Jianbao life

Chapter 819 Knowledge Blind Spot
Seeing that Chu Chen asked a few questions, but he didn't say anything good about this thing, Lin Dacheng also realized that his things might be wrong, so he asked weakly: "Xiao Chen, my screen is Is there something wrong? Is it made of wenge wood?"

"This screen is indeed made of wenge wood..."

When Lin Dacheng's face showed a look of surprise, Chu Chen changed his mind and said, "But this kind of chicken wing wood has nothing to do with the chicken wing wood used in Ming Dynasty furniture. It is African chicken wing wood with relatively poor quality."

"African chicken wing wood?" Lin Dacheng showed a trace of doubt on his face, he didn't know anything about this kind of wood.

Chu Chen nodded and explained: "There are old and new chicken wing wood in the market now. The old chicken wing wood has a dense texture, with purple-brown and dark and light grains, especially the vertical and slightly oblique section, which is slender and floating, giving people The feeling of the feathers shining brightly."

"The new chicken wing wood is rough, purple and black, the texture is often turbid, stiff and has no tendency to rotate, and the wood wool is sometimes easy to crack and stubble. Simply put, the market generally calls the best material "old" Chicken wing wood', the rough one is 'new chicken wing wood'."

"Old chicken wing wood in the market generally refers to Burmese chicken wing wood, while new chicken wing wood generally refers to the African chicken wing wood used to make this screen. The heartwood is dark brown, slightly yellow, often with black stripes. The lightest, not sinking in water, the material is brittle, the hardness is slightly worse, it is not oily, and the price is very cheap..."

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Lin Dacheng looked at the screen he bought again, and it looked exactly like what Chu Chen said, which made him uncomfortable and embarrassed, but he didn't give up, and immediately asked: "Xiao Chen , then is it possible that this screen was made in the Ming Dynasty?"

Chu Chen shook his head: "This is definitely impossible. Let's not explain the difference between the ancient chicken wing wood and our current one, but just say that in ancient times, the transportation was so underdeveloped. Did a bunch of poor quality and cheap wood come to make screens? The shipping fee is not enough!"

"This……"

Seeing that Lin Dacheng was still a little bit unwilling to give up, Chu Chen added: "Besides, the "Quiet Night Poem" on the screen can prove that this thing was not made in the Ming Dynasty."

Hearing this, except for Lin Dacheng, everyone else seemed very puzzled.

"The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground. Look up at the bright moon and look down at your hometown. Shouldn't that be true?"

Lin Guangxin recited "Quiet Night Poems" on the screen, and was very puzzled by what Chu Chen said.

Seeing everyone looking at him with doubts, Chu Chen explained: "The truth is actually very simple. The version we are familiar with now is not the original text of this poem. "The original text in "Looking at the moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground. Looking up at the mountains and the moon, looking down at the hometown'."

"Until the Ming Dynasty, "Ten Thousand Tang Dynasty Quatrains" was revised, and "raise your head to look at the moon" was changed to "raise your head to look at the bright moon". "Looking at the moonlight" was changed to "Bright moonlight in front of the bed".When the retired scholar Hengtang compiled "Three Hundred Tang Poems", he combined these two sentences together.So, it became the version that we are now known to passers-by. "

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized, Chu Chen smiled and said: "Because of this, when I first saw this screen, I knew it was a fake..."

Under normal circumstances, except for freaks like Chu Chen, the business of antiques requires many years of practical experience plus theoretical knowledge. If you want to understand any category, you will not be able to do it in decades.However, if antique lovers master some knowledge blind spots, they can also detect some relatively eye-catching flaws, so as not to be deceived.

For example, if Lin Dacheng bought the "Poetry of Quiet Night" on this screen, if Lin Dacheng could read ancient Chinese proficiently, he would not have to spend the 1000 yuan.Nowadays, there are many fakes on the market, most of which are low-quality imitations. The level of counterfeiters is not high, and the workmanship is rough. Such common-sense flaws often appear.This knowledge blind spot is useful.

There are many other changes like "Quiet Night Poems". For example, Lu You has a poem "Shower", which is also well known.It begins with a sentence "When you die, you know everything is empty." In fact, the original version wrote "When you die, you know everything is empty", because before the Ming Dynasty, "Yuan" and "Yuanzhi" were written as "Yuanlai" and "Yuanzhi". , Yuan characters do the original and original meaning.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang hated the Yuan Dynasty and couldn't even read the characters of Yuan, so he ordered to change "Yuanlai" to "Yuan", which became the current usage.After understanding this knowledge blind spot, if someone shows you an antique from the Southern Song Dynasty, and the word "Original" appears in it, you don't need to do other identification, it must be fake.

