Chapter 1322: Speaking like Gu, interpreting words like Qiu
"That's it, sit down quickly." Mr. Qiu led the two of them to sit down at the big desk: "You are all rare guests, but I am the elbow. I’ve long wanted to talk to you in person.”
“Mr. Qiu, this is a little gift I brought you.” After sitting down, Zhou Zhi took out a few books from his bag: "This is what I gained from Qi Gong Qi Lao. There are several volumes of the "Inscriptions on the Identification of Bells, Tripods and Yi Wares of the Past Dynasties" written by Xue Shanggong of the Song Dynasty that were found in the library. I thought you would definitely need them, so I brought them to you this time."
"Yes. Come on, show me." Qiu Xigui was overjoyed: "How many inscriptions are there on Mr. Qi's letters?"
"I did a comparison, and there were seventeen more inscriptions on them," Zhou Zhi said. .
"That's great." Qiu Xigui was very familiar with this fragment, and he quickly turned to the unfamiliar part: "That's great!"
Seeing that Qiu Xigui was already caught in a surprise, Zhou Zhi allowed him to Looking through the rubbings he brought, he introduced to Jiang Shuyi: "Shuyi, we Chinese study the ancient writings left on bells and tripods. Starting from the Northern Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang's father Sima Chi, Liu Xun and Liu Fengshi in the "Three Lius of Mozhuang", including the familiar Su Shi, as well as Lu Dalin and Wang Fu, were all researchers of ancient Zhongding characters. "
"Xue Shanggong was born in the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was a Tongzhilang at first, and later became a judge of Jiangjun Jiedu in Qian Shu Ding. He is knowledgeable about ancient times and is proficient in seal scripts, bells and tripods. Based on Lu Dalin's "Archaeological Map" and Wang Fu's "Xuanhe Bogu Map", he extensively compiled and analyzed ancient inscriptions, and compiled the achievements of various scholars in the past dynasties. After comparing, analyzing, correcting, and forgery, he finally wrote twenty volumes of "Inscriptions on the Identification of Zhongding and Yi Utensils of the Past Dynasties" and "Chongguang Zhongding Seal Rhymes". "Seven volumes."
"Among them, the "Zhongding Yi Ware Identification Sticker" contains a total of 511 sets of inscriptions."
"It is a pity that it has changed with the years. , the Shang and Zhou bronzes that Xue Shanggong recorded that had been unearthed in the Song Dynasty have been lost in the long river of history. ”
"Fortunately, in June of the 14th year of Shaoxing, Lin Shi, the governor of Jiangzhou County, engraved the book on a stone tablet and placed it in the Jiangzhou public treasury. At that time, there were twenty-four stones. Although the original manuscript and the stone tablet were lost after the death of the Song Dynasty, It no longer exists, but the Song engraving and Song manuscripts have been handed down."
"Rubbings were already very popular in the Ming Dynasty. It is very precious. There are currently some fragments collected in Taipei, Shanghai Library, and the National Institute of Social Science and Archeology in the Capital."
"The woodcut biographies currently include the Ming Wanli version, the Chongzhen version, and the Qing Kangxi version. , Jiaqing edition, Guangxu edition, etc. ”
“This volume collected by Qi Lao is of modern China. Miao Quansun, known as the father of modern libraries, collected a copy of the Ming Dynasty Jiguge written by Lu Youtong in the 58th year of Kangxi's reign. After Qi Lao's textual research and comparison, it is believed that this copy has the largest number of copies and is the one from the Song Dynasty. Original rubbing, since Ming Dynasty, passed by Luo family, Changshu Gui family, Tao Zhulin Wuliuju, Huang Pi Martyrs Liju, Wang Yiyun Bookstore , Cheng Wenrong Rugulou inherited the collection, and the circulation is orderly and clear. This is another precious feature of this set of calligraphy. "
"Not bad, a great achievement!" Qiu Xigui was overjoyed, but he also complained: "It's true, Mr. Qi, why are you hiding such a good thing?"
Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "Qi Lao is a calligrapher, but not a calligrapher. What he values and studies on this set of manuscripts is the calligraphic value of the bronze inscriptions, bird seal characters, and seal characters on them, but he has not thought about his influence on ancient calligraphy workers. Research value.”
