introduction
Media reports are often aimed at attracting people's attention, and the stories about various "prodigies" are undoubtedly a good subject. Bai Juyi said in the "Five Songs of Speech and The Third": "The test jade must be burned for three days, and the identification of materials must be waited for seven years." "Time is the best touchstone, and many well-known prodigies, after the verification of time and facts, will find that they are either invisible when they grow up, or they are hype from the beginning."
Antique connoisseurship is out of reach for most people. One is because the collection of antiques requires relatively strong economic strength, and the other is because antiques are difficult to distinguish between true and false, which requires high artistic attainments and historical background. And even so, even experts have a time to look away, and it is even more difficult for ordinary people.
▲ Experts appreciate antiques
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At present, many experts in the identification of cultural relics have a high level of achievement in antique cultural relics, which is not only obtained through learning, but also requires long-term practical experience. There are no shortcuts in this industry, and the more you see, the more you naturally understand. Therefore, for people who can be called experts in antique cultural relics, they are generally not too young, after all, this industry needs time to precipitate and accumulate. But there was a teenager named Hao Di, who was once called a prodigy in the archaeological community. Articles about him circulate online every few years, and they are constantly being questioned because they are so unbelievable.
Born in 1985, Hao Di has not been interested in other toys since he was a child, only likes cultural relics and history. From the age of 6, he went alone to the antiquities market to treasure and buy things. When he was 8 years old, once, Hao Di picked up a large number of broken porcelain pieces from a construction site, and then went to the antique market to sell them one after another, and these broken porcelain pieces sold for 170,000 yuan. After this matter was learned by the collector Wang Peng, he asked Hao Di to identify more than 3,000 ancient coins, and Hao Di only took a few minutes to recognize 7 problematic coins, hao Di's ability to identify ancient coins was so high that it was really frightening, and soon his fame spread throughout the antique circle.
▲ Hao Di old photo
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From the age of 10, Hao Di began to collect and examine ancient armor. At the age of 12, he had a very in-depth study of Platinum Sanpin and Fish Gut Sword, and solved related puzzles. In the second year, at the age of 13, Hao Di became a member of the Chinese Society of Culture and Science, and he was also the youngest member of the society. Because of his superb ability to appreciate, Hao Di had a collection worth hundreds of millions of dollars before he became an adult.
When Hao Di was 15 years old, some experts said that there would not be more than 10 ancient numismatic experts in China who could talk to Hao Di. Hao Di became a professional in museums across the country who competed to invite treasure hunting. At the age of 21, Hao Di was known as the "first person in Chinese archaeology", and what is even more amazing is that he can also find treasures for people only through photos.
▲ Hao Di Jian Bao old photo
The above is only part of the legend about Hao Di, the story of Hao Di and cultural relics, a casual search on the Internet, you can find a lot. But at the same time, there are also many voices of doubt, and in terms of common sense, Hao Di's ability to identify cultural relics is too bizarre. Some people say that he is gifted, some people say that he is a crosser, and some people say that this person is pure hype, so is Hao Di wrapped in rumors a "myth" in the archaeological community, or a well-planned scam?
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Everything needs to rely on time and facts to speak, Hao Di is so big, of course, someone will investigate. First of all, the so-called crosser can be ignored, which is nonsense. As Su Shi said in "Jia Shu Send Zhang Hu": "Bo Guan and about to take, thick accumulation and thin hair." The industry of cultural relics appraisal requires more experience than other industries.
▲Ma Weidu photo
Most of the reports about Hao Di are exaggerated. Hao Di is known as "the first person in Chinese archaeology", but Ma Weidu, who is famous in the collection world, said that he did not know this person. Ma Weidu believes that in the collection world, it is not uncommon to pretend to be an expert to identify people, because Hao Di is young, so it is more eye-catching, in fact, many old gentlemen are not really knowledgeable. The implication of these words has been made clear: Ma Weidu believes that Hao Di is not at all the appraisal expert promoted in the media.
As for Hao Di's academic research on platinum three products and fish intestine sword, some netizens pointed out that no publication information was found in core journals and ordinary search engines, so Hao Di's so-called academic achievements were not so reliable. As for the fact that Hao Di is a visiting professor at Peking University mentioned in many media reports, it has also been explicitly denied by Liu Xiong, dean of the School of Cultural Relics of Peking University's Resources College.
epilogue
The legendary treasure stories about Hao Di were also taken out one by one for verification. In the end, most people think that Hao Di may have a certain talent, but it is far less magical, and may be regarded as a "prodigy" among his peers when he was a child, but as the media exposure increases, Hao Di and his family's thoughts may be used more elsewhere.
Resources:
"Five Songs of Speech , Part III"
"Jia Shu Send Zhang Hu"