There are more than 1,000 museums in Japan today, about 1,000,000 museums, a total of more than 2 million pieces of Various Chinese cultural relics, just like many of the many extensions of the Book Saint Wang Xizhi, all of which lie quietly in Japanese museums. Although it was difficult to accept this fact for a while, we simply left behind a few national treasures. And these national treasures were preserved by a person who almost scattered his family wealth during the War of Resistance. This collector can be said to be unprecedented, or it can be said to be a latecomer. Let's go back to the war of resistance and get to know the guardian of this national treasure.
Zhang Boju was born in 1898 in Henan Province, and his cousin was the famous Yuan Shikai. Zhang Boju was gifted from an early age, and at the age of 9 he was able to write poetry alone, and was called a prodigy by the people around him. His father, Zhang Zhenfang, opened the earliest joint bank, and his family was also very well-off, so he did not have to worry about his future life, and he had been cultivating his hobbies. When Zhang Boju was 17 years old, he felt that there was no point in the official field, so he left the position of brigade commander given by his uncle and ran home to study his hobbies. But Zhang Zhenfang was afraid that Zhang Boju would be ruined, so he still let him go to his bank to work. Here often circulated a variety of cultural relics calligraphy and paintings, Zhang Boju, who was not interested in work, but during this time he studied antiques deeply. It was from this time that he also officially entered the world of collecting. Zhang Boju never bargained after seeing good things, so he soon became famous in the circle and was known as one of the four princes of the Republic of China.
In 1936, han gan of the Tang Dynasty made "Night Illumination White Map" was sold to the Japanese by Pu Xinqi 10,000 oceans. There are various inscriptions on it, which can be called national treasures at that time. After learning of this incident, Zhang Boju was very distressed, and he also asked for the first time to recover the painting. Unfortunately, the people who handled the work did not know anything about it, and eventually this national treasure still flowed overseas. At this time, Zhang Boju also learned that Pu Xinhu was also going to sell the Western Jin Dynasty calligrapher Lu Ji and personally wrote the "Ping Fu Ti". In order not to let this "first post in China" fall into the hands of foreigners, he decided to buy the word at all costs. But the price given by Pu Xinhu made Zhang Boju's heart half cold, 200,000 oceans is a solid astronomical number, it is obvious that this is to scare Zhang Boju away, let him stop moving the mind of the post. Zhang Boju did not give up, he was willing to buy the poster for 60,000 oceans, but Pu Xinqi still wanted to pay 200,000 yuan, so the second time still failed. On January 28, 1938, Zhang Boju received the news that Pu Xinqi was now in urgent need of money to do white things. Then he was ready to borrow 10,000 oceans, but with the Ping Fu Ti as collateral. The next day, Pu Xinqi took the word over, but it was 40,000 yuan to open, and Zhang Boju did not think much about it, and finally successfully bought the word. Pu Xinqi's front foot just left, and on the back foot, someone paid 200,000 yuan to buy "Ping Fu Post", but now that the word has reached Zhang Boju's hands, Pu Xinqi also regrets it.
On June 5, 1941, Zhang Boju, who was out on the job, was suddenly kidnapped by a gang and then asked his wife Pan Su for an additional 3 million yuan, otherwise the safety of the people would not be guaranteed. Pan Su put down the phone and immediately went to find Zhang Boju's brother, Sun Yaodong, who was also zhou Fohai's secretary at No. 76. After some investigation, it was found that the kidnapping case was related to No. 76. After Zhou Fohai heard about it, he also immediately ordered that the internal affairs should quickly solve this matter. The gang also knew that they were in trouble, so they handed Zhang Boju over to another group of kidnappers, and finally the ransom was raised from 3 million to 400,000. At Zhang Boju's behest, Pan Su sold out everything except calligraphy and painting, which saved Zhang Boju. After that, Zhang Boju hid all the calligraphy and paintings in the quilt and fled to Xi'an with his family.
In 1946, Zhang Boju received another message. That is, ma Jichuan, a framer, wanted to sell the Sui Dynasty's "You Chun Tu" to foreigners. At that time, Zhang Boju could be said to be penniless, and could only make this matter public first. After the people learned of this incident, Ma Jichuan did not dare to do anything more, and could only agree to sell to Zhang Boju for 220 taels of gold. Zhang Boju sold the family house in order to raise money, but when trading, he was asked for a temporary price, and Zhang Boju had no way, and finally he could only sell his wife's jewelry, which made all the painting money.
Zhang Boju scattered his family wealth, left many calligraphy and paintings by his side, and donated 8 top national treasures and other calligraphy and paintings to the state after liberation. In the end, he did not take those subsidies, leaving himself with only a certificate of praise. In the forbidden city now, half of the top calligraphy and paintings come from Zhang Boju, and "Ping Fu Ti" and "You Chun Tu" also lie quietly in the museum, telling the legendary story of Zhang Boju.