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At the end of the corridor on the third floor of the British Museum, part of the exhibition area is blocked by two iron doors, behind which is the famous "Stein's Chamber of Secrets". Baidu search to force literature network

Anyone who knows about the British Museum will know that the famous Gu Kaizhi's "Pictures of Women's History" is collected here.

This secret room is only open to some well-known Western historians, even Chinese people, it is difficult to come in and see.

Gu Kaizhi was the greatest and most representative epoch-making figure and great painter in the Eastern Jin Dynasty!

His paintings were called by Xie An, the famous prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the commander-in-chief of the "Battle of Feishui", "not seen since I was born".

He is indeed an outstanding genius, and his paintings have also been evaluated as unparalleled by many literati of later generations.

He is known as the famous "Three Musts" in the history of Chinese art, namely: talent, painting, and infatuation.

In addition to the Buddha statues and religious murals, his figure paintings are mostly portraits of ancient ladies and celebrities, which are characterized by striving to describe the spirit in form and both form and spirit. "Gao Gu Gossamer Drawing" outlines strong and powerful thin lines, and uses light ink to smudge to enhance the texture. The lines of the clothes are smooth and elegant, beautiful and vivid, full of artistic charm. The complex expressions on the face are used to reveal the rich emotions in his heart, and the characters painted are high-spirited and romantic.

And he also created a precedent for ancient Chinese painters to paint on silk, his "Women's History of Proverbs". It is regarded as the pioneering work of Chinese silk painting, which shows the preciousness of this painting.

Now this painting is locked behind these two big iron gates, just thinking about it makes Jin Muchen excited.

These two heavy iron gates, during the day. He had seen it before. At that time, he wanted to get closer to take a closer look, but unfortunately, before he could get there, he was stopped by two security guards and pushed back.

During the day, people are watching these two iron gates, which shows the Englishman. The importance attached to the painting.

Jin Muchen knew when he was doing his homework before he started working on the British Museum. Ever since it fell into the hands of the British Museum, it has been regarded as a treasure by them. It has always been treated as a treasure of the town hall.

After getting it, it was locked in Stein's secret room, which is only open to some famous scholars of history and art in the country and Western Europe. As for the East Asians, only in the 1920s, there were two Japanese who came here to copy. past records.

As for the Chinese, hehe, it seems like until 2002. Only a professor from Jinling University was granted permission by the British to enter the secret room under the strong appeal of the Chinese government. Come and see this painting.

I told your grandma, the things of our Chinese people were taken away by you, and now I need your permission to watch it, and it has been taken from you until now. There is only one Chinese who has actually seen this painting.

Ha ha. These British people are so generous. So sentimental!

It is said that the University of London and the British Museum will recently compile a collection of essays on the "Women's History" based on the pictures in the "Women's History" to explain the origin of this painting and the story in the painting in detail. meaning.

Thinking of this, Jin Muchen felt like his forehead was going to bulge out, because of your grandma, this painting was painted by us Chinese, do you need the British to compile an anthology?

You just wait for Lao Tzu. After the painting is in hand, Lao Tzu will definitely want you to look good.

With a gloomy face, Jin Muchen came to the two heavy iron gates. Although the iron gates were not equipped with electronic anti-theft devices, they were practically equipped with similar configuration to the gates of a bank vault.

Jin Muchen knocked on the door panel, which was about ten centimeters thick, and the inside were all mechanical combination locks. Without tools, the possibility of breaking the iron door was basically zero.

And a rookie like him who has no experience in unlocking, the possibility of wanting to open this iron door is basically zero.

Take out a set of tungsten gold cutting equipment from the space and start working on the gate. In fact, it is not impossible to cut a hole in the gate with this tool, but which step is the most important. At least a few sets of blades may be consumed, plus three days.

But Jin Muchen didn't have that much time, so he didn't plan to cut the iron gate completely. He just used this knife to cut a circular shallow groove on the iron gate that could fit one person into it.

Sparks splashed and the sound was harsh. Fortunately, it was late at night. The British Museum is very large, so I don't worry about the sound here.

The first step was quickly completed, and then Jin Muchen carefully took out a tube from his arms, poured the powder inside into those shallow grooves, then took out the magnesium bar and placed it in the powder, and then ignited the magnesium bar. .

He turned his head, and there was a dazzling light behind him, and there was a violent sound similar to a small-scale explosion. He could feel the huge heat coming from behind him even a few meters away from the iron gate.

