Chapter 581 Old Books and Manuscripts
The purchase price of these books is actually higher than the selling price marked on the book at that time. For example, Yuelu Bookstore's "Three Hundred Tang Poems", the price printed on the title page is 28 cents. Split the money.
But that was 28 cents in the 1970s, which is not the same concept as the 30 cents today.
Moreover, the book printing at that time was all compiled and printed by the state with great efforts. In addition to binding and paper, the content quality was far more solid than that of later books, such as "Twenty-Four Histories" and "Twenty-Four Histories" by Zhonghua Book Company "Manuscript of the History of the Qing Dynasty" is recognized as the greatest ancient book compilation project in New China.
And it was compiled between 1958 and 1978, which is particularly valuable.
Equally valuable are "Taiping Yulan", "Cefu Yuangui", and "Qingshilu". Zhou Zhi was nominally counting the books, but Qingzhi stood there holding the book and was fascinated, Jiang Shu After reminding him twice, seeing that he was still like that, I smiled and stopped caring about him.
This batch of books is basically complete, with almost no loose parts. Except for the normal oxidation marks on the edges of the paper, the rest are quite well preserved.
In the end, Zhou Zhi was too lazy to count the books as they were, and counted them directly by the boxes. There were more than 2,000 books in forty boxes.
Director Liu came back in the middle. Looking at the situation, hey, I have to go back. The car I just arranged seems to be too small, and there are too few bookshelves.
By noon, all the forty-seven boxes were loaded onto the truck and brought to Suihuaxuan.
At this time, Director Liu's ability was highlighted, and the quality of the bookshelf delivered was also quite good, which made Zhou Zhi very satisfied.
At first, Zhou Zhi didn't have a good impression of Director Liu, but then he thought about it. In a place like the antique market, where there is a mixture of good and bad, it might not be possible for such a person to control him.
Because the words "Revolutionary Committee of the Second Class of Literature and History of Shudu University" appeared on that batch of materials, Zhou Zhi felt that it should be related to the Chinese Department or History Department of Shudu University, so he first called Gu Zhenduo and Gu Kailai. Gu Youwen was too old, so he didn't dare to alarm him yet.
This was the first time that Gu Zhenduo came to the property bought by Zhou Zhi in the capital of Shu. After simple exterior decoration and garden renovation, Suihuaxuan was surprised by the fish pond and water pavilion.
So when he saw Zhou Zhi, Gu Zhenduo started joking: "My elbows are a bit like those of the literati of the Republic of China, but how can I still be the stinky old nine? This is the professor of Yenching University who bought a courtyard house with an annual salary of 100,000 yuan. Such arrogance! ”
"Master, you're laughing at me. If you like it, just move here and live here every day."
"I'm not as lucky as you. It's convenient for me to live in Taohua Village and teach. Living here will cause a lot of delays in going back and forth every day. Time?"
"Where are your companions?" Gu Kailai asked: "I heard that Shu Yi discovered the information?"
< br>"Well, today we went to the ghost market. Shu Yi found the information at an old bookstall. I spent a thousand yuan and bought more than 2,700 old books, as well as these seven boxes of information. "
"I asked them to go to bed. They played all night last night and were busy until noon. They were all tired after lunch."
"There are seven boxes of information in that batch?" Gu Zhenduo was startled.
"Well, I roughly estimated the number of words. It is estimated that there are more than five million words of content, which are all textual research and commentary related to exegesis."
"Which school of thought can Can you see it?" "It's very sparse. In detail, the author's knowledge system is very extensive. From the perspective of his academic style, he is more influenced by the Qianjia lineage than the May Fourth movement."
"Go and have a look. ." Gu Zhenduo couldn't hold himself any longer.
Seven boxes of materials are placed on the coffee table in the large study room. Now there are old solid wood bookcases in the study room, with nearly 3,000 books on them. In addition to some furnishings bought and brought by Zhou Zhou, it feels a bit like a study room.
Gu Kailai smiled and said: "Good guy, your study is about the same size as my dormitory."
"It's not enough to just put the books on display to look good." Gu Zhenduo was also extremely satisfied with this study. , casually pulled out a copy of "Taiping Yulan", flipped through it and put it back : "The 1960 edition of Zhonghua Book Company, it's a good thing. Mr. Li Daozhong, the editor and reviewer, had dinner with my father and me in Shudu, and he has passed away now."
"Father, come here quickly. Look at this." Over there, Gu Kailai had already opened the box and exclaimed.
"This...this is the notebook made by the school printing factory back then!" Gu Zhenduo saw the kraft paper-covered homework book that Gu Kailai took out, and with the agility that a retired professor should not have, he rushed to the desk and saw the labor insurance box. The seal above: "Revolutionary Committee of the Second Class of Literature and History at Shudu University? This is...this is..."
"Master, have you seen this?"
"This is the class your master taught back then! Later, they came to raid the home!"
"I'll go!" Zhou Zhi was frightened. Jump: "Look at this thing! I'm wondering why the academic style is so familiar! Is this the knowledge that Master Zuzu did back then?"
Gu Zhenduo quickly flipped through a few notebooks, his expression becoming more and more excited, Then she became full of tears, hugging the box and started crying.
"Master, what's wrong with you?" Zhou Zhi quickly pulled over a chair and helped Gu Zhenduo sit down: "Master, don't be too excited. Are these documents really the master's notes?"
"No, this is, this is "Guangyun Shuzheng" and "Notes to the Collection of Classical Interpretations"!" Gu Zhenduo was already in tears: "This is your great master's life-long effort, this is his handwriting! "Guangyun Shuzheng" "Certificate" and the original manuscript of "Collection of Classical Interpretations and Notes"
"These two were published in those days! The manuscript was confiscated, which made your master very sad. Over the years, he has gradually recovered the contents of the nine volumes based on his memory. Where is Shu Yi? The old man wants to thank her!"
"She is sleeping. Master, don't get excited." Zhou Zhi quickly fetched water for Gu Zhenduo to wash his face: "I just said. Why are these things so familiar? Now that I think about it, I glanced at them on Master’s desk.” On the shoulders of Master Zeng”
Gu Kailai achieved great success. Although the director was also very excited, he was still able to hold his own: "Whether it is the study of our country's exegetical studies or the continuation of family studies, the importance of these two materials is self-evident. You can find them all, what a blessing!”
"Shu Yi found this. I saw that it was related to the profession and the content inside was solid, so I bought it." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Shu Yi is our lucky star."
"Thank you both. I want to represent both myself and the school. After these seven boxes of materials and two books have been sorted and digested, they will be used to study the exegesis of our school and our country. We have to go to a big level!"
"There is no need to express personal gratitude. It can only be said that it is God's will that Master Zeng's things can be recovered." Zhou Zhi was also very happy. After being happy, Pi Jiner came up again: "But isn't it a bit immodest to boast like this?"
(End of this chapter)