In addition, there is also a well-known idiom, "talking about soldiers on paper", which is about Zhao Kuo's boastful talk, and 40 Zhao troops were killed in Changping.But think about it carefully, Zhao Kuo was from the Warring States period, when was paper invented?During the Western Han Dynasty, the rudiments of paper just appeared, and it was not until Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty that paper in the true sense appeared.

In fact, the idiom "talking about soldiers on paper" first appeared, and it was not until the late Qing Dynasty that it was associated with Zhao Kuo, which was almost the period of the Republic of China.If you see an ancient book before the late Qing Dynasty that mentions the story of Zhao Kuo's war on paper, just throw it away, it is undoubtedly fake.

There are many other examples like this. After mastering it, it will undoubtedly be very helpful for antique appraisal. However, one person's energy is limited, and a lot of knowledge must be accumulated over a long period of time.Therefore, if an antique lover wants to make a difference in this industry, he must make up his mind and recharge himself frequently.

Seeing Lin Dacheng's face full of shame, Chu Chen persuaded: "Cousin, I think it's okay for you to be interested in antiques, but you must study more. Like you now, you don't even know the basics. , it will definitely be a disadvantage.”

Hearing this, Mrs. Lin said: "It was like killing him to read a book on fish farming that was only [-] or [-] pages in the past. I think it's better to forget it!"

Lin Dacheng was not happy when he heard the words: "What are you talking about? Can these two things be compared? Let me tell you, I am determined to advance in this business!"

"Then you, but I'll leave my words here for now. If you come back with fake things every now and then, don't blame me for being rude..."

Seeing the couple's tit-for-tat confrontation, Chu Chen and Wu Ke wanted to persuade them, but they were stopped by Lin Guangxin, who said in a low voice: "My parents are like this. , I feel uncomfortable, and my dad doesn't usually have any hobbies, so it's good to let him have something to do."

Wu Ke said: "Guangxin, you have to know that this antique business costs money, it would be fine if you can keep it in storage, but..."

Lin Guangxin said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I also understand what you mean, let's take a look at this matter first, and my mother is in charge of the money at home. My father didn't buy things randomly before, and my father's money is also abundant. , Now it’s like this, my mother will definitely manage my father’s money bag well.”

Hearing what Lin Guangxin said, both Chu Chen and Wu Ke were relieved. You must know that in the antique industry, there are many people who have lost their fortunes because of greed. They don't want Lin Dacheng to make his family suffer huge financial losses because of such things. loss.

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The next day, with Wu Ke's instructions to "pay attention to safety", Chu Chen and Hu Yong first went to the bank to withdraw 50 RMB. No time was wasted.

Afterwards, Chu Chen called Ma Xiaoqiang and asked him where to meet.

The place Ma Xiaoqiang mentioned on the phone was not far from Chu Chen's location, and Hu Yong only drove for 5 minutes to arrive.

Ma Xiaoqiang is still the same, but he looks a little more naughty than when we met last time. I don't know if it's because after Chu Chen bought those things from Ma Laocai last time, Ma Xiaoqiang started to get rich again. It's a good saying, if a man has money, he will turn bad. This is fine for a self-disciplined man, but Ma Xiaoqiang, it's enough.

Ma Xiaoqiang got into the car, and greeted Chu Chen with a smile. Then, he first instructed Hu Yong on how to drive, then looked around in the car, and said enviously, "It's good to have money!"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Mr. Ma, you should have a lot of good things in your house. If you sell a few, you can buy several cars like this?"

Ma Xiaoqiang waved his hand and said, "There are a few good things, but my dad keeps those things. With his petty mind, how can he be willing to sell them to buy a car?"

Seeing Ma Xiaoqiang's resentful expression when he spoke, it seemed that he had a lot of opinions on Ma Laocai in this regard.

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Anyway, your dad's things will be yours sooner or later, so you should be in a hurry. Then you can call me, or go directly to the capital to find me in my antique shop. As long as the things are good and the price Let's discuss it."

Ma Xiaoqiang quickly said with a smile on his face: "Young Master Chu, then I will trouble you then!"

"What's the trouble with this, we all get what we need!"

Chu Chen laughed, and then asked: "Mr. Ma, it's come to this point today, can you tell me, what is your friend's way? Let's talk about it first, and if the thing comes into my hands by then, If there is any serious trouble, don't blame me for being rude!"

"Young Master Chu, my friend's path must be somewhat unfair."

Ma Xiaoqiang thought for a while, and felt that Chu Chen would know about it sooner or later, so he said, "But it's just digging, killing and arson. You should understand our business The thing created, the thing created, is not too rare, right?"

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