smiled in a low voice and said: "I've never seen anything like this before. It seems like I got something really good?"
Zhou Zhi took out the old papers and put them aside, then took out the ones that had been opened before. That package, he said to Fei Guan: "Uncle Fei, give me a hand."
Although the scroll was very broken, only two pieces were put on it, and the fourth cousin and aunt looked at each other, showing disbelief. look.
“This is Chengxintang paper!”
Fei Guan’s white-gloved hand immediately gave a thumbs up: “Expert!”
Zhou Zhi pointed to the pile of papers he had just taken out: "There is a pile over there."
"What?!"
The fourth cousin was so shocked that he didn't pay attention just now, thinking that those were Zhou Zhi used the waste paper to fill the box and quickly turned around to dig through the paper. Then he put on his glasses and took out the magnifying glass to study.
It took a while before the three pieces of paper were delivered to the desk in front of Fourth Aunt: "Ruizhi, look..."
Fourth Aunt is handicapped, but she has good vision. : "Well, from the Southern Tang Dynasty, Xiucheng, the Dharma book is probably more important."
The fourth cousin didn't say much, took out a pair of gloves and put them on, and then started working with Zhou Zhi Fei Guan.
This time of putting it together made Zhou Zhi feel a little frightened: "It feels a little more broken than the previous one. If this thing is not repaired in the future, I'm afraid I won't dare to open it again."
This scroll is actually quite long. The length of Fourth Cousin's desk is a bit shorter than that in Gongmei's calligraphy and painting studio. The last section is spliced on the ground.
But the content is enough to make the fourth cousin and fourth aunt shake their hearts. In addition to Shi Yannian's "Poetry for Preparing Biyi", the remaining works by Ouyang Xiu, Su Mai, Yue Ke, Cai Jing, Song Huizong, and Ouyang Xiu Later generations, the inscriptions and postscripts of Ouyang Xuan, a great scholar of the Yuan Dynasty, are also priceless treasures.
"This... these are all authentic works!" The fourth aunt frowned in pain, her fingers pointing at the scroll were trembling: "How could it be ruined like this?!"
"Ruizhi, don't worry." The fourth cousin said: "You have to check the authenticity carefully, even if it is written on Chengxintang paper."
The fourth aunt pointed to the handwritings of Song Huizong, Cai Jing, and Ouyang Xiu: "I am afraid that no one can imitate the calligraphy of these three people so well at the same time."
"Yes." Fei Guan said quickly: "The same goes for Mr. Zhang and Xugong of Gongmei. this So said. "
" According to historical records, Shi Jie, Ouyang Xiu, and Mei Yaochen praised Shi Yannian's poetry and calligraphy a lot, but no one has ever seen the original work. "
" Now it seems that he is indeed worthy of being called a master. The calligraphy is vivid, bold and ups and downs, and the sadness, loneliness and anger are contained in the writing, and the only way to express it is with the long edge, which is in line with Bai Letian's poem. "
"The silver vase is broken, water slurry bursts out, and the cavalry stands out with the sound of swords and guns!"
"Exactly! It is quite similar to the "Explanation of the Master" written by Yue Fei in the world. The writing power is quite similar, and the writing skills of Zhuan Feng are even more brilliant. "
"So this is an authentic work?" "Well, in fact, except for paper, ink, In seals, calligraphy, and historical records, Ouyang Xiu mentioned that Shi Yannian used Chengxintang paper to make books for him. Judging from the time of creation, the author's calligraphy mood was very consistent with the situation at that time."
"Oh? What's the meaning of this?" Zhou Zhi suddenly became excited again.
"Let's take a look at Ouyang Xiu's writing first." The fourth cousin said: "Ouyang Xiu's calligraphy features are very obvious, and his inscriptions and postscripts should be the closest to the time of Shi Manqing's creation."
"Look here. , The last sentence - the poem, which Manqing loved all his life, is still in his possession, and is called the Three Unique Treasures of the True Family. In the sixth month of the lunar month, Ouyang Xiu, the young master of the prince, returned to Liuyiju. "
"Elbow, go get "Zi Zhitong" "Jian Changbian", the part of Xining's three years "
Zhou Zhi turned around and searched on the bookshelf, took out the "Changbian", and found the part of Xining's three-year history related to Ouyang Xiu: "Four. Cousin, Xi Ning San In the year of 2006, there was an order to remove the posts of the Chief Inspector of the School and the Envoy of Xuanhui Nanyuan. Ouyang Xiujian refused and changed his name to Caizhou."
"From this year on, Ouyang changed his name to Liuyi Jushi. Zhou Zhi's tone was full of admiration.
"That's because I remembered it wrong." The fourth cousin said, "Look at four years."
Zhou Zhi turned over a few pages and couldn't help but marvel at the meticulousness of his fourth cousin's reading: "Ah, here, In the fourth year of Xining, June Jiazi, except for the crown prince, lived in Yingzhou. The time is also right. "
The fourth cousin pointed to the post "Fuguan" left by Ouyang Xiu. "Two words: "That Ouyang Xiuba The creation date of the article can basically be determined - it was when Ouyang Xiu completely left the political stage and read the letters of his deceased friend, and left the words."
After that, he pointed to Shi Yannian's handwriting: "Together with this, they should be created at two key nodes in Ouyang Xiu's political life."
"How can this be inferred?"
"From the lives of Ouyang Xiu and Shi Yannian, plus the calligraphy style of this painting."
"Ouyang Xiu returned to Beijing for the first time in the first year of Jingyou. He summoned the bachelor's academy and was awarded the title of Xuandelang. He returned to Beijing He served as a colographer in Guange and participated in the compilation of "Chongwen General Catalog". "Then in the third year of Jingyou, that is, 1036, he participated in Fan Zhongyan's political reform. He was demoted to Yiling County Magistrate. "
"In the first year of Kangding, he was recalled to Beijing and resumed his duties as a collation and compilation of Chongwen General Catalog. Later, he was ordered to admonish the court."
"In the third year of Qingli, that is, 1043, he served as Youzhengyan and Zhizhigao. He participated in the Qingli New Deal, but failed again later."
"This calligraphy by Shi Manqing must be a masterpiece, so it must be a work after middle age." Zhou Zhi added, and took down the "History of the Song Dynasty" from the bookshelf: "In the second year of Kangding of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, which is 1041, Shi Yannian Died in Bianjing, only lived forty-seven years Years old. "
"Yes." The fourth cousin said: "So the friendship between Ouyang Xiu and Shi Yannian should have only started to deepen after the first year of Jingyou. At that time, Ouyang Xiu entered the capital. It was impossible because of this. His literary name was rewarded by Renzong. "
"But the second time I came to Beijing was different. The first time I participated in editing, and the second time I was the editor-in-chief. I also learned about the important position of the Admonition Court. This was the position where the emperor of the Song Dynasty placed future governors. Once you get the reward of Chengxintang paper, that is reasonable It makes sense."
"So it was only possible that Shi Manqing helped Ouyang edit the poem in the two years of 1040 and 1041."
"And in these two years, a big event happened. Son.”
"Yuan Hao invaded! Haoshuichuan was defeated!" This is one of the distant backgrounds of Zhou Zhi's historical novels, and of course he knows it very well.
(End of this chapter)