Chapter 791

Wu Ke listened to what Chu Chen said and looked at him strangely.

"Why, do I have flowers on my face?" Chu Chen touched his face and asked in surprise.

Wu Ke said with a smile, "if you can grow flowers on your face, it will be a miracle for generations. I just wonder why you must say that this Qin must have been made before the Tang Dynasty? Did you find any clues? "

Chuchen said with a smile, "what clues do you want to know? Just look at the inscriptions on the back."

"Yes! How can I forget that there are inscriptions? "

Wu Ke suddenly realized, and then quickly turned the body over.

The structure of Guqin is very particular. The upper part of the head is called the forehead. The lower part of the forehead is inlaid with hardwood for stringing, which is called "Yueshan", also known as "linyue". It is the highest part of the Qin.

There are two grooves at the bottom of the instrument, the larger one in the middle is called "dragon pond", and the smaller one in the tail is called "Phoenix marsh". It's called up the mountain and down the river, with dragons and phoenixes, symbolizing everything in the world.

There is a hardwood bar on the side of the mountain near the forehead, which is called Chenglu. There are seven "string eyes" on the string for stringing. There are seven "Qinhu" for tuning. At the side end of the head, there are "Phoenix eyes" and "Hu Hu".

From the waist down, known as "Qin Wei.". The tail of the instrument is inlaid with a hardwood "dragon gum" with a shallow groove for stringing. The side ornaments on both sides of the Dragon gingiva are called "Guanjiao", also known as "Jiaowei". From the exposed part of the seven strings, through Yueshan and Longjian, they turn to a pair of "wild goose feet" at the bottom of the Qin, symbolizing the seven stars. There are 13 "Qin emblem" on the surface of the Qin, symbolizing 12 months and a leap month in a year.

Generally, the name of Qin is engraved on the part of Longchi, but Wu Ke is a bit silly when she looks at it, because although there are inscriptions on it, it's gold inscriptions, which she can't understand at all.

Seeing that Wu Ke looked at him, Chu Chen said with a smile, "the dragon pool is engraved with the word" circled beam "and the left and right are engraved with the word" lingering sound circled beam. "

Yu yinhuanliang, whose language comes from a story in Liezi: in the Zhou Dynasty, a woman named han'e went to the state of Qi. When she passed by yongmen, she cut off her money and food, but had to sing for food. Her sorrowful song swirls in the air like a lone goose. Three days after her departure, Han e's song still lingers between the beams of the house, which is unforgettable.

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke, the eldest, exclaimed, "ah Chen, do you mean this is the ring beam of the four famous Qin?"

The four famous Qin in ancient China refer to the "trumpet bell" of Duke Huan of Qi, "huanliang" of King Zhuang of Chu, "Lvqi" of Sima Xiangru and "Jiaowei" of Cai Yong. These four Qin are known as "four famous Qin".

Chu Chen nodded and said, "that's what it says. At least the name of this Guqin should be" huanliang. "

Wu Ke was very surprised and said, "isn't the beam broken by the king of Chu Zhuang? Is this an imitation? "

It is said that "huanliang" is a gift given to King Zhuang of Chu by a man named Hua Yuan, whose making time is unknown. Since the king of Chu Zhuang got the "round beam", he played the piano all day and was intoxicated with it.

Once, King Zhuang of Chu did not go to court for seven days in a row, leaving all state affairs behind him. Princess Fan Ji was very anxious and advised King Zhuang of Chu: "king, you are too immersed in music! In the past, Xia Jie loved the music of happiness, which led to his death; King Zhou mistakenly listened to the music of decadence, and lost his country. Now, the king is so fond of the "winding beam" harp that if he does not face the court for seven days, is he willing to lose his country and his life? "

King Zhuang of Chu fell into a deep meditation. He couldn't resist the temptation of "circling the beam", so he had to give up his love and order someone to beat the Qin with tie Ruyi. The body of the Qin was broken into several sections. From then on, the famous Qin "huanliang", which is envied by thousands of people, became the best.

It is clear that a Qin, which has been broken into several pieces in legend, appears again. Moreover, the appearance of the Qin does not look like that of more than 2600 years ago. Of course, Wu Ke has reason to suspect that the Qin is indeed a replica.

Chu Chen nodded and said, "according to the legend and the oxidation degree of the material, this Qin may indeed be an imitation, but we can't take it for granted. Whether it's true or false, we have to find the corresponding evidence."

Wu Ke asked, "how can we identify it?"

Chu Chen said: "generally speaking, it depends on the pattern, style, material, inscriptions and so on."

Wu Ke nodded: "Oh, we've seen it. Now we're going to see its style? By the way, how many styles are there? "

Qin is a kind of musical instrument full of cultural connotation. Only from the shape of the instrument, it can be said that the whole body is rhyme.

Generally, it is about three feet six inches five (about 120-125 cm) long, symbolizing 365 days a year (365 degrees a week). It is generally about six inches (about 20 cm) wide. Generally about two inches thick (about 6 cm).

