God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 289 "Spring Outing in the Cave"

An Xin didn't let Xu Jingxing go easily, and after reading the couplet twice, she suddenly asked, "Master, master, why don't the original poems be used in the couplet?"

The original sentence of Yang Ming's "Dongtian Chunyou" is "Dongtianchun travels late in the distance, and the fairy chess with the remaining stars", but here, the second half of the sentence is changed to "Peng bird strikes its wings, fog and streamers appear", no wonder Feel free to ask this question.

Xu Jingxing pointed to the pavilion in front of him and the stone bridge behind him, and said with a smile, "You think this couplet is just describing the pavilion in front of you? Wrong, the first sentence describes the pavilion, and the second sentence describes the frame behind you." Shiqiao, said that this stone bridge is like a roc bird flapping its wings in the fog, standing here and looking back, does this stone bridge look like a roc bird?"

An Xin blinked, tilted her neck to look at it for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "Really, hehe, Master, you analyzed this yourself? Or did you hear it from somewhere?"

"Of course I analyzed it myself. If you have to memorize this kind of thing by rote, what's the point of studying literature appreciation for so many years?" Xu Jingxing smiled, "And you, when you come across such classics in the future, don't rush to go online Search for the answer, first try to analyze and appreciate it yourself, if this continues, the ability to appreciate literature will improve sooner or later."

"Um, master, what kind of master of Chinese studies are you planning to train me for?" An Xin blinked her eyes and asked.

"Who told you that only masters of Chinese studies can learn literary appreciation?" Xu Jingxing's face turned serious instantly, "I told you long ago that we sculptors are not only tested on hand skills, but also on calligraphy, fine arts, literature, History also has high requirements, let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about literature. If your literary appreciation is not enough, even if you want to engrave two lines of ancient poems on carvings, you may not be able to choose the most suitable one, or even Possibly a joke."

An Xin was taken aback, but when she thought about it carefully, she suddenly discovered that Xu Jingxing's past works often used ancient poems. Although they were just quotations, each sentence was highly consistent with the content of the carving itself, and even some very common poems After being quoted by Xu Jingxing, it can also radiate a different meaning.

Among other things, let’s just talk about the boundary painting drawn a few days ago. The inscription quoted a dialogue with a strong academic nature, “There is nothing greater than words in proclaiming things, and nothing is good at painting in shape.” This sentence is neither a couplet nor a poem , can barely be regarded as a parallel essay, but combined with the process of getting to know Xu Jingxing and Qian Qiusui, it has a deep meaning that it has never had before, and the interest has suddenly increased a lot.

Thinking about this, An Xin quickly nodded, "Master, I've made a note, and I will definitely do what you said in the future."

"Well," Xu Jingxing nodded in satisfaction, but after thinking about it, he added: "However, this is not a mandatory requirement, but the highest requirement I expect. You can do your best, and if you can't, don't worry too much. Because this is a slowly accumulating process, don’t be impatient.”

"Hee hee, thank you Master for your understanding, I will definitely work very hard," An Xin grinned and pushed Xu Jingxing and Cheng Lin down in front of the pavilion, "Master and wife, come and take a photo, three two one eggplant—"

The three of them played on Lanke Mountain until it was almost dark, and then they went down the mountain. When they went down, they saw souvenirs on the side of the road. An Xin was curious, and pulled Cheng Lin over to have a look. She didn't buy it, but it was fun. After all, everyone knows that the souvenirs sold in scenic spots are a pit.

However, he stopped in front of an old lady's stall, and seemed to have some sympathy for the old lady who set up the stall in front of him.

Of course, the old lady looks really pitiful. She looks about 70 to [-] years old, with a dry figure and wrinkled face. She looks like a wilted orange, which is not as high as a stone pier when squatting on the side of the road. , with thin white hair swaying like withered grass in the cold wind, looking at everyone passing by with cloudy eyes.

There was a dirty oilcloth in front of the old lady, and there were about twenty jars on it, some new and some old. At first glance, they looked similar to those selling pickles on the side of the road, but the jars contained black and white pickles instead of pickles. There are two-color Go pieces, and there are several wooden boards standing beside the old lady, which are obviously chessboards.

Selling Go at the foot of Mount Lanke can be regarded as a business. After all, Mount Lanke is known as the "Go Fairy Land". Would it be embarrassing not to buy a Go back when you arrive at the Go Fairy Land?But go is relatively unpopular after all, and go is far less popular than chess among the general public, so business will definitely not go well.

Xu Jingxing knows how to play Go, but he is not good at it, and he also has a set of chess pieces left by his father at home, so there is no need for this.It can be seen that An Xin has a sympathetic face, and he can't directly drag her away, so he can only lean over to look at it, and after squatting down, he picked up a chess piece and looked at it.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, I was shocked when I saw it.

He wiped his eyes with Yunzi in his hand, and murmured in disbelief: "Is this Yunzi?"

Yunzi is a kind of chess piece made in a traditional way. The main production method is firing, which is similar to firing porcelain, but the materials are mainly made of agate, purple quartz, red lead powder, borax and other powders. The fired Go pieces are called Yunzi.

High-quality Yunzi is fine in texture, moist in color, soft like jade, hard like stone, firm but not brittle, sinking but not slippery, and highly playable.

He has never seen the real Yunzi, but he heard his father mention it, and the chess piece in his hand is obviously not jade, glass, or ceramics, so it must be Yunzi.

Yunzi is not a rare object, the production process was lost, but it was discovered again later, so there are not many Yunzi in the market, and the price is not high.

However, most of the Yunzi in the market are newly fired, but the one in Xu Jingxing's hand looks like an old one, because the surface of this chess piece has a layer of paste, which is moist and delicate, similar to the material of Yunzi itself. It is more crystal clear when paired together, and only old objects for many years can form such a patina.

He doesn't know much about antique appreciation, but under the influence of Lao Yang, he can still distinguish what is real patina and what is artificial patina.

Not long after, he didn't make a sound, but grabbed a few more chess pieces and took a closer look. They were still Yunzi, and the quality was as good as the first one.

Could it be that this box of chess pieces are all antiques?If this is the case, maybe I can make a small profit?Such a box of excellent-looking Yunzi should be able to sell for more than [-] yuan. If he can get it for less than [-] yuan, he will be considered a miss.

He is not short of the thousand dollars now, but he lacks the experience of picking up the leak. If he can really pick up such a small leak, he can brag to Lao Yang for a long time when he returns to the island city, otherwise he can only listen to Lao Yang bragging about his own experience of picking up the leak.

(End of this chapter)