Chapter 1353 Visitors
“Look, Lao Li, this is our calligraphy and painting restoration studio,” Principal Lin led the visitor: “This is Director Yuan of our restoration institute, and these are students from our school , is also a leader of the restoration institute, Zhou Zhi."
After that, he introduced to Zhou Zhi and Director Yuan: "This is Comrade Li Shipei from the Third Research Institute of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. I met him at a meeting in the capital, and he happened to be on a business trip to Shu, so I invited him to come and see us."
Seeing that both Director Yuan and Zhou Zhi were confused, Principal Lin smiled and said: "Director Li's father is Comrade Li Yimeng who donated a large number of ancient books to our museum."
Director Yuan and Zhou Zhi were immediately in awe: "I have admired you for a long time!"
Li Yimeng was a native of Pengzhou in Sichuan Province and joined the party in his early years.
During the Northern Expedition, he served as the Section Chief of the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department of the National Revolutionary Army and as the Secretary-General of the Staff Group during the Nanchang Uprising. After that, he worked on the Special Kosovo Front, Propaganda Front, and Education Front until liberation. He was a rare "big literati" in the party at that time.
Having spent his military life, he is not only an older generation of proletarian revolutionaries, but also a rare and great collector.
What is even more commendable is that in his later years, the old man donated all his life's collection to the Forbidden City, the National Museum, the capital, universities and libraries in Shanghai, Shu and other places.
In Sichuan alone, the Shudu Library has donated more than 3,000 volumes of precious ancient books twice, and Sichuan University has received more than 400 volumes. The old man also donated tens of thousands of modern paperback books in his hometown of Pengzhou.
When the second donation to the Shudu Library was completed in 1988, the library rewarded him with a reward of 150,000 yuan. The old man did not keep any money, but left it to his hometown to establish a scholarship to encourage learning.
True to the point of donating everything, leaving nothing behind.
"Director Yuan said that he has admired my father for a long time. I believe it." Li Shipei chuckled and said: "You also say the same, little classmate, then I have to ask you what you have admired for a long time."
""Huajian Collection", "Huajian Collection" contains 500 poems by 18 poets represented by Wen Tingyun and Wei Zhuang. These 18 people are either from Shu or living in Shu. His creative trajectory is similar to that of our Shu It has a lot to do with the place. The first collection of literati's poems in the history of Chinese literature, "Flower Room Collection" should also be the pride of our Shu region."
" Mr. Li collected it from the Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China. A total of twenty-six contemporary editions of "Flower Room Collection" were donated to us in Sichuan. The time it took, the quality of appreciation, and the academic expertise are all worthy of our descendants' admiration for a long time!"
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"In addition, there are ancient printmaking books of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as "Chen Laolian's Painting of Water Margin Leaves"; Xiling Seal Society's movable type printing of "East China Sea Fishermen's Songs"; Liu Mei's true shadow writing of Song Jiatai's "Collected Works of Yuhu Laymen", etc., all of which are handed down from generation to generation."
"Chen Laolian's Painting of Water Margin Leaves" is a printmaking, so we don't need to worry about it, but "East China Sea Fishermen's Songs" and "Collected Works of Yuhu layman" need to be highlighted.
"East China Sea Fishing Songs" is a collection of lyrics written by a woman named Gu Taiqing who lived in Manchuria with a blue flag during the Qing Dynasty.
Gu Taiqing's real name is Xilin Jueluochun. He married Beile Yihui, the great-great-grandson of Qianlong, as his concubine at the age of twenty-six. Because he was a sinner, he could only report to the family mansion by pretending to be a woman named Gu.
Yi Hui died of illness nine years after their marriage. Gu Taiqing and his children were expelled from the house because of a "lilac case" with Gong Zizhen, a literary giant of the generation, and lived in Zhuanta Hutong in his later years.
Gu Taiqing's poetry was all based on talent, and he could also paint. In his later years, he also wrote a novel "A Dream of Red Mansions" and was the first female writer in the history of Chinese novels.
Her collection of poems is called "Donghai Pavilion Collection". It was lost for a while and later generations collected it and handed it down to the world as "Donghai Fishermen's Songs".
