Antique Dealer

Chapter 182 Unlock
Judging from the paper and other aspects of this calligraphy, it already has a certain history, and it may be a work in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

After that, Fang Hao looked through the full text and found that most of the content in this calligraphy is the beginning part of "Parents' Grace Sutra", but there are some different content interspersed in it.

But after he identified it, he found that there were five characters in total other than these scriptures, and they were not in the ranks of Xixia characters in his memory, which made him feel very strange.

It stands to reason that the Xixia script in his memory was directly instilled by the system, so it is unlikely to be incomplete, unless the author used the writing rules of the Xixia script to create characters.

But no matter whether these words were invented or they were in authentic Xixia, since they were not in his memory, he would definitely not be able to translate them for the time being.

I also think about it, if there is no difficulty, will the boss here give a reward for free translation?

Fang Hao returned to his seat, Tang Mingshan asked: "How is it? Have you translated everything?"

Fang Hao shook his head: "There are a few words that my master never taught me."

"That's it." Tang Mingshan felt a little regretful, but this is normal. After all, there are less than ten experts in Xixia script in the whole country. It is normal for Fang Hao to have some characters he doesn't understand. It's a pity that today's meal will not be free.

The waiter just knocked on the door and came in, and there was an old man with her.

This old man can be said to be as skinny as a stick, with no flesh on his face. It is no exaggeration to say that he looks like a skeleton with a layer of skin. If he sees it casually, he will be shocked.

"Hello, I'm Zhu Zhengsheng, the boss here." The old man greeted everyone with a smile, but considering his appearance, his smile could be said to be uglier than crying.

"Boss Zhu, what are you..." Huang Zhicheng was very surprised. He knew Zhu Zhengsheng once two months ago. He didn't expect that after two months, he lost his appearance. What happened? .

"Liver cancer is in the advanced stage, and I don't think I'll live for a few days. I, too, see it. I can live a day." Zhu Zhengsheng said it lightly, but it's not so much a look, it's better to say means to give up.

"Let's not talk about it, just now I heard from my staff that there is a little brother who knows Xixiawen?"

Fang Hao raised his hand: "I have studied Xixia, but I will disappoint the bosses. There are a few characters in it that I don't know."

Zhu Zhengsheng was indeed a little disappointed when he heard the words, but he said again: "What's your name, friend?"

"Mian's surname is Fang, Fang Hao."

"Can I trouble you for a moment to translate, but don't worry, as long as most of them can be translated, I will definitely waive your orders."

Fang Hao said it was all right, walked up to the calligraphy, and translated it word by word, while Zhu Zhengsheng listened to it and nodded repeatedly.

Except for those few words, Fang Hao finished translating the other words: "Bosses, what do you think?"

Zhu Zhengsheng gave a thumbs up: "Very accurate."

Fang Hao said: "Bosses, you must be trying to figure out these few invented characters, right?"

Zhu Zhengsheng was a little surprised when he heard this: "Why do you think these words are created by students?"

Fang Hao smiled: "My master told me at the beginning that he knew all the Xixia scripts. If you don't know one or two, you can still understand. So I made a bold guess like this. Please forgive me if I guess wrong. "

"You guessed it right, I have consulted several experts, and they all said that these characters are invented characters, not real Xixia characters."

According to Fang Hao, if only one or two experts said this, Zhu Zhengsheng could still understand it, but if all the experts said this, then these words must be made up.

Zhu Zhengsheng's heart moved, and he asked: "Then can you deduce what these words mean?"

For those who understand, translating this word is not difficult at all. The key point is that Zhu Zhengsheng also understands it. Fang Hao felt that it would be too easy to translate in this way, and it would not take much brains to guess, so he casually said So I agreed.

The creation of Xixia script referred to the "Six Books" theory of Chinese characters, and used the synthesis method to create characters, that is, first created some text elements, that is, the often-called radicals or alphabets, and then used the synthesis method to reproduce more Xixia characters. Character.Among them, the methods of synthesis include six kinds: understanding, sound and meaning, symmetry, interchange, fanqie, and long tone.

For example, using the method of comprehension, the "heart" in Xixia script plus the "evil" in Xixia script becomes the "harm" in Xixia script.

Therefore, Fang Hao deduced in reverse according to the six synthesis methods, and after a while, he had a guess: "I guess these five characters, from left to right, and from top to bottom, are respectively 'Xiaojing Zhifu'."

Then, he explained to Zhu Zhengsheng the reason for his inference.

Zhu Zhengsheng applauded lightly, looking very happy: "I consulted several experts before, and one of them agreed with your deduction, and you all agree that the last three characters should be 'zhi 薨殂'."

Tang Mingshan said: "If I remember correctly, the word '斨殂' means the death of a prince, right? Does the meaning of '之斨殂' refer to the death of a prince?"

"Huh!" Zhu Zhengsheng pondered for a moment: "It really makes sense for you to say so, then the first two words, maybe which prince is it referring to?"

"I thought of it." Fang Hao thought of a possibility: "When Li Yuanhao broke with the Northern Song Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, he gave up his old name and changed it to Wei Ming (surname) Nang Xiao (name). After his death, his temple name was Jingzong, so this prince Could it be Li Yuanhao?"

Huang Zhicheng said with a smile: "If it refers to Li Yuanhao, it would be interesting. This word is a passage in the "Parents' Kindness Classic". In terms of the scriptures, it is to promote filial piety and teach people to do good. But how did Li Yuanhao dead?"

Li Yuanhao indulged in wine and sex in his later years, and often played and indulged in sensuality with concubines in the palace.He married his second son, Brother Ningling, and seeing her beauty, he took it for himself and made him the "new queen".

Brother Ningling couldn't bear the hatred of seizing love, and the careerist didn't hide the instigation, so he entered the palace with a spear and stabbed Li Yuanhao.Li Yuanhao's nose was cut off, he was frightened and annoyed, and had a nasal injury.He died on the second day of the first lunar month in 1048.

Li Yuanhao's way of death, combined with the content of this calligraphy, is so ironic!
"Wonderful!" Zhu Zhengsheng laughed very heartily: "I think this is the most reasonable explanation so far, and it may also be the true meaning that this word wants to express."

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhengsheng sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I always thought that there might be some big secret hidden in this calligraphy. I have spent a lot of time looking for experts and looking through the materials all these years, but I didn't find it. It occurred to me that this calligraphy was only used to ridicule Li Yuanhao's death."

(End of this chapter)