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Chapter 149 Qingyuan Taoist Tang Xianzu

What Tong Rentang took out again was packed in an old wooden box.This old wooden box is dark red and shiny. It is made of old mahogany. It is not big. It has no hinges and locks. It is a pure mortise and tenon structure. cover plate.

Open, there are two layers, the first layer is the emerald piece.

A string of eighteen son jadeite holding beads, old kind, half green, but the water head is not good.

A flat square with a hole through the sky, floating green, and the water is average; both sides have fretwork and engraving, the engraving is not bad, and one side says: Song Cui Nanshan is not old, and I heard Shuanghe talking about the blessing of the year.

There is also an emerald cap.The hat is just an ornament sewn on the front of the hat in the old days. It is flat and has an elephant trunk eye on one side, which is used to thread and sew on the hat.Why is it called Maozheng?Because the position of the seam on the hat is exactly aligned with the tip of the nose.This hat is not green, but the water head is the best, the white ground is ice.

Yu Yao was not interested in this.

Open the second floor, there are two things, one inkstone, and a long brocade box next to it.

The inkstone is rectangular, simple in shape, dark blue in color, with implied texture.The edge of the inkstone is raised, and the inkstone pool gradually deepens from one end to the other.The bas-reliefs on the top of the edge of the inkstone are connected with cloud patterns, and the knife craftsmanship is refined, which is exactly the style of the Ming Dynasty.And from the perspective of wear and patina, it should also be generational.

Dragon tail she inkstone.

She inkstone, one of the four famous Chinese inkstones.The four famous inkstones are: Duan inkstone, She inkstone, Taohe inkstone, and Chengni inkstone; originally there were only the first three in history, and Chengni inkstone was added in the Qing Dynasty to make up four.Chengni inkstones have existed since ancient times, but they are fired, which is different from the first three carved from natural stone.

The stone material of She inkstone is mainly produced in Longwei Mountain, which belonged to Shezhou in ancient times, so it is also called Longwei She inkstone.

It was not in vain to encounter an ancient She inkstone from the Ming Dynasty.

Yu Yao carefully picked up this piece of inkstone, from the front, apart from normal wear and tear, it is considered to be very well preserved.On the cloud pattern on the top of the edge of the inkstone, the patina is obvious, which is obviously caused by frequent touching.

Turning it over, Yu Yao couldn't help but his eyes lit up!
There is even an inscription engraved on it!
Don't reject ink, be firm but not stubborn; get the ancient stone, it's a pleasure; Xu Wendian history, accompanied by friends.Qingyuan Taoist inscription.

Originally, I thought it would be great to meet a piece of She inkstone from the Ming Dynasty, but when I saw the inscription, Yu Yao was overjoyed!

This is the She inkstone used by Tang Xianzu!
He even wrote the inscription himself!It was engraved on it when the inkstone was made!

Tang Xianzu's name is mainly in the creation of operas. The most famous one is of course "The Peony Pavilion". "The Peony Pavilion" is not only widely circulated in China, but also translated into many languages.

Taoist Qingyuan is Tang Xianzu's name.There is often only one name, but there may be many accounts. Tang Xianzu's account is more famous, such as Hai Ruo, Ruo Shi, and Taoist Qingyuan.

In addition to the signature of Taoist Qingyuan, it can also be confirmed from the inscription that this is Tang Xianzu's belongings.

"Xu Wendian History" is the experience of Tang Xianzu being demoted.In the 19th year of Wanli, Tang Xianzu originally served in the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, but he was impeached by Shen Shixing, the chief assistant of the cabinet at that time.This is obviously hitting a stone with an egg, and Emperor Wanli ordered Tang Xianzu to be relegated to Xuwen County on the Leizhou Peninsula to become a canonist.

Judging from the inscription, this Longwei she stone should have been obtained by Tang Xianzu when he heard the news of his demotion and had not set off for Xuwen County.He asked a craftsman to make this square inkstone, and engraved an inscription written by himself.

The inscription implied his attitude at that time.At the same time, although he was demoted, this inkstone made him "happy". The mountains are high and the roads are far away, and in a remote place, with the inkstone as a friend, he can write poems and essays without being too lonely.

In fact, Tang Xianzu, from the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing to Xu Wendianshi, said that relegation is pleasant, and it is basically exile.He can write such an inscription, which shows that his mentality has actually changed quietly.

A year later, Tang Xianzu was pardoned, and he became a county magistrate in Suichang, Zhejiang Province.After working in Suichang for several years, he implemented many policies. In short, it was loose and good governance. He even let the prisoners go home for the New Year!This allowed political opponents to seize the handle, and Tang Xianzu faced a crisis again.

This time, he simply resigned himself.Back home, concentrate on opera and poetry creation.

The ink that was ground from this piece of She inkstone may have turned into every single word of "The Peony Pavilion".

Definitely a good thing!
Ancient inkstones are different with inscriptions and without inscriptions, and inscriptions are naturally more valuable; signatures signed by celebrities are different from ordinary inscriptions, this is self-evident.

The inscriptions on this piece of inkstone in the Ming Dynasty are not only inscriptions of celebrities, but also related to historical events of celebrities, which is more valuable.

From this, the importance of cultural relics can also be inferred. Cultural relics can confirm historical materials, question historical materials, and even make up for gaps in historical materials.

"Old man, this inkstone is also left by your grandfather?" Yu Yao calmed down a little, then gently put down the inkstone, and then asked.

"Yes, this inkstone, this pen, and the jade on the upper layer, including this old wooden box, are all left by my grandfather, and my father and I keep them as they are."

"Pen?" Yu Yao was taken aback.

"Oh, there is an old writing brush in the long brocade box next to it!" Tong Rentang said with a smile, "You can read it before we talk about it!"

"Okay!" Yu Yao picked up the long brocade box, pushed aside the bone latch, opened it, and saw a purple bamboo pen holder.

The part of the pen is covered with a bamboo protective cover, which doesn't look like it.However, this bamboo protective case is not made of purple bamboo, but ordinary bamboo; and it is not too old, it is expected that it was added by Tong Rentang's grandfather to protect the pen.

However, the patina of this purple bamboo pen tube is uniform and thick, and the pen tube has become purple-black, shiny and moist, almost jade-like.

Yu Yao squinted his eyes and checked the barrel of the pen repeatedly, while Pu Jie couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.It's fine to see the inkstone carefully, this brush is not necessary, is it?

Ancient writing brushes also belong to the category of antique collection, but they are a bit unpopular.

When it comes to pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the pen ranks first, but in terms of collection attention, it is far behind ink and inkstone.

In the ink, far away, Li Mo of the Southern Tang Dynasty, known as the "treasure of the world", is priceless; close to it, the ink used by the court in the Qing Dynasty, carved with gold, is so exquisite that it frequently fetches high prices at auctions.

Inside the inkstone, there are four famous inkstones, various ancient inkstone styles, carvings, and inscriptions, all of which are very attractive.

But a brush generally has only one barrel and a handful of hairs.

And this writing brush, although it is said that the brush barrel is made of purple bamboo, is bamboo after all, not comparable to jade, rhino horn ivory, or famous kiln porcelain.

Even wooden pen barrels, red sandalwood rosewood, nanmu ebony, are more expensive than bamboo pen barrels.

"Grandpa, I have to take off the bamboo case and look at the fineness of the pen." Yu Yao said something to Tong Rentang after reading the barrel of the pen.

(End of this chapter)