Gao Shiqi was also a famous figure in the Kangxi Dynasty. He came to Beijing with his father at the age of nineteen. Soon after his father died, he was so depressed that he had to make a living by writing couplets.
In the eighth year of Kangxi's reign, he entered Taixue and was recommended by Mingzhu. Kangxi was especially pleased with his articles. He was personally granted the qualification for the imperial examination. Within half a month, he ranked first in both examinations. So he was enshrined in the Hanlin Academy and embarked on an official career.
After that, he basically stayed around Kangxi, including Zhan Shifu of the Hanlin Academy, Zuo Chunfang and You Chunfang, Japanese lecturer, daily life note, Hanlin minister bachelor, minister of the Ministry of Rites, and even Kangxi was always there when he went on tours and wars. With that, the final posthumous title was "Wen Ke".
Emperor Kangxi commented: "Only when you get a strange scholar can you know the way to knowledge." Someone said: "A strange scholar has no military merit, but I treat him well so that my knowledge can increase."
< br>Emperor Kangxi was also one of the emperors with a very high overall quality. Being able to "enhance his knowledge" shows that Gao Shiqi is not ordinary.
He is not from Liangbang, but he has done major compilation work related to the imperial court and literature, such as "History of the Ming Dynasty", "Collection of Ancient and Modern Books", "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty", "Peiwen Yunfu", "Kangxi Dictionary", etc., which is a must-read for Zhouzhi studies. Gao Shiqi also refused to participate in the whole process.
This is the ultimate achievement of a literati.
He was indeed eager to learn all his life and wrote many books. He had considerable attainments in astronomy, geography, classics, poetry, history, mathematics, and even Western natural sciences.
Among them, "Book of Changes", "Spring and Autumn", and "Zuo Zhuan" are especially good at Tang poetry.
And he is also very famous in the collection circle, because he has always served as an appraiser of calligraphy and painting in the Imperial Household and Kangxi's calligraphy and painting consultant.
There is a saying of "Three Villages" in the collections of the Qing Dynasty. They are Liang Qingbiao's nickname "Tangcun", Anqi's nickname "Lucun", and the remaining one is Gao Shiqi's nickname - "Jiangcun".
The value of any calligraphy and painting that has been appraised by Gao Shiqi will increase tenfold. However, this person has a big problem, that is, he will keep the real fine products privately, and the rest will be divided into two types, one kind is shipped everywhere, and the other is sent to the inner palace to honor Emperor Kangxi.
Emperor Kangxi gave Gao Shiqi a couplet: "Loyalty is the expression of filial piety; words and deeds are perseverance." He also gave him a seal of "House of Loyalty and Filial Piety", and often gave him gifts, medicines, and poems. Give him the plaque.
But in the matter of collection, Gao Shiqi kept the good products himself and handed the defective products to the emperor. He could not be said to be "loyal" in any case.
“I still can’t believe it easily.” Zhou Zhi said: “Although I am familiar with Gao Shiqi’s handwriting, there are too many smart people in the world, so it is not particularly difficult to copy such independent notes. The main ones are "The Martyr Woman" "Tu Renzhi Volume" is too precious, I don't believe he is so bold."
The fourth cousin held Zhou Zhi's hand, motioning him not to open it in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Let's guess, is there a 'Eternal Secret Play' seal in the painting?"
"There is no word 'send' , and there is no word 'in', so it's hard to guess," Zhou Zhi said.
Gao Shiqi’s collections have a special feature. They usually contain his ordinary seals and calligraphy and paintings with the words "send" and "in". They are all given to the imperial family or relatives and friends. Not only It may be a defective product or even a fake, but if it has a stamp of appreciation, especially one with the "Everlasting Secret Toy" stamp, it is definitely a treasure.
"If this note is true, then I suspect that Gao Shiqi hid the painting and played with it secretly. However, because the scroll was too important, he was afraid of being held accountable if the incident happened, so I still wrote my own appraisal opinion.”
