Chapter 666

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, everyone nodded in agreement.

Although the year of Wu Yingmao's birth and death is unknown, from the title of some works of Wu Yingmao, we can see that he lived in the active age of Xiang yuanbian. That is to say, it is possible that the present Luoshen Fu was handed down to Xiang yuanbian from Wu Yingmao.

In addition to the experience of Xiang yuanbian and Gu Wei, the latter two masters, it is reasonable that Zhao Mengfu's masterpiece has always been unknown.

At this time, Professor Zheng thought of another question and asked, "but why has this piece of Luo Shen Fu been unknown all the time from its completion to its acquisition by Wu Yingmao?"

"I think it has a lot to do with whether the work is written for Guan Daosheng," Mr. Qu said

Guan Daosheng is a famous female calligrapher, painter and poet in Yuan Dynasty. She was Zhao Mengfu's wife, who was granted the title of Wu Xingjun's wife and was known as Guan's wife in the world.

Guan Daosheng and Zhao Mengfu had a very good relationship. Of course, it was normal for them to take concubines in ancient times. Zhao Mengfu also had this idea and directly mentioned it to Guan Daosheng. Guan Daosheng was not satisfied with it, so he wrote the famous poem I Nong CI.

Zhao Mengfu felt guilty and finally changed his mind and gave up the idea of concubine.

In 1318, Mrs. Guan's beriberi recurred. After Zhao Mengfu's repeated requests, she was allowed to send her back to the south in April of the next year. In mid May, passing through Linqing, Shandong Province, Mrs. Guan died of illness in the boat. Zhao Mengfu was very sad and wrote the epitaph of Guan family, the wife of the state of Wei.

Mrs. Guan, who helped each other, left for the west, giving Zhao Mengfu a great blow. His reputation for officialdom was also thoroughly exposed. As a result of the death of his spouse, long journey and funeral, Zhao Mengfu's health declined sharply in his later years.

In the seventh year of Yanyou's reign, Renzong sent envoys to give them satin and clothes, and called Zhao Mengfu back to Beijing. However, Zhao Mengfu was no longer able to travel long distances because of illness. The next year, Yingzong ascended the throne and sent an envoy to Zhao again to write the book of filial piety. Zhao asked to be an official because he was old and weak, and finally he was accepted by the imperial court. At this time, Zhao Mengfu was tinnitus and dazzled, and he was old. However, he devoted himself to the purpose of Buddhism and Taoism, enjoyed writing scriptures, and wrote many calligraphy and painting works and postscripts

"Judging from the title, this work was written by Zhao Mengfu in the second year after Guan Daosheng's death because of his strong grief. Because the significance of this work is different, Zhao Mengfu must have collected it himself after he finished it. "

"After Zhao Mengfu's death, because of the meaning, the Zhao family could not sell such works unless they were desperate. Therefore, I think this work may have been kept in the hands of Zhao Mengfu's younger generation. Maybe it was not until Wu Yingmao's time that it was transferred to Wu Yingmao for some reason. "

Mr. Qu's explanation is also reasonable. Although Professor Zheng also thinks that the facts may not be different, he immediately thinks of another possibility and says: "Mr. Qu's explanation is really reasonable, but I also have a guess. Is it because Zhao Mengfu's descendants have a good relationship with Wu Yingmao and want to sell more money, they deliberately let Wu Yingmao How can Mao write such a postscript in the name of Zhu Zhishan? Otherwise, Wu Yingmao would not have written down a postscript that would have left him a curse in order not to have great added value

"You have a point in saying that." Mr. Qu said with a smile: "however, as modern people, we have no way to know what this matter is. If we study it, we only need to have a reasonable explanation. If we have to get to the top, it's our own fault."

Everyone nodded after hearing the speech and agreed with the old district.

After a while, Zhao Xueyi asked: "so that is to say, this piece of Luoshen Fu is the true work?"

"Whether it's authentic or not, let's first talk about the characteristics of Zhao style regular script."

Mr. Liu said with a smile: "first, on the basis of inheriting traditional calligraphy, Zhao Mengfu reduced the complexity to the simplicity, and changed the ancient to the present. He did not use the pen with any confusion or sophistication. He had a very clear way of starting, moving and ending the pen."

"Second, Zhao style regular script has a mellow appearance and strong connotation. Its stippling is elegant and vigorous, and its structure is broad and beautiful. There is a close echo between the stippling. It looks soft on the outside and firm on the inside, with a beautiful body and a strong skeleton. "

"Third, the pen is round and square, flowing and moving. When writing Zhao style, the stippling needs to be mellow and elegant, but the white structure pays great attention to the squareness and strictness, the horizontal and vertical harmony, the stretch, and the stable focus. In addition, when Zhao Mengfu wrote regular script, he used running script to make the character flow beautiful and moving, which is also one of the characteristics of Zhao style. "

At this point, Mr. Liu pointed to the calligraphy work in front of him and said, "after understanding the characteristics of Zhao style, let's compare it again. We can see that this Luoshen Fu is obviously the style of regular script in Zhao style, and the use of brush is also consistent with Zhao Mengfu's habit."