At that time, some people praised her as comparable to Nalan Rongruo: "In the Eight Banners essay, there is a saying that 'men are mature and Rongruo, and women are too pure and springy'."
Posterity will also Her collection of lyrics is juxtaposed with the collection "Songs of Woodcutter" by Zhu Xizhen, a female poet in the Song Dynasty, and is called "Two Songs of Fishing and Woodcutter". At that time, Li Yimeng got this edition of "East China Sea Fishermen's Song". He felt like he had found a treasure. He added a brocade cover to it and bound it with paper.
Because the second volume was missing, the old man specially copied and filled in the missing parts with extremely neat pen and ink.
Not only that, he also specially asked Qi Lao to write an "inscription" on the cover of the book, and also asked the famous painter Pan Jiezi to draw a portrait of Gu Taiqing in front of the book. At the back of the book, many famous scholars such as Qi Yanming, Mao Dun, Xia Chengtao, Zhou Shutao, etc., who came to visit and read, as well as himself, left inscriptions and postscripts.
The other photocopy of the "Collected Works of Yuhu Layman" is even more precious, even priceless.
The collection consists of four volumes and was originally a collection of poems and essays by Zhang Xiaoxiang, a statesman and lyricist in the Southern Song Dynasty.
The poems combine the clearness of Dongpo and the heroism of Jiaxuan. His "Niannujiao·Crossing the Dongting" is considered by Zhou Zhi to be the only masterpiece in the world of poetry that can be traced back to Su Dongpo's "Shui Tiao Song Tou·When Will the Bright Moon Come"?
The "Collected Works of Yu Hu Lay" donated by Li Yimeng is a collection of lyrics written by Liu Mei Zhenying from the Jiatai engraving of the Song Dynasty, and contains 182 poems.
Not many people may know Liu Meizhen, but when it comes to her husband, everyone knows about her husband - Yuan Kewen, the second son of Yuan Shikai, the first of the four princes of the Republic of China.
Because of her identity, Liu Meizhen’s talent is rarely known. However, Fan Zengxiang, a famous scholar from Beijing and Tianjin, commented on his calligraphy that "the character of his calligraphy is not inferior to that of Lu Bicheng, but the charm of his calligraphy can compete with Jiangnan's."
In addition to the powerful calligraphy of Liu Meizhen, the skillful use of the pen, and the excellent paper and ink, this "Collected Works of Yuhu Layman" is comparable to ancient books. At the end of the volume, there are also works by four masters, Yuan Kewen, Zhou Shutao, Zhang Yunliang and Zhang Boju. The postscript not only introduces the origin and inheritance of the original version, but also has important documentary value. It can also show the deep friendship between several people in the Republic of China between the lines. Very valuable for research.
Just from these donated collections, we can see Mr. Li’s superb collection level, unique ability to appreciate ancient books, and his tireless love and pursuit of literature.
The key is that Mr. Li did not leave these important things to his descendants, but donated them all together with the rest of his treasures over the years.
"Huh? I didn't expect that at such a young age, Mr. Zhou is familiar with my father's collection. I just said the wrong thing, so I apologize to Mr. Zhou." Li Shipei was very happy: "This time it's I heard that you finally received the Song version of "Hua Jian Ji", so I came here to take a look while on a business trip."
Director Yuan, under the instruction of Principal Lin, went to collect the Song version in the warehouse. "Flower Room Collection" was brought over.
A few people put on gloves and started to flip through the book. Li Shipei briefly read a few pages and humbly asked: "This edition of the book looks really fine, but how can we prove that it is the Song edition?"
"How about I let Jiuzi explain it? This Song version of "The Collection of Flowers" is also related to him.
"It has nothing to do with me." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "This is compiled from several boxes of Master Zuzu's manuscripts. After Grandpa Shi found out, he donated them to the library."
"You Aren’t you also responsible for the appraisal?” Director Yuan said with a smile: “Director Li, Principal Lin, the elbow appraisal? Rare ancient books are also family heirlooms, and the "Qianlong Longzang Jing" that was reprinted in the Guangxu year was also found by Jiuzi in his hometown. "
"So Jiuzi is so powerful, who is your ancestor?"< br>
(End of this chapter)