Qin was first made according to the body shape of the Phoenix. Its whole body corresponds to the body of the Phoenix (also can be said to correspond to the human body), with head, neck, shoulder, waist, tail and feet.

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "the shape of Guqin was originally the shape of the ritual instrument" Cheng ", which is a five stringed instrument. It is said that it is an artifact made by Shennong family to communicate with heaven and man. There are many styles of Qin. There are more than 100 styles of Qin recorded in the records of juntianzhuo Qin. The most common styles are Zhongni style, Fuxi style, Lianzhu style, Jiaoye style and Luoxia styleWu Ke looked at the Guqin carefully, and then said, "what's the style of this Guqin? The Guqin that my father bought for me was Zhongni style. This Guqin is not like mine at all. It looks like the bronze one you bought. Is this Guqin really a round beam?"

Chu Chen said: "it's hard to say whether it's around the beam or not, but judging from the style of the Qin, it should be the earliest style of Guqin. As for the Zhongni style, it was a style that appeared only in the late Tang Dynasty. It was mainly because of the popularity of Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism, the promotion of Confucianism and the worship of Confucius at that time, that Zhongni style became popular until the Song Dynasty."

"That's right!" Wu Keqian really thought that the Zhongni style was created by Confucius. Then she asked, "which dynasty did this Guqin style come from?"

Chu Chen spread out his hand and said, "I don't know much about guqin, so I don't know if this kind of Guqin was the style of the Zhou Dynasty."

"Well Let's talk about the texture and inscription of this Qin! "

Wu Ke said: "I've heard the teacher say before that the ancient pianqin was usually composed of the upper tongs and the lower catalpa. The softness of the Tongmu was matched with the firmness of the catalpa. The combination of yin and Yang made the music wonderful. If this piece of zither is made of Tung wood, no matter how well preserved the Tung wood is, it can't be the same as this piece of zither in more than 2600 years. "

Chu Chen said, "well, you're right, but if it's really a Rao Liang Qin, the records don't even know the production date, let alone the materials used."

"Is that all that remains?" Wu Ke frowned and then said, "but it's possible for the inscriptions to be later engraved."

"Although the inscription may be later engraved, it has some reference value for identification."

With that, Chu Chen looked at the inscription carefully.

"From the performance of the inscriptions, it seems that they have been engraved for a long time, but after hundreds of years, they should have the same effect Eh, there seems to be an inscription here in fengmarsh

As Wu Ke spoke, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a hidden inscription on the position of fengmarsh, and quickly reminded Chu Chen.

"This is" Wu Jun Ru Ming. "! Who is this man? " The inscriptions are on the left and right sides of Fengzhao. Because they are official script, they are not like the gold inscriptions just now. Wu Ke can see them at a glance.

Chu Chen explained: "this man should be Yu Ruming, a scholar of Song Dynasty. He was Wu County at that time, who is now from Suzhou."

Yu Ruming of the Song Dynasty wrote a Book Guqin Shu, on which there is a record of Raoliang Qin: "Hua Yuanxian, King Zhuang of Chu, used the Raoliang Qin as a drum, and the sound of it was curling, circling between the beams

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke said, "is this Guqin imitated by Yu Ruming?"

Chu Chen replied, "it's possible what you said, but it's more likely that Yu Ruming carved it on purpose. If you don't believe it, look at the comparison of the two inscriptions of Longchi and fengzao, we can see that the artistic conception of" Wujun Ruming "is much lower."

Generally speaking, collectors will cherish things like the four guqin, and it is impossible to damage them. However, it is inevitable that there will be some people fishing for fame in this world, who deliberately do so in order to keep their reputation alive.

Wu Ke looked at it carefully and found that, as Chu Chen said, according to the artistic conception, the inscription on fengmarsh could not be compared with that on Longchi.

Seeing this, Wu Ke immediately said excitedly, "ah Chen, maybe this Guqin is a Rao Liang Qin!"

However, as soon as her voice fell, she immediately overturned her inference and said, "but is it really possible that the Guqin of more than 2000 years ago can be handed down? Is it a copy made in the Tang Dynasty or the northern and Southern Dynasties

For Wu Ke, she also hopes that this Guqin can be the "winding beam" of the four famous guqin. However, if this Guqin is genuine, it will subvert her world outlook, which makes her feel very contradictory.

In fact, if it wasn't for the ability that gave the production time and value of this guqin, it would be hard for Chu Chen to believe that this Guqin would be the "winding beam" of the four Guqin. But even if he knew that this Guqin was the winding beam guqin, he couldn't say why an Guqin more than 2600 years ago could be handed down to the present.

Wu Ke asked, "ah Chen, do you know any other method for dating Guqin?"

Chu Chen shook his head: "I really don't know much about the identification of Guqin. Apart from these four points, I really can't think of any other way."