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Chapter 350 Vulgar characters, weathered patterns

Yu Yao smiled, didn't make a sound, and didn't reject it.

Zheng Wenzhi turned on the laptop, clicked on the folder, and there were a dozen large high-definition pictures in it, some overall and some partial.

The pictures were all taken by Zheng Wenzhi himself. Looking at the shooting angle, you can tell that Zheng Wenzhi is an expert, and he has noticed all the things that should be paid attention to.

Yu Yao caught his eye, from the picture, it is indeed lapis lazuli.Lapis lazuli is also limestone in essence, but it is relatively green, and it is a good stone for inscriptions.

This is not a complete stele, there is no head and no base, but fortunately the inscriptions on the stele are complete.

However, although the inscription on this stone tablet is not incomplete, the overall content is incomplete; that is to say, one inscription is not only engraved on one stone tablet, but several pieces may have to be carved.

Judging from the text content of this stele, it can be inferred that the complete inscription should be Zheng Daozhao's account of his elder brother Zheng Yi's life story.Zheng Yi has indeed done well in his official career, but the words in the inscription are still too exaggerated; to put it bluntly, it is the younger brother bragging about his older brother.

But from the perspective of calligraphy, it is really remarkable.The brushwork is still the style of official script, but it also incorporates the brushwork of seal script, and at the same time has the dignity of regular script, and faintly has the grace of running script.

The square is round and accommodating, the changes are moderate, and the style is elegant.

The characteristics of calligraphy are similar to Zheng Daozhao's famous "Stele of Zheng Wengong".However, "The Monument of Zheng Wengong" is a rock inscription on a cliff; therefore, some feelings of brushwork are more delicately reflected in this inscription.

Calligraphy is excellent, but it needs the cooperation of engraving; the engraving is deep and exquisite, and it is not the work of ordinary craftsmen.

There is no problem with these, Yu Yao couldn't help but secretly nodded while watching.

When Yu Yao was watching, He Wenguang and Zheng Wenzhi didn't get close, but Wei Lai approached them, discussing with the pictures on the phone on the road before, Zheng Wenzhi didn't bother him at all, he was just an observer.

Wei Lai stared at a word on the inscription, frowned slightly, wanted to speak, but held back; in the end he didn't say anything, but pointed to the first word of the word on the picture on the computer screen.

The word is "everything".Never lose one thing, evolved into foolproof after Yuan and Ming Dynasties, but from Han to Tang, still use never lose one.

Wei Lai's question is that the traditional Chinese character "wan" is not used in this word, but the current simplified character "wan" is used.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, how could the current simplified characters be used?What's more, it was still written by the great calligrapher Zheng Daozhao?

However, Wei Lai also knew that the three people in the room could all be regarded as experts, and they have never questioned this, so there may be no problem.

So he just nodded and didn't speak.If Yu Yao hadn't noticed this, then he should have reminded him; if Yu Yao had noticed it a long time ago, and there was no problem, then he could also say that he felt that calligraphy was so good that he couldn't make a fool of himself.

Yu Yao looked at him.Wei Lai is an office administrator, maybe he lacks eyesight and knowledge reserves, but Yu Yao can't easily look down on him.

Since he pointed it out, Yu Yao responded tactfully, "The writing style of this vulgar character is indeed very distinctive."

Wei Lai was slightly taken aback when he heard this, but quickly nodded with a smile, "Mr. Yu really has good eyesight!"

After speaking, he left Yu Yao's side, walked to another sofa and sat down, lit a cigarette, took out his mobile phone at the same time, and began to look up "vulgar characters".

The so-called vulgar characters are popular and popular characters, not official orthographic characters, and are irregular in nature, but they can also be counted as a type of variant characters.

In fact, since ancient times, the relationship between orthographic and vulgar characters has not been static. Many orthographic characters were eventually replaced by vulgar characters.

At the same time, many vulgar characters in ancient times were also selected when formulating simplified characters in modern times.

For example, this "wan" appeared in the vulgar style during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it is also used as a simplified character now.

Zheng Daozhao wrote this inscription, not writing a poem or an article. Before he wrote it, he knew that the inscription was going to be inscribed. He even had a basic grasp of how many tablets and the layout of the inscription; Many problems; especially as a calligrapher, I pay special attention to aesthetic issues.

Never lose one thing, except for "Wan", the strokes are relatively simple, and the four characters are arranged up and down. With this "Wan", there will be a top-heavy feeling; when he writes, he can try his best to control it carefully, but when he engraves it on a stone tablet, he can't. It's hard to say.

If the last "one" is replaced by another "one" to solve the problem, there will be a certain difference in meaning, and it is not as beautiful as just changing "wan".

He should use the vulgar character "wan" because of this.

Of course, this is just Yu Yao's inference, and it is based on the real product, the truth is unknown.

Among Wei steles, it is very common for folk characters to appear, mainly because of the need for calligraphy aesthetics and the particularity of inscriptions.Even, if it wasn't for famous calligraphy, there would be cases where engravers saw difficult characters and deliberately lazy to use vulgar characters.

From the point of view of the brushwork, this "Wan" character is no problem, and the strokes and postures are in line with Zheng Daozhao's calligraphy characteristics.Even if it is fake, it must be carved according to the characters written by Zheng Daozhao.

Just looking at the picture, it is difficult to identify itself, there is no three-dimensional sense, and it cannot be touched.Moreover, this is not all the inscriptions, nor is it all the body of the stele, which adds a lot of difficulty virtually.

Yu Yao thought to himself, it is indeed a good thing!It's just that it's hard to see what the problem is from the pictures, it would be nice to see the real thing and appreciate it!

Thinking of this, Yu Yao couldn't help but look up at Zheng Wenzhi. At this time Zheng Wenzhi was also looking at Yu Yao, with a half-smile, the corner of his mouth curled up. This expression seemed to predict that Yu Yao had nothing to say.

Seeing his expression, Yu Yao immediately looked at the computer screen again and called up a picture.

He wasn't fighting.

It was the curvature of the corner of Zheng Wenzhi's mouth that suddenly reminded him of a decoration on the edge of the inscription he had just seen!The curvature of Zheng Wenzhi's mouth is natural, but the curvature on this decoration seems unnatural.

To be precise, the radian of the decoration seems to be too rounded, more like the style of Tang Dynasty and Wu Zhou period, but lacks the "rigidity" of Wei Bei's decoration.

Examining this decoration again, Yu Yao found that the feeling is not right or false, but it can only be said to be a feeling, and cannot be used as conclusive evidence.

However, the characteristics of the ornamentation are fine, but because of careful inspection, Yu Yao discovered that there is a problem with the weathered pattern of the engraving!

After a careful comparison, Yu Yao slightly sighed, got up and left the computer, and lit a cigarette.

"How is it?" He Wenguang asked.

Without waiting for Yu Yao to speak, Zheng Wenzhi smiled while waving his hand holding the cigarette, "It's hard to embarrass Xiao Yu! The Wei Beiben is a rare item, and I only look at the pictures, so I'm afraid I won't even be able to appreciate the real beauty! "

Yu Yao exhaled a puff of smoke, "In terms of aesthetics, it is true. However, it can be seen that this monument seems a bit new."

"What did you say?" Zheng Wenzhi almost lost the cigarette in his hand.Yu Yao's words sound more subtle; but veterans understand that this means that the stele is not real!
(End of this chapter)