"Although Zhao Mengfu was not old and frail when he wrote this painting at that time, it can be seen from the lines that his writing style was square and powerful, elegant and vigorous, meticulous and firm. The pen is fluent and casual, but it goes out of the rules and rules, and has strict laws. Its structure is sparse, handsome, elegant and free. This is basically the same style as the epitaph of Qiu e written by Yu Yanyou in the sixth year of his reign. "At this point, Mr. Liu said with a smile: "so, regardless of the postscript, this work can be said to be an original work without any defects. I don't know why it is a fake."

"If you want to say that things like collecting and printing can play an important role in the identification of calligraphy and painting, but if you think it's big enough to confirm the authenticity of a work, it's really overkill."

After listening to Mr. Liu, both Mr. Qu and Mr. Zhao Xueyi feel a little ashamed. After all, they have identified this calligraphy work before, and they all know that there is no problem except postscript. The reason why they have doubts in the end is that they really mean to generalize.

Looking at their shame, Mr. Liu said, "you don't have to be like this. After all, there's nothing wrong with being cautious about such a valuable thing. I hope you will pay more attention to it in the future. Otherwise, it's really a pity to miss such a treasure again."

After all, Mr. Qu helps to identify things. Even if they are real, they can't belong to him. It's OK to arrive.

However, Zhao Xueyi couldn't help laughing bitterly, because if he could have been more confident at the beginning, the national treasure calligraphy in front of him would have been included in his own pocket, and he didn't have to regret it like now.

However, at this point, there is no regret medicine in the world for him to take. Besides, he is not the only one who has gone astray. After comforting himself, Zhao Xueyi is relieved.

After appreciating the work again, Mr. Qu asked, "Xiao Chu, do you have time this Sunday?"

Chu Chen said with some embarrassment, "I've fixed the ticket to Jinling on Saturday. Do you always have something to do?"

The old district said sadly, "Oh! I think it's a pity that this piece of Luoshen Fu has been buried. There's a party in our association this Sunday. I wonder if you can take this piece of calligraphy with you and let our colleagues in Beijing open their eyes. "

Anyway, he is going to open a museum in the future. Chu Chen has no secret plan, but he doesn't want to change his itinerary. He looks at Mr. Liu and Uncle Wu and asks, "when will you go?"

Old Liu shook his head. Uncle Wu said, "I'll take things with me then."

After hearing the good news, the old man happily said, "thank you so much..."

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Because he was going to Jinling on Saturday, while there was still time, Chu Chen went to his grandfather to help him with the diagnosis and treatment. When he saw that the medicine he had prepared had a good effect, he was very happy when he put down his worries.

After treating his grandfather, Chu Chen went to help Zhenzhen, who had just arrived from Shudu, do a routine acupuncture, and have dinner with his friends in the evening. The day passed quickly.

Early on Friday morning, Chu Chen came to the shop and after dealing with some trivial matters, he wanted to go to the market.

However, before he went out, he saw yuan Hongjian coming in with a box.

"Eh, Miss Chu, you are here today too!"

Chuchen said hello to yuanhongjian with a smile, and then asked, "elder, what good things have you bought?"

Yuan Hongjian waved his hand and said, "what's a good thing? It's a group of jade belt boards that I just bought. I'd like to ask teachers to comment on it."

"OK, let's go in and talk about it..."

Chu Chen takes yuan Hongjian into the reception room. Seeing that Yuan Hongjian still has something in his hand, Liu understands what's going on and says with a smile, "Lao yuan, can't help it again?"

Yuan Hongjian said with a smile: "I really can't help it, but I think this group of jade belt material is old, and the price is not too expensive, so I bought it. Two teachers, please show me... "

Jade belt is a kind of belt inlaid with several or even more than ten flat jade plates, which is a symbol of ancient official taste. Jade belts are square, rectangular, peach shaped and so on. Jade belts with various patterns carved on the surface were first seen in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and were still used until the Ming Dynasty. The jade belt system was abolished in the Qing Dynasty.

Yuan Hongjian's jade belt is made of blue and white jade. The shape of the jade belt is similar to that of Ming Dynasty. There are seven pieces in total, but they are all bands, which can't form a set.

The jade belt board looks rough, and the carving is OK. It's a hollow double-layer work, and all of them are decorated with flower and bird patterns. But if you look at it carefully, it's a little dull and not so vivid. Therefore, when Chu Chen and Uncle Wu looked carefully, they knew that Yuan Hongjian should have made an eye.