Chapter 773: The Old County of Nanchang
So Zhou Zhi adopted the theory of chanting and screaming learned from his fourth cousin, as well as the folk song tune inherited from Southwest China, to reduce the tone used in daily speech, and finally got A "dialect" that can be chatted like ancient people.
So Zhou Zhi is probably the only person who can speak in ancient pronunciation and can also speak euphemistically and pleasantly. Gu Youwen particularly likes this speech, and Gu Kailai asked Zhou Zhi to read "Complete Tang Poems" and "Complete Song Ci" whenever possible. And the recording is saved for future use.
Li Qiyan was not only a wealthy businessman and collector, he was also a great scholar, and he also had profound research on ancient culture. Therefore, Zhou Zhi recited poems in ancient languages, and Li Qiyan knew the value of it as soon as he heard it.
Only then did Zhou Zhi salute Li Qiyan: "Hello, Mr. Li, I was so surprised to see two great talents just now. Don't be offended if I lose my etiquette."
Li Qiyan smiled and waved his hand: "The two of them and Cai Gongzha are known as the four most talented people in Hong Kong. Even I have to respect them, why should I be surprised?"
After that, he brought a cup of tea to Zhou Zhi: "The best in my life. I love "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion". How about you read it to me sometime? "
"The Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" is indeed a good article, but not everyone can just open their mouth and say nothing else. Even if the people here are very knowledgeable, they dare not say that they can recite it all. Therefore, Li Qiyan used his own To save people, I just want Zhou Zhi to have time to read it to him.
Zhou Zhi smiled slightly: "I also like "The Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" and I can recite it, so before the banquet starts, I will recite it to Mr. Li using the melody of "Qie Yun"?"
"Okay!" The people present were all cultural people, very interested in this, and they all applauded.
"The old county of Nanchang, the new mansion of Hongdu. The stars are divided into wings, and the ground is connected to Henglu..."
Zhou Zhi once tried to recite poems in ancient pronunciation to his friends, but everyone thought the sound was pretty good. , it feels more novel and funny.
Because the gap between ancient pronunciation and modern pronunciation is really big.
However, it is different today. In Cantonese, which is the environment closest to the ancient pronunciation, Zhou Zhi's recitation gave the Hong Kong literati present a "familiar feeling of strangeness".
The pronunciation of most words is very similar to Cantonese, but almost one-third of them are generally similar but have subtle differences. Especially unlike Cantonese, which is almost all straight pronunciation, the thoughtful pronunciation There are many tongue curling and even tongue flicking similar to those used in northern China today, but the rhyme is basically close to the rhyme used in Cantonese.
The same song, the same language and the same tone, some people can sing it well, and some people can't sing it well. This principle is also applicable to recitation.
And Zhou Zhi undoubtedly belongs to the category of the best.
The ancients once said that when writing poetry, the meaning should be learned from the Han and Jin Dynasties, and the phonology should be learned from the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Everyone was immersed in the rhythm of the pinnacle of parallel prose in the Tang Dynasty. Li Qiyan even closed his eyes, silently tapping the palm of his left hand with the fingers of his right hand, shaking his head and head following the thoughtful rhythm, and was mesmerized by it. .
After reciting one article, I immediately received a round of applause: “Okay——”
In addition to the joy on Li Qiyan's face, Huang Zhan beside him was also happy, stroking Zhou Zhi's back: "When you have time, come to my recording studio and teach me, and I will record a single from "A Smile in the Sea"!"< br>
Ni However, Kuang had a question: "I remember it was the old county of Yuzhang. How come the elbow is from the old county of Nanchang?"
Zhou Zhi laughed and said: "There are always two words at the beginning of "The Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" version, 'Nanchang' version It first appeared in the Notes of Tang Dynasty written by Wang Dingbao of the Five Dynasties, and the 'Yuzhang' version first appeared in the Tang Manuscript of Zhengcangyuan in the island country."
"Judging from the year, the manuscript of Zhengcangyuan is probably. Died in Wang Bo In the last fifty or sixty years, it is closest to the original work. It is said that it was later changed to avoid mentioning Tang Dezong Li Yu. "
"So most of the current books use the 'Yuzhang' version."