“ If you are really found out, you can just say that you have just completed the appraisal, but you just haven't had time to hand it in." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "I didn't see that there was no time on the note? This is called greedy and cowardly. I guess it’s not printed inside, what do you think, Fourth Aunt?”
"The prerequisite is that the thing is true." The fourth aunt said: "I won't guess based on a small piece of paper." "Isn't there a furoshiki?" The fourth cousin expressed his judgment: " You can’t miss this, and the scroll was also made in Kangxi’s inner workshop, which shows that this painting finally entered the palace.” It turns out they are not fakes." The fourth aunt continued to pour cold water on everyone, saying: "Not one or two of the paintings and calligraphy recorded in "Shiqu Baoji" are fakes. "
This story needs to be stretched. The famous one is the two paintings of "Dwelling in Fuchun Mountains", one authentic and one fake. The real one was thrown aside as fake, while the fake one was regarded as real and included in "Shiqu Baoji".
Then Zhou Zhi and his fourth cousin thought of this possibility at the same time. Only fakes hidden in the palace would be brought into the palace but not taken seriously, and eventually leaked out.
"So this is what Li Foqing is going to use to deceive foreigners?" Zhou Zhi was a little dumbfounded for a moment: "With a dozen cups..."
"Hahahaha..." the fourth cousin said Zhou Zhi's worry about gain and loss made him laugh: "I still don't have enough time. Does this interference affect the judgment?"
"Those twelve cups are all things that open the door at a glance. There is nothing. Doubtful. Let's look at the painting."
"Wait a minute, you haven't said whether there is Gao Shiqi's secret seal."
"Of course there is not, no matter what we guessed. There is no chance that there will be a secret seal. Since everyone has the same answer, this guess is meaningless. "The fourth aunt said with a smile: "Be careful when opening it, the edges of the paper are brittle."
Gu Kaizhi was actually a standard literati, good at poetry and prose. Liu Yu's Northern Expedition to the Southern Yan Dynasty by Murong Chao was the work of Gu Kaizhi's "Essay on Sacrifice to the Tooth (Flag)".
Painting is just another of his strengths. Because of his background as a literati, his aesthetics in paintings naturally move closer to the intention and aesthetics of poetry. He advocates expressiveness and emphasis on the finishing touch. He believes that "lively portrayal is the key to success." Among Adu. "
Adu is "this thing". In Wang Yan's mouth, it means a smelly copper coin, and in Gu Kaizhi's mouth, it refers to a person's eyes.
In addition to the eyes, there are also details and contrasts. Legend has it that he painted a portrait of Pei Kai and added three hairs to the cheeks, which made him feel radiant; he painted a portrait of Xie Kun in a rock ravine to highlight the character's personality and interests.
From the perspective of brushwork, the facial features of the characters will be described with extreme detail, and the dynamic processing will be natural and generous. The clothing patterns are traced with ancient gossamer silk, and the lines are tight and continuous, and light ink is added to enhance the sense of volume. Later generations commented that the characters in his paintings are like "spring silkworms spin silk, spring clouds float in the sky, and flowing water flows on the ground", which is extremely natural and smooth.
The opened scroll has become dark due to its age and poor storage. However, the three people present are all experts. They know how to view this unrestored painting, and they can find the true identity of the artist in the dark picture. strokes, and then have a rough inference about the whole.
However, after some inference, the three of them began to look at each other in confusion, because "The Legend of Women" is a required course for every researcher of ancient paintings. Experts and scholars over the years have analyzed every detail of the painting. All have been studied very thoroughly.
But precisely because the more they knew, the three of them could not believe it. This is because this fragment, in terms of material, painting technique, composition, character modeling, and description of songs and interrogations, is the same as the "Book of Legends of Lienvzhuan".
And they are all lost content in the Forbidden City version. They are four complete stories, namely Lu Zang's grandson's mother, Lu Gong Chengsi, Wei Quwo's mother, and Zhao's general Kuo's mother.
"Could it be..." Zhou Zhi's heart was pounding: "Could it be true?" (End of this chapter)