Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 772
So Zhou Zhi adopted the knowledge of howling and whistling learned from his fourth cousin, and the tunes of folk songs left over from Southwest Africa, and reduced the tone used in daily discourse, and finally got a "dialect" that can be like the ancients chatting. .

So Zhou Zhi is probably the only one who can speak in an ancient accent, and can also speak euphemistically. for future use.

Li Qiyan is not only a rich businessman and a great collector, but also a university student himself, and has a deep understanding of ancient culture, so Zhou Zhi recited poems in ancient Chinese, and Li Qiyan knew the value of them as soon as he heard them.

Only then did Zhou Zhi salute Li Qiyan: "Hello, Mr. Li, I was so pleasantly surprised to see two great talents just now. I'm not polite, so don't be offended."

Li Qiyan smiled and waved his hands: "The two of them and Mr. Cai and Mr. Zha are known as the four great talents on Hong Kong Island. Even I have to respect them. Why do you take offense?"

After finishing speaking, he brought Zhou Zhi a cup of tea: "I love "The Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" the most in my life. How about reading it to me, elbow?"

"Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" is indeed a good article, but not everyone can just open their mouths and come here without saying anything else. Just read it to him when you have time.

Zhou Zhi smiled slightly: "I also like "The Preface to the Pavilion of the King of Teng". I just can recite it, so before the banquet is over, I will use the rhythm of "Qie Yun" and recite it to Mr. Li?"

"Okay!" All the cultural people here were very interested in this, and they all applauded.

"The old county of Nanchang, the new mansion of Hongdu. The stars are divided into Yizhen, and the ground is connected to Henglu..."

Zhou Zhi once tried to recite poems in ancient accents to his friends, but everyone found the voice more novel and funny than the sound.

Because the gap between ancient and modern sounds is too great.

However, today is different. In Cantonese, which is the closest to the ancient pronunciation, Zhou Zhi’s recitation gave all the Hong Kong literati present a “familiar and strange feeling”.

The pronunciation of most characters is absolutely similar to Cantonese, but about one-third of them are roughly similar but have subtle differences, especially different from the almost flat pronunciation of Cantonese. Many of Zhou Zhi’s pronunciations are similar to those in northern China today. The vocalized tongue rolls or even flicks, but the rhyme is basically close to the rhyme used in Cantonese.

The same song, the same language and the same tone, some people can sing well, some people can't sing well, this principle is also applicable to recitation.

And Zhou Zhi undoubtedly belongs to the category of the best.

The ancients once said that when writing poetry, you should learn from the Han and Jin Dynasties, and you should learn from the prosperous Tang Dynasty in terms of phonology.

Everyone was immersed in the rhythm of the pinnacle of parallel prose in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Qiyan even closed his eyes, silently tapping the palm of his left hand with the fingers of his right hand, shaking his head following Zhou Zhi's rhythm, listening fascinatedly.

After memorizing one article, he immediately received a round of applause: "Good——"

In addition to Li Qiyan's joyful face, Huang Zhan was also excited, stroking Zhou Zhi's back: "If you have time, come to my recording studio and teach me, I will record "A Laugh from the Sea" as a single!"

But Ni Kuang had a question: "I remember it was the old county of Yuzhang, why is it the old county of Nanchang?"

Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "There have always been two versions of the beginning of "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng". In the notebook."

"From the perspective of the year, the manuscript of Zhengcangyuan was about five or sixty years after Wang Bo's death, and it is the closest to the original work. It is said that it was changed later to avoid Tang Dezong Li Yu."

"So most of the current books use the 'Yuzhang' version."

"However, in the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" written by Su Shi, Wen Zhengming, and Zhu Zhishan, they all start with "Nanchang Gujun". It can be seen that in the Song and Ming Dynasties, the "Nanchang" version was the mainstream."

"These are all my idols, plus the 'Nanchang' version I learned since I was a child, so I don't bother to change it."

Ni Kuang writes about who looks like who in modern prose, but the ancient prose is worse than the others, and this is even more so in details. Occasionally, it is normal to have allusions that you don’t know. A little knowledge."

During the conversation, the manager of Lingering Garden came over, and said to Cai Nan in a low voice: "Mr. Cai, it's time to serve."

"Then let's sit down and chat." Cai Nan said with a smile: "New and old friends, just feel free to do so."

The table was just right, Cai Nan, Ni Kuang, Huang Zhan, Wang Limei, Li Qiyan, Li Lehai, plus Zhou Zhi and Zhang Bin who was making soy sauce, exactly eight people.

Of course Zhou Zhi and Zhang Bin only dared to sit down. After they were seated, Zhou Zhi took out two letters: "Knowing that Director Wang and I are here to visit Mr. Li, Mr. Qi and Mr. Wang specially wrote letters for me to bring them."

After speaking, he held it with both hands and handed it to Li Qiyan who was sitting next to him.

Li Qiyan reached out to take it, and opened Kailao's letter first: "This calligraphy, can it be called contemporary Wen Zhengming?"

Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "I dare not judge the two of them on their calligraphy attainments, but even if Mr. Hengshan is over 80, he still writes the thousand-character prose every day, and sometimes he 'over and over again', this kind of strength I'm afraid Old Qi will be envious."

"That's right, who among us is not burdened with chores?" Li Qiyan said with a smile: "Fortunately, I am already semi-retired now, but I have started to have some free time to pick up my old hobbies."

"This is the benefit of having more sons." Cai Nan complained: "This old thing is showing off here!"

There are so many wits and wits. Speaking of the few big wits on Hong Kong Island, except for a few favorites, most of them have a lot of romantic affairs, but they bloom more and bear less fruit.

After Li Qiyan had read Mr. Wang's letter, he couldn't help but look up at Zhou Zhi: "Did you find a pair of Chenghua half bottles?"

Zhou Zhi didn't know what Mr. Wang wrote in Mr. Li's letter, so he didn't dare to answer casually, so he just nodded: "Yes, those are a pair of red sandalwood wall hangings, and there are three pairs of bottles inlaid in total, and the two pairs on top are from Qianlong. , the pair at the bottom belong to Chenghua, because the bottom payment is engraved with the words Sanxitang, it is estimated that the staff made a mistake."

Li Qiyan showed the letter to Zhou Zhi, and pointed to the words Xihuating on it: "Is this really the place?"

Zhou Zhi could only nod: "Yes."

Li Qiyan didn't say anything anymore, but put away the two letters carefully.

Director Wang smiled and said, "Mr. Li, I heard that both An Siyuan and An Zhaiyingyi have sent people to contact you, hoping to acquire the two copies of "Chunhua Pavilion" in your collection?"

Li Qiyan smiled and said: "You guys are quite well informed about the news. Indeed, about three months ago, I participated in an exhibition in Kyoto. At that time, there was Bishi Anzu's engraved copy of "Chunhua Pavilion Post" in the collection that I sent to the exhibition. Later, Sakamoto Goro contacted me and expressed his desire to collect Shuben."

"I declined at that time, and came back with my things after the exhibition."

"I didn't know what happened after that. An Siyuan and An Zhaiyingyi both contacted me and expressed their intention to buy, but I still didn't agree. Finally, last month, they found out that I still have Prince Cheng. "Chunhua Ge Tie" is a reprint, so if the ancestor's copy is not enough, it is fine to give them the reprint that can be changed into a prince."

"After that, I don't know how to pass it on. I want to sell two posts."

(End of this chapter)