Chapter 614 Confrontation with the figurines
“The elbow is really transparent and spiritual.” Mr. Wang smiled and said: “Did you know that I am collecting bird food cans?”
“Well, listen to Mr. Ma. Yes, I happened to meet him yesterday."
"Thank you very much." The old man was also an open-minded person. He placed the bird food jar on the Eight Immortals table beside Huanghuali. He looked Zhou Zhi up and down and said, "Well, I know you are coming to BJ, little friend, but I didn't expect to meet you so soon. I've heard your name, old man, several times."
"No way, Master. ?" This time it was Mr. Ma's turn to be surprised: "How did you know that Elbow was coming? We only met through Feng Cang, Wang Shuo and the others yesterday."
Seeing Zhou Zhi, he also had a surprised look on his face. The old man showed a hint of a successful prank and said to the other two researchers: "This kid is not simple. Didn't I just get nominated for the National Book Award this year? He is the same."
"Really?" The two researchers were shocked. At first they thought this boy was a junior brought by Ma Weiwei, but they didn't expect that he could be on par with Mr. Wang in this regard.
“It’s not over yet.” The old man looked at Zhou Zhi with a smile: “The two things that Tenzin sent for appraisal some time ago are considered to be the most important Tibetan cultural relics discovered so far, right? He found and Donated to the Shudu University Museum."
"'Two Buddhas and Three Seven Treasures Thangka Spiritual Objects Offering Treasure Letter'?"
"'The Three Causes of the King's Longevity Sutra'? ! ”
Both researchers were completely stunned.
"Tenzin called a few days ago and said that this child has come to the capital and asked me to take care of him." The old man smiled and said: "But before I had time to find you, you had already come over."
“So this circle is still too small.” Zhou Zhi was moved but also dumbfounded.
The circle of bosses is full of bosses. When Master Tenzin found such a person to take care of him, he never thought about whether his small body could bear it...
"Also The New Dynasty’s stamping is worth ten, the one from the National Museum.” The old man continued to throw bombs: “That is evidence that changed the history of ancient machinery in our country, and its importance is unquestionable, right?”
"That's right." Researcher Chen said: "At that time, Lao Wang and I were communicating with people at the National Museum and said that fortunately the Dangshi coin was discovered by someone knowledgeable and was not buried among ordinary coins. There are no traces of stamping. "
"Everyone calls it a fluke," said Researcher Wang.
"Let me introduce you." The old man playfully waved his hands to Zhou Zhi: "Zhou Zhi, the discoverer of stamping coins in the New Dynasty, it was he who advanced the use of stamping equipment in our country by at least a thousand Years."
"In addition..." Didn't give the two researchers much. Time, the old man followed up and said: "Jiuzi is also the discoverer of Jianyuan's tombstone. He found physical evidence and completely ended the controversy over whether the first era name used in China in thousands of years was 'Jianyuan'!"
"..." The two researchers were shocked and speechless.
In the eyes of the general public, these incidents are just inconspicuous little tofu pieces in newspapers. They are just one sentence in the news and cannot make any waves.
However, in the eyes of those engaged in literary and historical research, this is nothing short of a ground-breaking discovery.
It can change the academic world’s understanding of history and resolve controversies over historical mysteries. Countless literary and historical workers have worked hard all their lives to have such an opportunity, but they may not get it once.
However, the two of them asked themselves, when such an opportunity comes to them, can they grasp it?
How many people, even professional literary and historical workers, can immediately think of the ink ink of "Zhang Zao, Shu Commandery, in the fourth year of Jianyuan", and they can immediately think of the literary and historical circles about China's first year. Controversy over the number? How many people, even professional writers and historians, when they see Wang Mang selling a beer bottle cap for ten cents, can immediately think that it may have been made using a special method?
Once can indeed be considered an accident, but twice? What about three times?
“This is really the wave behind the Yangtze River pushing the wave ahead.” Researcher Chen said with a smile: “So Zhuzi has done research on tombs. Look at this pair of human figurines.”
