Chinese civilization has lasted for thousands of years, during which there have been many treasures created by successive generations, which has led to the "collection" industry; there is a saying that "prosperous antiques, chaotic gold", even today, especially the promotion of major media treasure collection programs, making antique collections more and more interesting.
But to explain, at first glance, a small inconspicuous object in the program can be worth tens of thousands of dollars, it seems quite simple; in fact, the threshold of this line is very high, even experts will "go to the eye", the so-called "pick up leaks" Probability is small and small, the industry is also known as "no leakage in the world".
Of course, there are exceptions, and a folk collector in Nanchang, "Mr. Wang", is a typical example, who "leaked" a broken paper book on the stall, but made a profit of 26 million yuan; but everything is opposite, and Mr. Wang is also in trouble.
First of all, Mr. Wang, who was originally from Fujian, "walked and lived" in Nanchang for half a lifetime. Middle-aged, less momentum when he was young, Mr. Wang began to cultivate his own interests and hobbies; it was also due to interest, Mr. Wang set up a storefront in the antique market in Nanchang, but because the profession was not strong, the business could only be said to be average.
In any case, Mr. Wang loves this piece, and does not seek business prosperity, so he walks around the major antique distribution centers in Nanchang; one day in 2009, Mr. Wang walked around the antique market as usual and inadvertently found an "ancient book" on the stall.
Realistically speaking, Mr. Wang at that time was only out of curiosity, because this "book" was really too old, not only rotten like a twist flower, but also obviously blistered on the yellowed paper; speaking of this, some friends would say "antiques, how can it be called antiques?" ”
That's true, but it's also a case in the circle. For example, bronzes, don't care about the pre-Qin, or Western Han, the first element is that the utensils are as complete as possible; on the contrary, bronzes that have become fragments are still difficult to attract attention in theory, with the exception of fragments with inscriptions.
Knowledgeable friends may have heard such words as "Qin Copper Han Yu Tang Jin Song Shu", which probably refers to the representative cultural relics of various dynasties, "Song Shu" refers to: the butterfly carved paper book of the Song Dynasty; the preciousness of the "Book of Song" is comparable to the pre-Qin bronze, and there is also "one page of yellow paper and one or two gold" in the circle.
To explain, Mr. Wang is good at antiques and miscellaneous items, and has not studied the "Book of Song"; after some conversation, the stall owner told Mr. Wang that this "book" was fished out of the ancient tomb by Tufuzi.
Knowledgeable friends may know that the silk, paper, etc. in the ancient tomb are difficult to preserve, so the Tufuzi does not pay attention to these; really fishing out silk or ancient books from the ancient tomb, most of them are sold for half when they change hands. Mr. Wang is an insider, and he naturally knows that after some bargaining, this "old book" was sold for 500. Mr. Wang is not willing, how to say that 500 rotten old books are really not cost-effective; but if it is a "Song Book", then the value is immeasurable.
To put it simply, Mr. Wang entrusted people to contact cultural relics experts and ancient book experts to help identify, and at first even experts shook their heads at this "rotten" book. However, after turning the page after page, the experts were startled, and they saw that the layout style of the "bad book", the ink color of the printing paper, the font knife method, and other aspects were not the appearance of ancient folk publications.
Obviously, the layout of "bad books" is rigorous, the font is decent, and the paper alone is different from the "straw paper" used by ancient folk. After preliminary identification, experts believe that this "book" is a product of the Northern Song Dynasty, but because the paper was soaked in water, it was not very sure, so it had to be identified while repairing. Suddenly, the expert excitedly shouted out a sentence of "Etiquette Rhyme", and these four words also frightened Mr. Wang.
Here to explain, the "etiquette rhyme" in the mouth of experts also refers to a book, or an indispensable tool book for ancient students. In ancient times, the examination of the examination was extremely strict, and the students who should take the exam should not say that they wrote a typo on the examination paper, that is, there was a little oil stain on the paper, and this exam was finished.
However, ancient students can bring a book into the examination room, that is, the "Libu Rhyme Strategy", which is similar to today's "Xinhua Dictionary", which is convenient for students to consult the music law, strange characters, taboo words, etc.; the "Libu Rhyme Strategy" is a revised version of the "Guangyun", the official rhyme book compiled by the emperor in the fourth year of Song Renzong Jingyou (1037 AD) by the current great Ru Dingdu and others.
If you look at it from a historical point of view, the "Rebbe Rhyme Strategy" is the authority of the ancient rhyme book, which is regarded as the "Gui Zhen" by later generations, and its influence is far beyond the scope of the imperial examination, and its research value is self-evident today.
Of course, due to its age, today's "Rebbe Rhymes" is almost extinct, only one existing copy and lost overseas, it is rumored to be the "treasure of the town temple" of Japan's Zhenfu Temple, published in the fifth year of Song Yuanyou (1090); what is rare is that Mr. Wang's "Rebbe Rhymes", its publication time is actually decades earlier than the one that "lost overseas", in the words of experts: this is the only book at home and abroad.
A stone stirred up thousands of waves, the news of the discovery of the "Rebbe Rhyme Strategy" caused a sensation in an instant, and even the experts of the National Library of China spent 4 months to repair this "bad book"; however, the book was Mr. Wang's after all, although experts from all walks of life made efforts and proposed to buy, mr. Wang still put forward a sky-high demand of 5 million.
At that time, experts hoped that Mr. Wang could take the initiative to donate, and then felt that its asking price was too high, so the two sides did not negotiate; until 2013, in the Beijing "Autumn Auction", "Rebbe Yunluo" appeared again, and the bidding reserve price was 8 million, and finally it was sold at a sky-high price of 26 million.
Realistically speaking, Mr. Wang really "picked up the leak" this time, and even exchanged 500 for 26 million, which is not a "lottery" that can be compared; ordinary people look at it, Mr. Wang is a great luck, but it also brings him "heavenly" trouble.
As mentioned earlier, the stall owner once said to Mr. Wang: "Rotten books" were fished out of the ancient tomb by Tufuzi. This is difficult to explain, since it is a thing in an ancient tomb, it is naturally a national cultural relic, how can it be "personally owned"? Not only that, since Mr. Wang knew that the book came from an "ancient tomb", first, he did not take the initiative to report it to the relevant departments; second, Mr. Wang knew that it was a cultural relic, and he took the initiative to participate in the "illegal trade" activities, which are all serious illegal acts.
In this regard, some experts also put forward evidence, saying that today's "Libu Yunluo" is very similar to the previous archaeological excavation of a "Mengqiu" edition, which shows that today's "Libu Yunluo" is most likely also from an ancient tomb; according to the legend in the circle, some people also sued Mr. Wang in court on this basis.
Of course, Mr. Wang also has his own reasons. First, although the stall owner said that this "Libu Rhyme Strategy" came from an ancient tomb, after all, there was no tangible evidence, and even archaeologists could not explain which ancient tomb it came from; second, this Song version of "Libu Rhyme Strategy" was publicly sold, mr. Wang purchased it normally, and its behavior was legal and compliant.
After Mr. Wang spent 500 yuan to buy the "Rebbe Rhyme Strategy", this ancient book was Mr. Wang's "personal belongings"; since it was a "personal item", the subsequent auction was also legal and compliant.
Of course, having said that, there are still many entanglements between the two sides; as for how to develop in the future, it depends on which side has more sufficient evidence.