The powder he used was a thermite. Once the thing was burned, it would have a high temperature of 3,000 degrees. During World War II, the US military used bombs to destroy the Germans' big Berta cannon. More scary than ordinary incendiary bombs.

The fire behind him weakened, and the sound became much quieter. Jin Muchen looked back and saw that the few shallow marks on the iron gate just now had turned into deep grooves. Halfway through, the ground is full of molten iron.

Then he pulled out another tube of thermite from Ziyu Space, and followed the original steps again. When he turned back, the iron gate had basically been burned through.

Cracks can already be seen in many places, but because of the uneven melting of molten iron, the large round discus that was burned down has many places connected to the iron gate.

If ordinary people want to take this round discus off the door, I am afraid they still need to use a machine. After all, there is a little bit at the connection, but it is iron after all, but for Jin Muchen, it is just walking over. Things that can be solved with a few big kicks.

His strength is not comparable to ordinary people, not to mention the yellow gourd, which gives him the characteristics of copper skin and iron bones.

A few feet down, the discus was kicked into the door of Stein's secret room. A large circular hole was exposed on the heavy iron door. Jin Muchen got into Stein's secret room as soon as he was short.

There were no lights in the secret room, so he turned on a powerful flashlight. . .

A whole white curtain hangs on the west wall of the secret room. Jin Muchen walked over and pulled it open, and the glass showcase behind the curtain was immediately revealed.

And in the back of this showcase, there is a set of treasures of the British Museum, the Tang Dynasty copy of Gu Kaizhi's "Women's History"!

This painting is 25 cm wide and 3.5 meters long. The original painting of this painting is divided into 12 sections, each of which is composed of 12 small allusions in the history before the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Now, there are only nine paragraphs left, which means that three paragraphs have been lost.

The reason for this picture scroll was that it was created during the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Jin Dynasty, that is, after the death of Emperor Wu of Jin Sima Yan in 290 AD.

His son Sima Zhong ascended the throne, known in history as Emperor Hui of Jin. This fellow was a famous incompetent and incompetent emperor in Chinese history. He did not like to read since he was a child. Shi's hand.

Jia was ruthless and lewd, causing dissatisfaction among the court officials. Minister Zhang Hua collected the deeds of the sages and saints of various generations in history and wrote an article called "Nv Shi Zhen" as an exhortation and warning, which was widely circulated at that time.

Later, when he arrived in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Gu Kaizhi divided the paintings into sections according to the articles. Except for the first paragraph, each paragraph has a proverb, and each section of the picture vividly reveals the meaning of the proverb, so these paintings are called "Women's History of the Book".

The content of these nine paragraphs, according to the proverbs written in the gaps between the paragraphs, are: Feng Yuanchaojin, Ban Jie's speeches, the rise and fall of world affairs, grooming and decorating sex, mutual doubts, slight words of honor and disgrace, specializing in profanity and joy, Jinggong Zisi and Nv Shi Sizhen are both famous allusions in Chinese history.

In this long scroll, Gu Kaizhi's "gossamer painting method" and "realistic portrayal" painting theory are most fully reflected.

Because of this, the Western art circle also regards it as a representative work of ancient Chinese painting, and gives it a very high evaluation, calling it a "perfect masterpiece" where "everything has reached a perfect state"~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Moreover, this "Women's History" is also the only imitation of Gu Kaizhi, the earliest professional painter of the Eastern Jin Dynasty that can be found in China. It is also the earliest surviving Chinese silk painting, which is a milestone in the history of Chinese art.

This painting is also the earliest outstanding work in the art of "expressing spirit with form". Because of this, in addition to its unique artistic value, it also has historical value and social value that are incomparable to other painting disciplines.

People who study Chinese painting have heard the saying, "Paper lasts a thousand years, and silk has eight hundred years of life".

This copy of the "Picture of Women's History" in the Sui and Tang Dynasties has been circulated for more than 1,400 years, but even so, the figures in the painting are still elegantly dressed, their eyes are vivid, and their posture and manners can still be revealed. Out of the identity and style of these ancient court women.

It can be seen from this that the painting skills of the author of this painting are superb, and it is no wonder that the Western art circles give this painting such a high evaluation, and it is no wonder that the British Museum regards this silk painting as its own treasure. !

However, its days as the treasure of the British Museum have come to an abrupt end today. From today, it belongs to Lao Tzu. . . (To be continued)