“ No, I am relatively familiar with Han tombs and Song tombs. This pair of figurines is different from anything I have ever seen.”
“What’s the difference?”
"Are these civil servants and warriors figurines?"
"Yes, you can date the elbows."
This pair of figurines is indeed very "beautiful", and the warriors are inherited from the Han Dynasty. Exaggerated, holding his left hand upright in front of him, A shield with one end on the ground, a fist in the right hand, which should have been holding a weapon before, and a helmet on the top of the armor. The armor is in the style of "Mingguang Armor" with breast protector lenses on both chests. The right leg exposed behind the shield is wearing trousers. In ancient times, it should be called "裈" ", with flat boots on his feet, extremely powerful. " A vivid image of "standing in military posture" while waiting for review.
The faces of the civil servants are different. They are one-third smaller than the faces of military generals. They have changed from "Tian Zi face" to "Eye Zi face". Their eyebrows are lowered, their eyes are focused, and their pens are pointed. Like hanging gallbladders, the lips are thick and the opening is small, and the corners of the mouth sink deeply into the plump cheeks, creating a smiling face.
The upper edge of the ears is level with the eyebrows, and the lower edge is in line with the corners of the mouth. In ancient times, this was a kind of blessed image. This is the case for Liu Bei in historical records, and the same is true for many Buddha statues.
The civil servant figurines wear leather crowns, which are different from the common civil servant figurines in Zhou Zhi. They seem to be more similar to the "Leather Bian" seen on the heads of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang. The wide-sleeved shirts on their bodies are even more peculiar, with extremely open sleeves. Large, the figurines raise their hands to chest level, with their hands hidden in their sleeves, and the length of the hem of the sleeves exceeds the knees.
The style of the coat is also different from that of Zuoyu in the Central Plains area. There is a flat button on the left shoulder and the right shoulder. It seems that the civil servant figurines also wore a brocade jacket with edges outside the robe. The style of the jacket seems to be It evolved from the leather armor of the cavalry. The hem is above the knee and is not as deep as the sleeves.
The lower hem of the clothes is very different from the traditional civil servant clothing. Han people's clothing, starting from the Zhou Dynasty, has been a top and a lower skirt. "Shang" is a kind of clothing similar to a skirt.
As for this civil servant, the hem of his "clothes" only reaches halfway from his knees to his thighs, but he is actually wearing a pair of wide-leg "trousers"!
The back of the trousers covered the civil servant's feet, leaving only the "cloud head" of the flip-toe shoes exposed.
Zhou Zhi took a serious look at the figurines: "I haven't done any research on the figurines, but judging from the costumes, they are not cultural relics of the Han regime. The appearance of Mingguang armor dates from the Northern Wei Dynasty. The open face of this civil servant is similar to that of Yungang Grottoes. The standing Buddha It is somewhat similar. Although this tomb adopts the funeral customs of the Han Dynasty, the costumes of the figurines still retain the characteristics of the nomadic people."
"The bodies of the two figurines are painted in three colors, their clothes are red, and their eyebrows are red. The shoes are black, Although the face and hands are now dark gray, it is caused by the oxidation of the lead powder. It should have been pink before."
"This is a process of painting the figurines on the outside after they are burned. The terracotta warriors and horses are somewhat similar, so I guess this should be They should be funerary figurines that were only found during the period of the northern minority regime. "The height of these two figurines must be 1.4 meters, right? This shows the strong national power and artistic style of that time... So... Northern Wei?"
Researcher Wang gave a thumbs up: "The elbow is okay, but I can't pass the test. I can guess right."
Zhou Zhi quickly humbled himself and smiled awkwardly at Mr. Ma.
Master Ma also laughed, knowing where Zhou Zhi’s embarrassment was. It was the story we talked about on the way back yesterday. He was guessing the origin of something with an authentic item in the museum, and he was guessing the authenticity with something in Panjiayuan. They were really two people. Different difficulty levels.
(End of this chapter)