"However, in the "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" written by Su Shi, Wen Zhengming, and Zhu Zhishan, they all begin with 'Nanchang Gujun'. It can be seen that in the Song and Ming Dynasties, the 'Nanchang' version was the mainstream." "These are all me. Idol, plus I have learned the 'Nanchang' version since I was a child, so I am too lazy to change it."
Ni Kui writes about who resembles whom in modern prose, but he is better than others in ancient prose. Just a little worse , this is even more so in details. Occasionally there are allusions that I don’t know, which is normal. Now I smiled and said: "So that’s it. I have gained a little more knowledge."
While talking, the manager of Liuyuan came over. He whispered to Cai Nan: "Mr. Cai, the food is ready to be served."
"Then let's take a seat and chat in detail." Cai Nan smiled and said: "New and old friends, you can do whatever you want."
There are exactly eight people at this table, Cai Nan, Ni Kuang, Huang Zhan, Wang Limei, Li Qiyan, Li Lehai, plus Zhou Zhi and the soy sauce-making Zhang Bin.
Of course Zhou Zhi and Zhang Bin only dared to sit down and hold hands. After sitting down, Zhou Zhi took out two letters: "Knowing that Director Wang and I came to visit Mr. Li, Mr. Qi and Mr. Wang specially wrote letters to each other. Let me bring it."
After that, he held it with both hands and handed it to Li Qiyan, who was sitting next to him.
Li Qiyan reached out to take it and opened the letter from the old man first: "This calligraphy can be called contemporary Wen Zhengming, right?"
Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "I dare not judge the two of them. He has great attainments in calligraphy, but even when he was over eighty years old, Hengshan still had to write a thousand-character essay every day, and sometimes he would "read it several times", which even an old man would be envious of." br>
"That's right. Which one of us is not burdened with chores?" Li Qiyan said with a smile: "Fortunately, I am semi-retired now, so I have some free time to pick up my old hobbies."
"This is why I have so many sons. benefits. "Cai Nan complained: "This old guy is showing off to us!"
There are many talented people in Hong Kong. Speaking of Hong Kong's talented people, except for a few who are in love, many of them have a lot of romantic affairs. There are many flowers and few fruits.
After Li Qiyan read Mr. Wang's letter, he couldn't help but look up at Zhou Zhi: "Did you find a pair of Chenghua half bottles?"
Zhou Zhi didn't know either. I don’t dare to be casual about what Mr. Wang wrote in the letter to Mr. Li. He answered and just nodded: "Yes, that is a pair of red sandalwood wall hangings, inlaid with three pairs of bottles. The top two pairs are from Qianlong, and the bottom pair are from Chenghua, because the bottom is engraved with Sanxitang The wording is probably a mistake made by the staff.”
Li Qiyan showed the letter to Zhou Zhi and pointed to the three words "West Flower Hall" above: "Is this really this place?"
Zhou Zhi had no choice but to nod: "Yes."
Li Qiyan said nothing more. Just keep the two letters carefully and carefully.
Director Wang smiled and said: "Mr. Li, I heard that both An Siyuan and An Zhaiyingyi sent people to contact you, hoping to purchase the two "Chunhua Pavilion Notes" you collected?"
Li Qiyan smiled and said: "You guys are quite well informed. Yes, indeed, about three months ago, I participated in an exhibition in Kyoto. Among the collections presented to the exhibition at that time was Bishi Anzu's engraving of "Chunhua Pavilion Notes". Later, Goro Sakamoto contacted me and expressed his desire to collect it. Zhu Ben’s meaning.”
“I declined at the time and came back with the things after the exhibition.”
“I don’t know what happened after that, but both An Siyuan and Anzhai Eiichi contacted me and expressed their interest in the acquisition. I still didn’t agree, but last month, they found out that I still wanted to become a prince. "Chunhua Pavilion Notes" is a copy, so if the original copy doesn't work, it would be fine to give it to the prince as a copy."
"I don't know how to pass it down into two copies later. Posted.”
(End of this chapter)