The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 69 Ou Kai 92 Method
In addition to being cheap, wax paper printing also has a huge advantage in that it is convenient for printing, especially simple patterns.

The cost of making a traditional stereotype print is very high. Above this cost, the more precise the engraving pattern is, the better.

For example, the embroidery painter who painted the picture of the famine-rescuing fairy for Wang Wenlong was good at this kind of meticulous painting with a lot of curves and complicated clothing. However, he had limited wax printing capabilities for such detailed paintings, so when printing flyers at that time, Wang Wenlong It also took a lot of thinking.

The suitable patterns for wax plate printing are some geometric patterns that can be drawn with a compass and a ruler. It is also suitable for some prints with horizontal and vertical strokes and an emphasis on atmosphere.

It's just that pictures of this style are rare in books at this time, and it's not known whether it will be accepted by consumers at this time if it is launched rashly.

Wang Wenlong spent a lot of time thinking about this, and finally thought of a book that was most suitable for embodying the ability of wax printing patterns and could sell well at this time - copybooks.

Most of the patterns on the copybooks are simple strokes, and even the smallest details can be easily drawn with a hard pen.

In fact, when Wang Wenlong himself was a child in his previous life, he had seen the wax-printed calligraphy scripts used by his parents, which were also products of helplessness in the impoverished era.

Wang Wenlong chose this direction and quickly thought of what book to copy - "European Regular Script 92 Methods" which was a common introduction to regular script practice in later generations.

The author of this book is said to be Shao Ying in the Jiaqing period, and Huang Ziyuan, a calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty. It is based on the Tang Dynasty Ouyang Xun's "36 Methods of Knotting Characters" and the Ming Dynasty calligrapher Li Chun's "84 Methods of Large Character Structure". , basically summarizes all the combination rules of Chinese character structure, there are only 92 types in total.

Which types of characters should be written are all clearly assigned. Wang Wenlong learned to write regular script from this book. After copying it and writing down these 92 structures, his calligraphy has surpassed what most people have described for several years. As a result, it only took more than a month.

It is precisely because this book is so effective that after its popularization in the late Qing Dynasty and the early years of the Republic of China, it has become a must-have reading on the desks of those who study calligraphy.

This kind of calligraphy copybook coupled with the low cost of mimeograph printing will definitely sell well.

Although Wang Wenlong's calligraphy is impressive, he still has a long way to go to join the ranks of everyone. But writing calligraphy copybooks can make him famous in another way.

Wang Wenlong's pen was writing quickly on the paper. Wang Wenlong had already finished writing all the European regular script fonts used as examples, and added verses under each group of fonts:

"When the sky is overthrown, all paintings will appear beneath it;"

"The ground holds all the paintings on it;"

"Let those on the left hold their heads high;"

"Let the right man stretch his right hand and his left hand;"

"..."

While Wang Wenlong was copying the book, Li Guoxian was sulking in the sedan chair.

Because Li Dan has returned to Fujian, it seems that because the business affairs in Luzon were not handled well, everything developed towards the worst-case scenario mentioned by Wang Wenlong, so Li Dan showed little interest in coming back this time, and even hid his illness from his family because he avoided medical treatment. Mention Wang Wenlong.

He was in a bad mood and became more strict with his children. Li Guoxian never had the chance to follow Li Guozhu out and run around like before.

Yangqiao Lane, Fuzhou Prefecture.

Li Guoshu dismounted in front of the house and said to Li Guoxian: "Go in and get along well with those ladies and ladies. My father is right. Since you have returned to Ming Dynasty and are older, you should learn more about the things in the boudoir."

Li Guoxian replied aggrievedly: "I don't like getting along with them, I'm afraid they will laugh at me..."

Li Guozhu said: "I have to endure it and study even if I don't like it. How can I be any better?" Because of Wang Wenlong's words, Li Dan now has great worries about the development of his family after his death.

On the one hand, he arranged for his daughter to get acquainted with life in the Ming Dynasty, so that her daughter would not fit in after he passed away. On the other hand, he asked Li Guozhu to slowly learn to take charge of overseas affairs, and he also made arrangements for Li Guozhu to marry a woman from a Japanese noble family. First wife.

People in the Ming Dynasty in this era generally believed that Korean women were beautiful, but they thought Japanese women were short and thin. Li Guoxian's mother was a famous beauty in the Japanese country, which was an exception. However, Li Guozhu's future wife was limited to Japanese aristocratic women. It won't look very good.

Li Guozhu was also resistant, but there was nothing he could do.

Following his father's order, he escorted his sister to the place. After Li Guoshu gave some instructions, he rode back.

Li Guoxian sat in a small sedan and slowly entered the back door of the house, accompanied by three maids. The bearer could not enter the back house, so he left the sedan in the back yard and let a few servants from the family come to Taiwan.

After passing through several courtyard gates, he entered the woman's boudoir. The servants outside could not enter anymore, so Li Guoxian got out of the sedan with the help of a group of women, and followed a woman into the hanging flower door.

Several girls in red and green clothes in the courtyard came up to her with smiles and said, "Everyone is here, waiting for the girl."

Li Guoxian followed them and continued walking into the house, finally entering a small room.

This small room is extremely exquisite. There is a white-painted portrait of Master Guanyin on the pink wall. There is a futon under the image of Guanyin. Everyone does not sit on tables and chairs, but only sits on the futon.
Today, everyone gathered at Wu Wenxiang’s house to worship Buddha.

With the cultural development of the Ming Dynasty, women no longer wanted to be confined to the home and support their husbands and raise children, but also had their own spiritual pursuits.

It's just that the society at this time did not allow women to do too many things. People would talk about them if they showed up, so their spiritual needs could only be extended to philosophy.

Most people would not be interested in studying the Four Books and Five Classics if they did not want to take the imperial examination. Moreover, women who read these books were easily criticized by conservative scholar-bureaucrats at this time.

In front of Buddhism, all living beings are equal, and women who can study Buddhism to a profound level will also be highly respected. Women with favorable conditions gradually began to worship Buddha.

Copying Buddhist scriptures, painting Guanyin, writing Zen poems, practicing vegetarianism and meditating, many women have studied philosophy and art to a very high degree. It has become a fashionable thing for women in the boudoir to worship Buddha together.

The maids were all resting outside the house and did not dare to disturb them, while a group of elegantly dressed women sat in the house: three girls in their fifteenth or sixteenth year old, and two young women, who were grandmothers from unknown families.

When Wu Wenxiang saw Li Guoxian come in, she smiled and held her hand and said, "Why are you here so slowly?"

Li Guoxian was out of character in front of his brother, but when he suddenly saw so many women of the same age, he became shy and whispered, "I was delayed a little on the road."

"It's okay, I'll introduce it to you."

The host of today's party, Wu Wenxiang, the fourth girl from the Wu family, took Li Guoxian's hand and introduced her one by one.

"This is my sister-in-law Zhu, Wang Xinqi, the second daughter of the Wang family in Min County. This is her sister Cao Hui. This is Zhao Zhen from the Zhao family of the Marquis of Min. We call her the third girl. This is from the Sun family of Fuqing. …”

Li Guoxian met them one by one. Among the many people present, she only knew Wu Wenxiang. Seeing these people joking with each other, she couldn't help but be afraid that she wouldn't be able to blend in.

Wu Wenxiang was also considerate of her mood. After letting her sit down, he took the initiative and said: "Everyone is here, let's start."

(End of this chapter)