"Every line is like a mountain, let's forgive him."
Qiu Xigui cherished the manuscript and smiled: "You can't say that, such precious information, next time I go to the capital for a meeting, I will definitely follow him Face to face Thank you."
After that, he nodded to Zhou Zhi: "Thank you too."
Zhou Zhi said, "I looked through this book and it seems that it is not all bronze." Qiu Xigui nodded: " Well, this book records Xue Shanggong divided the five hundred and eleven ancient artifacts according to the five dynasties of Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han, and arranged them according to the type of artifacts under each dynasty. Written by ”
“In addition to bronze wares, there are also Qing Yi and Qiyang Stone Drum Ten with characters, which are stone wares; Hu Yi and Xi San are jade wares.”
Zhou Zhiwen Said: "Mr. Qiu, I don't understand the text itself, but after reading Xue Shanggong's regular script translation and the accompanying explanations, why do I feel that... some places are too precise?" < br>
Qiu Xigui said with a smile: "Your great advantage is that you know that 'it is better to believe in a book than to have no book at all', and you dare to raise questions."
"This book itself has occasional distortions in copying it. At that time, the study of epigraphy was just in its infancy and was relatively rough, so the textual research was mostly incomplete. ”
"Even the dating is often wrong. The Xia utensils and Shang bells identified should be Zhou Dynasty utensils, but some of the Zhou utensils identified are from the Shang Dynasty."
Zhou Zhi This Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It turns out that my inference was correct."
After that, he took out a book from his schoolbag and said: "I'll give Grandpa Shi a chance to put it on the shelf. I'll explain it to him at Shu University." I am explaining an elective course called "Oracle Bone Inscriptions Appreciation". This is the handout I wrote. The main purpose is to popularize science and cultivate interests among the students. I also ask Mr. Qiu to help me correct it. "
Qiu Xigui. He is an expert in ancient writing, not only studying oracle bone inscriptions, but also has profound knowledge in bronze inscriptions, currency inscriptions of the Warring States Period, pottery inscriptions, alliance letters, seal inscriptions, bamboo slips and silk documents, etc.
What he grasps is the development and changes of Chinese characters in the time dimension in various eras, as well as the differences between Chinese characters in different regions, on different carriers, and in different spatial dimensions at the same time in each ancient period, because there is this With his profound and solid foundation in researching an ancient character, he can cite a large amount of relevant information and find various circumstantial evidence for the character.
This unique skill has given Qiu Xigui a pivotal position in the academic circle of ancient Chinese writing. Whenever the country has discovered important writings, such as the Yinqueshan Han Tomb Bamboo Slips, Yunmeng Qin Slips, Mawangdui Han Tomb Silk Books, and Zeng Hou Yi Tomb Text Materials , Jiangling Wangshan Chu Slips, Guodian Chu Tomb Bamboo Slips and Yinwan Han Tomb Slips and other unearthed documents need authoritative experts to interpret and organize work, he is the first person that everyone thinks of.
However, there are specialties in the art industry. The old man is unparalleled in the world in "interpreting characters", but in "writing", he is not as good as Gu Lao.
Of course, this heat is also a shortcoming when compared with a "perfect fire". It is the difference between a high temperature of 2,000 degrees and a high temperature of 1,800 degrees. It is not comparable to the small wood stove like Zhou Zhi's current one.
To learn paleography well, you must cover a wide range of subjects, so you must understand aspects such as ancient history, ethnology, archaeology, antiquities, philology, phonology, exegesis, etc. It is necessary to study the ancient Chinese classics Jing, Shi, Zi and Ji.
But Zhou Zhi is a young man with a flexible mind. Qiu Xigui likes to communicate with him. He feels that he can often get some inspiration from Zhou Zhi.
Although Qiu Xigui wanted to turn Zhou Zhi in the direction of ancient writing, Zhou Zhi was more insistent. His research was still based on inheriting Sangu. It was enough to be able to thoroughly study the oracle bone inscriptions in terms of writing.
Sometimes Zhou Zhi wants to cry out to the old men in despair: "You can't ask me to speak eloquently and decipher words like fur?!"
(End of this chapter)