Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 278 The Classic Quotations of the Great Han Emperor

Western Han VS Eastern Han, the last competition of six skills in the aristocratic education system of the Zhou Dynasty more than 3000 years ago.

The "book" in ritual, music, archery, royal, book, and number.

The "book" in the Six Arts naturally refers to calligraphy, which is divided into three parts, one is writing, the other is literacy, and the third is writing.

Of course, calligraphy at that time could not be regarded as an art.

It is said that the subjective awareness of calligraphy as an art began in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

For the emperors of the Han Dynasty, the requirements cannot be too strict, as long as they write words.

Lin Feng activated the system skills on his body. From the modern times in 0222, the stars moved, and a batch of expensive rice paper was summoned to the palace hall of Chang'an City in the Western Han Dynasty to be used as paper for the emperors of the Han Dynasty.

Why choose rice paper?

Because Xuan paper is a unique handicraft in China, it has the characteristics of soft texture, smooth and jade-like, not decayed, and the charm of ink is ever-changing. It enjoys the reputation of "thousand-year birthday paper" and is known as "national treasure".

Xuan paper has good ink moistening properties, strong durability and aging resistance, is rarely eaten by moths, has a long lifespan, and is not easy to change color.

Xuan paper also has the characteristics of being tough but moist, smooth but not slippery, white and dense, pure in texture, and undamaged when folded, and has unique penetration and lubricating properties.Painting with inscriptions on Xuan paper, the ink rhyme is clear, the layers are distinct, the backbone is full, the momentum is overflowing, thick but not muddy, light but not gray, the calligraphy and painting, vivid on the paper, the spirit is flying, and the eyes are shining.

Under normal storage conditions, rice paper has a particularly long lifespan compared with other papers.Because of this, ancient literati like to use Xuan paper to create calligraphy, paintings, poems and prose.

Many of the fine works of calligraphy and painting that have been handed down to all over the world in modern times are created on rice paper.

Only ordinary beginners return to cheap paper such as Yuanshu paper and raw edge paper.

Xuanzhi was born during the Tang Dynasty.

Naturally, the emperor of the Han Dynasty had never seen it before. When they saw pieces of rice paper as white as jade falling, everyone stretched their necks, stood up again, and surrounded them, as if seeing some rare treasures.

Lin Feng said, "Seniors, the imperial decree you use is better than it?"

Liu Bang shook his head and said, "It's different, it's different."

Lin Feng asked back, "Emperor Gao Zu, do you know what paper is?"

Liu Bang, "..."

He couldn't answer.

Because Cai Lun made paper, although it was in the Western Han Dynasty, it only appeared after Liu Bang.

In the Liu Bang era, the nobles still used bamboo slips to write!
But Liu Bang was also stubborn, "Mr. Lin, you can't underestimate the ancients. During the conversation just now, I have already learned the knowledge of various papers used for writing from the descendants of the old Liu family."

Ok!

For you, Emperor Gaozu, you are open-minded and eager to learn.

At this time, the "Great Magister" Liu Xiu also said, "Mr. Lin, it's really different. The imperial decree is not paper, but these snow-white papers are really precious, smooth and delicate, like crystal clear jade..."

Lin Feng said speechlessly, "Although the imperial decree is not paper, paper is even more precious!"

That's right.

The imperial decree is not paper, but the imperial decree is made of high-quality silk!

Everyone knows that the materials of this imperial decree are very exquisite. They are all brocade fabrics made of high-quality silk, and the patterns are mostly auspicious clouds, auspicious cranes, and magnificent.There are flying silver dragons at both ends of the imperial decree as an anti-counterfeiting symbol.As the documents and orders issued by the emperors of the past dynasties and the edicts or edicts issued by conferring meritorious officials or conferring titles, the richer the color of the imperial decree, the higher the official rank of the official receiving the conferment.

In addition, the imperial decree is the display and symbol of the power of ancient Chinese emperors. The texture of the handles of the shafts is strictly differentiated according to the grades of officials: the first-rank is a jade shaft, the second-rank is a black rhinoceros horn shaft, the third-rank is a golden stick, and the fourth-rank and fifth-rank are gold. Black horn shaft.The materials of the imperial decree are very exquisite, all of which are brocade fabrics made of high-quality silk, and the patterns are mostly auspicious clouds and cranes, which are magnificent.

There are even flying silver dragons at both ends of the decree as an anti-counterfeiting symbol.

"Great Magister" Liu Xiu asked again, "Mr. Lin, such beautiful jade paper must be extremely precious when it is born after 2000. It is worth more than gold, right?"

Price compared to gold?

Lin Feng thought to himself, Great Magister, you are overthinking.

This is not "one-knife old rice paper", but ordinary rice paper for calligraphy, and the price is very cheap.

