My system is not decent

Chapter 1187
If the official passed away without a will for burying the things bestowed by the emperor, later generations would be grateful for the legacy of the ancestors and the auspiciousness of the emperor's grace, that is, to dispose of them flexibly and pass them on to the world.

Therefore, porcelain with official characters, whether handed down or unearthed, is essentially an auspicious vessel that symbolizes the achievements and glory of officials.

From then on, it can throw away its reputation as a long-term unfair funerary device in the antique world.

It is also because the special furnishings given by the emperor to commend the achievements of officials, whether they are handed down or unearthed, as long as they are authentic official characters, they are all rare and authentic fine porcelain from official kilns, which are worth collecting.

Such porcelain is not only in modern times, but in ancient times, its value was also very high.

This point was manifested in the Northern Song Dynasty, such as the more famous legend of raising an ax and finalizing device in the Renzong period.

Song Renzong was furious, and it was Dingyao porcelain that was smashed with an axe. So what is the origin of it?
This can be seen from some plots in the drama "Qing Ping Le".

In it, Song Renzong, the supporting actor who has been living for thousands of years in legendary stories such as "Bao Qingtian" and "The General of the Yang Family", finally became the protagonist for a while.

Song Renzong Zhao Zhen came to the throne at the age of 12 and took charge at the age of 23.

During the reign of Song Renzong, the country was stable and peaceful, the economy was prosperous, and science, technology and culture were greatly developed.

High-profile literati such as Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi and others;

Shen Kuo, one of the four great inventions of ancient times, the inventor of the compass;
As well as Ouyang Xiu, who led the ancient prose movement in the Northern Song Dynasty, all appeared in this period.

Moreover, Song Renzong has a generous temperament, does not like luxury, is strict with himself, and treats others leniently.

His temple name is "Ren", which is not simple.

"Benevolence" is known as the highest principle of the Chinese Confucian school's moral code, which shows the status of Song Renzong in the eyes of Confucian scholars.

However, Renzong was very strict with himself and everyone in the harem.

Song Renzong was lucky enough to visit Zhang Guifei's palace one day, and saw a piece of Dingzhou red porcelain, so the emperor asked the noble concubine, where did it come from?

Concubine Zhang had no choice but to admit that it was a gift from Wang Gongchen.

Renzong was very angry and said: "I often warn you not to accept gifts from ministers and their staff, why don't you listen to me?"

After speaking, the emperor picked up the ax and smashed the red porcelain on the spot.

Emperor Renzong was so angry when he accepted a piece of porcelain from an official, then this piece of porcelain must not be ordinary porcelain.

The red-glazed Ding kiln mentioned in the story has always been a mystery, and there are different opinions on the Internet.

Because there has never been a very certain red-glazed porcelain from Ding kiln unearthed, only porcelain pieces with reddish sauce glaze have been unearthed.

Therefore, it is generally believed that Dingyao red porcelain should belong to Dingyao sauce-glazed porcelain, because the glaze color is reddish, so it looks like red-glazed porcelain.

Song Renzong made him so angry because of a piece of porcelain. It can be seen that sauce-glazed porcelain from Ding kiln was very precious to an emperor at that time.

If it is not very precious, it will not be given to Zhang Guifei as a gift, and it is not worthy of the emperor's anger over it.

Due to its rarity, Ding porcelain has been the target of many antique collectors since the Ming Dynasty, and it has always been a headache for antique appraisers.

Among them, Heiding and Ziding have always been highly praised by collectors.

In the world, Ding porcelain also has a very high collection status.

In the British Museum, the National Asian Art Museum in Paris, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, etc., Ding porcelain is collected as a treasure.

In Nihong, a Song Dynasty Ding Kiln purple-glazed gold-painted bowl collected in the Tokyo National Museum is regarded as a rare treasure.

"Huh? Can you still get a clue of a treasure?"

On this day, Chen Wenzhe was learning about the Ding Kiln. Unexpectedly, he found information about a Ding Kiln porcelain tripod through the Suihou Pearl.

Whether ancient or modern, Ding kiln wares are treasures, and this has been confirmed by Song Renzong and Zhao Zhen.

This kind of contemporary fired porcelain can be regarded as a treasure by the emperor, and it will definitely be cherished even more in later generations.

Therefore, a porcelain tripod fired in Ding Kiln imitating three generations of bronzes was handed down to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it became the object of hunting for collectors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It's just that no one got this porcelain tripod in the end, and finally disappeared in the long river of history.

Porcelain tripods imitating three generations of bronze wares were common after the Han Dynasty, but porcelain tripods from Ding Kiln are certainly rare.

In addition, since the bronze tripods were produced in the Han Dynasty, very few of them have been made, and the pottery tripods are generally used for burial.

This makes this Ding kiln porcelain tripod even more precious and cherished!
What's more, this is a tripod, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people can have.

So, where is this ancient tripod now?
According to legend, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there lived a man named Tang Xin'an, who was fond of collecting antiques and seemed to be intoxicated.

He often plays with the antiques he has collected at home, enjoying himself.

Sometimes, he also likes to invite his friends to his home to show his collection.

Friends also know his hobbies, and they praise him from time to time.

This increased Tang Xin'an's interest in collecting even more. Later, he simply invested a huge sum of money to build a hall dedicated to storing antiques in his courtyard, named "Siyu Building".

Once, a good friend of his, Jin Boling, bought a Ding kiln porcelain tripod by chance.

This incident reached Tang Xin'an's ears, and he soon came to Jin Boling's home, hoping to have a look at this treasured tripod.

Jin Boling readily agreed, and Tang Xin'an carefully observed the treasured tripod.

It is more than two feet high, round, plump in shape, and the glaze is white and delicate.

The most conspicuous thing is that there are colorful taotie painted on the surface of the utensil, swallowing clouds and mist, as bright and clean as jade, shining brightly.

Tang Xin'an concluded that this piece of finely crafted porcelain is a rare treasure in Ding Kiln.

So, he stalked and stalked, hoping that his friend would sell this tripod to him.

Jin Boling knows very well that the tripod is an important weapon of the country, and it is more assured to keep it in the hands of those who love it than to collect it himself.

So it was sold to Tang Xin'an at a price of 500 taels of silver.

Tang Xin'an returned home and placed Baoding in the middle of the hall of Siyu Tower.

In this way, the antiques that were originally like a jade building suddenly lost their luster.

The friends who came to watch it were mainly for Baoding.

Coupled with the master's bragging, people soon knew that there was a treasured tripod in the Tang family.

Coincidentally, Tang Xin'an had a porcelain worker friend, and his son Zhou Danquan came to visit, hoping to see the tripod.

Tang Xin'an's kindness could not be rejected, so he brought out the tripod to observe it, and while he was watching, he also gestured on the tripod with his hand.

After a while, he also used a piece of paper to rub the Taotie on the surface of the vessel.

Tang Yi'an was only curious, but he didn't stop him.

After half a year, suddenly one day Zhou Danquan came to visit again, and brought a porcelain tripod, which was placed next to the real tripod.

(End of this chapter)