Chapter 1301 Read the Words
Everyone agreed, so Zhou Zhi said: "In the sixteenth year of Daoguang, He Shaoji passed the imperial examination. As long as he passes the final palace examination, he can become a Jinshi."
“His Jinshi paper won unanimous applause from the examiners. The young man is not bad looking, and his calligraphy is exquisite. Everyone thinks that he should be designated as the number one scholar.”
“That’s it. At this time, a person made firm objections. Who was this person? He was a great examiner at the time, named Zhuo Bingtian. "Zhuo Bingtian was very capable and honest. , and later did it A bachelor of Wuyingdian, a first-class official. But this person firmly disagreed with the noun agreed upon by everyone, and even found two words in He Shaoji's papers - 'Da Xing'."
"'Da Xing' means the death of the emperor in ancient times. It is obviously taboo to write these two words on the paper."
"The ancients wrote vertically. On He Shaoji's test paper,' Big' and 'row' points They were in two columns, but they happened to be in the same row. As a result, Zhuo Bingtian insisted on this and refused to let go."
"Other examiners also laughed at him for being unreasonable, but they took it seriously. This nonsense. ”
"Then the examiners changed their minds - if you play against him again, what if it reaches the emperor's ears and makes him think something? Is such a risk worth taking for He Shaoji? ?"< br>
"Of course it's not worth it, so in the end the other examiners had no choice but to compromise. He Shaoji, who was supposed to be the top candidate, was ranked ten, and he couldn't even see the emperor's face."
"So, why did Zhuo Bingtian insist on holding on to He Shaoji? It was because of a joke made by He Shaoji's father decades ago."
"When Zhuo Bingtian first arrived in the capital, As a junior I went to visit He Linghan, He Shaoji’s father. He Linghan had a guest at home, so he told him to come back tomorrow. He also joked to the guest: ‘This person named Zhuo is from Sichuan, could he be a descendant of Zhuo Wenjun?’”
"Zhuo Wenjun is a woman. If Zhuo Bingtian is a descendant of Zhuo Wenjun, it is implying that Zhuo Bingtian's ancestors stepped in upside down."
"This was a great humiliation in ancient times."
"Just because of these words, Zhuo Bingtian planted explosives in his heart. Now he met He Linghan's son, the explosives finally detonated. Retribution came to He Shaoji."
"Oh, we shouldn't have told that man away just now!" An aunt laughed and said, "We should have kept him to listen to this story!"
"That is, if you don't keep your word, your descendants will suffer. ." Another aunt also expressed sympathy: "Look at this little He, how unlucky he is!"
Zhou Zhi and Jiang Shuyi felt funny when they heard this. He Shaoji was born in Daoguangnian in the Qing Dynasty and grew up under the two aunts. What's wrong.
"It's almost time to disperse." The man who just spoke up for Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "After all, this is not an exhibition hall or a museum. It would be bad if it affects the business hours for too long."
< br>"Grandpa turned out to be from a cultural relics store?" Jiang Shuyi asked.
"I have retired a long time ago." The uncle opened the counter with a smile and walked inside: "Now I am a rehired salesperson in the store."
"That's just right." Zhou Zhi asked: "He Shaoji's vertical axis couplets , are there any discounts?”
The cultural relics store is the same as Shudu Gongmei. There is a price tag in front of every item.
However, according to Zhou Zhi’s experience, this is the upper limit of the price, and it is still negotiable.
The old man glanced at Zhou Zhi and took down the vertical scroll on the wall: "The young man probably doesn't have a job yet? Is this the origin of family education just now?"
This is also an old rule in the antique shop. Buyers are not allowed to speak nonsense, and those who sell things must also allow buyers to inspect them without unreasonable refusal. Zhou Zhi looked at the calligraphy scroll and replied to the old man's words: "There are elders in the family who like this. They have been exposed to it since childhood, so I have learned a little bit."
He Shaoji's calligraphy is actually very unique. If you can't learn it, that's his style of writing.
He Shaoji's father, He Linghan, is a calligrapher himself. His calligraphy style is based on the two styles of Yan and Chu. It also contains the meaning of official and seal script, and has an ancient style.
Influenced by the northern academic style at that time, He Linghan attached great importance to Pu studies and stele studies. He Shaoji learned from his father's family and also recognized stele studies and official seal script as the foundation of his calligraphy.
This is also the artistic distinction between the art of seeking posts in the south and searching for stele in the north at that time.
After reaching a certain level of accumulation, He Shaoji began to pursue innovation and innovation, and formed his own style. Based on the great creative premise of the Bei Stele, the more ancient seal script and Li characters were integrated into the regular script. The calligraphy is "At the age of sixty, at Luoyuan Academy in Jinan, I began to specialize in the eight-point calligraphy." From then on, "all the stele in Tokyo were written one after another." , independent courses. Geng Shen returned to Hunan and gave lectures in Chengnan, and the official courses continued. ”
He once wrote a poem: "I searched all the steles of the Northern Dynasty for books, and the original regular script was left from the Li Fa. I offered a few incense sticks to "Black Girl", and few people knew it in my life."
Finally, he created a This magical writing technique is called the "wrist-turning technique", because it resembles the hand movements of an ape, so it is also called the "Three-branched Ape" technique.
Use the pen mainly in the center, reverse the movement of the wrist to lift the pen, then wrap the pen with the front and press it hard, and when closing the pen, gently hold the pen forward.
The brush strokes are slow and slow, sometimes trembling, and the strokes are bold and strange. They not only have traces of the ancients, but also highlight his personal style.
Such strokes also have an elegant name, called "house leak marks". They are a major feature of He Shaoji's running calligraphy and are extremely difficult for future generations to imitate.
In addition to checking the characteristics of calligraphy, Zhou Zhi has another magic weapon than ordinary people, which is to determine the age through paper and mounting.
Now he has one more item - the identification of the gown shaft.
The outer part of the hand scroll can be rolled up to wrap around the head of the scroll, so it is called "the head wrap", which can protect the scroll from being stained.
Baoshou is also known as "Guoshou", "Yingshou", "Baotou", etc. In the literature, there are also elegant names such as "Ju" and "Yuchi".
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many collectors and organizers would mark the title, volume number and other information on the back of the package. These became part of the package and were often very valuable.
The most valuable Baoshou is naturally Song brocade. According to ancient records, there are as many as fifty or sixty varieties of brocade colors, including precious tapestry silk, which can be described as colorful.
By the Yuan Dynasty, the craft of weaving and embroidery was in decline. The color of the fabric is simple and elegant, consisting of green and beige alternating small squares of the same size. The pattern is relatively simple and is called snakeskin brocade.
It was not until the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty that the craftsmanship of weaving and embroidery was restored, but the patterns of the ancient brocades of the Song Dynasty were lost.
Therefore, there were not many types of brocade used in bags in the Ming Dynasty, but they were subtle and elegant. They rarely used bright colors and exaggerated patterns. They used circles, squares, rhombuses, and octagons as the main skeletons, filled with various patterns. The size of the unit pattern is relatively small, filled with floral patterns, and the theme color is mainly yellow and green, which is relatively simple.
During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, a brocade artist accidentally collected ten pieces of Song Dynasty's "Chunhua Pavilion Tie" and discovered twenty-two Song brocade patterns. After research and imitation, they finally restored them and finally used them. Brocade in the Qing Dynasty was as prosperous as that in the Song Dynasty, and it continues to this day with everlasting production.
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