Lin Feng said, "The price does not return. In future generations, ordinary families can exchange for a piece of paper for a day's expenses."

"Such a treasure is so cheap?"

All the big Han emperors stared wide-eyed, looking incredible.

Lin Feng said, "There are also expensive ones. If it is old rice paper, the size is larger, and it is the total annual income of an ordinary family, so they can afford it."

The problem is that the old rice papers are all collectibles, and Lin Feng doesn't have that channel.

Liu Bang turned his head and asked, "Mr. Lin, why do you transfer hundreds of papers at a time?"

Lin Feng said, "The meaning of the younger generation is that I hope that every emperor of the Han Dynasty can set up a set of calligraphy and calligraphy."

Liu Bang clicked his tongue, "Everyone, write a piece of calligraphy?"

Lin Feng nodded, "Emperor Gaozu, the calligraphy of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, if the juniors bring it back to later generations, it will definitely shock the whole country."

Hearing this, modern audiences have guessed a lot.

"Host, you, you shouldn't, you want to take this opportunity to collect it?"

"The emperor wrote it himself, and it was written by all the great Han emperors. It is definitely a good thing that has no market price."

"The question is, how are the emperors' spells?"

"What do you think? He was taught by the most qualified Confucian scholar in the country since he was a child, which is equivalent to being taught by an old professor in an aristocratic school since he was a child. Do you think he is inferior to modern people?"

"Correcting the memorial every day, even if you are a fool, your handwriting will not be bad."

"The host's attention is good. I'm looking forward to it. What will Emperor Wu of Han write?"

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was domineering throughout his life, and there are countless classic quotations. He will definitely not disappoint."

"Liu Bang's words should be his "Great Wind Song"."

……

In the lens.

Lin Feng said again, "Seniors, each write a piece of calligraphy, and the posterity will evaluate it. Whoever has the best technique will win, and in the end, he will get a precious gift from 2000 years later."

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the emperors lit up.

Soon each of them received a piece of rice paper and returned to their respective seats, and then another palace servant brought a pen, ink and inkstone one by one.

Lin Feng asked, "Emperor Gao Zu, what do you want to write?"

Liu Bang didn't hesitate, and replied directly:

"A song: When the strong wind rises, the clouds fly, Vega comes back to the homeland, and the strong warriors come to guard the four directions!"

"Another song: The swan flies high and moves thousands of miles with one move. The feathers and hems are already ready, and they cross the four seas. What can I do if I cross the four seas? Although there is a gift, how can I do it?"

These are also Liu Bang's life, the two most famous and most widely circulated poems in later generations.

Lin Feng looked at the "Great Magister" Liu Xiu again, and asked respectfully, "Emperor Guangwu, what do you want to write?"

Liu Xiu raised her head and looked out of the main hall, her eyes became gentle, and she said infatuatedly, "The text I want to write is naturally—" Officials are treated as Jinwu, and wives are regarded as Yin Lihua. ""

Ok!

This is very Liu Xiu, a proper infatuated man, a model of good men who are rare in a thousand years.

After preparing the pen and ink, the emperors looked dignified and serious, and they were about to start writing.

The scene suddenly became quiet.

Lin Feng was walking around, and the camera was also recording, to see what these emperors were going to write.

Emperor Han Wen was very pragmatic, not as ambitious as his father Liu Bang, and silently wrote on rice paper:

"Agriculture, the foundation of the world, is the foundation of the land, and my relatives lead the plowing to give rice to the ancestral temple."

"Agriculture, the foundation of the world, is the greatest thing to do. Today, working hard and having taxation, it is the fundamental and the last. There is no way to encourage agriculture. It eliminates the taxation of land."

The words written by Emperor Wen are all inseparable from "Nong". It is not luck that he can become a perfect emperor through the ages!
Lin Feng walked to Emperor Han Jing's side again.

Emperor Jing's expression was obviously more tangled, the tip of the pen fell, but then raised again, so repeatedly, he still didn't know what to write.

In the end, he just wrote a sentence, which has almost the same meaning as Emperor Hanwen.

"Nong, the foundation of the world, gold, pearls and jade, cannot be eaten by hunger, and cannot be clothed by cold. It makes the county and state work in agriculture and persuades mulberry."

Lin Feng didn't say anything, and then walked to the side of a generation of Emperor Wu of Han.

Classic Quotations of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

There are too many.

Lin Feng was also curious, what would this domineering emperor of the Han Dynasty who was comparable to the first emperor and the first domineering emperor of China who made the Chinese nation stand up, what would he write on the rice paper?
Who knew, when he took a closer look, the corners of Lin Feng's mouth twitched.

Even modern audiences were collectively dumbfounded, each and every one of them froze in front of the camera.

(End of this chapter)