His ancestors were Qing Dynasty officials, and his family heirloom antiques were piled up in 72 rooms, and 2 trucks were handed over to the national fashion
Literature and history of literature and martial arts
In the late Qing Dynasty, there were also many sages, but the evaluation of them by later generations was very different, even
Polarization
。 Like what
Zeng Guofan
Many people say that without his suppression, then the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could overthrow the Manchu Qing, and the open-minded Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could better learn and absorb the advanced ideas and technologies of foreign powers, then modern China would not be ravaged by the great powers. There is also Zuo Zongtang, and some even call him
"Left Butcher", "Executioner"
However, in the history of the late Qing Dynasty
The most controversial
There is no great official
Li
。
Li Hongzhang's life can be described as a very legend, and Li Hongzhang
Outside of politics
His favorite is the collection of antique cultural relics such as books, calligraphy and paintings, which Li Hongzhang collects in a residence in Shanghai
"Wangyun Caotang"
and a large number of precious cultural relics. In addition, the status of the Li family in the last years of the Qing Dynasty was not ordinary,
Not only are they frequent officials, but they are also good at business
A large amount of wealth has been accumulated in the past hundred years. It is also quite powerful in the collection of cultural relics and antiques. Especially Li Hongzhang, he is very fond of collecting all kinds of bronzes, porcelain, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, and so on.
However, after the death of Li Hongzhang, most of the descendants chose to abandon the official and engage in business, although they did not have the scenery of the political period, but they emerged in the collection industry. Among them, the most famous is Li Hongzhang's nephew and grandson -
Li Yinxuan.
Li Yinxuan received the cultural influence of the family since he was a child, and began to be obsessed with antique cultural relics as a teenager, starting from a small copper coin to collect, Chinese, foreign, in the past few decades, Li Yinxuan has collected about
More than 30,000 ancient coins from various countries
especially
Ancient Greek and Roman coins
, the value is already immeasurable. Later, Li Yinxuan began to collect various types
Bronzes, seals, porcelain
And so on, there are countless cultural relics. It was precisely because of this that Li Yinxuan vacated
72 rooms
The houses were used to store artifacts, and a cleaner was hired to clean the rooms on a daily basis.
Locked into the bank's vault
, so that these precious cultural relics can be preserved. Li Yinxuan cherishes these cultural relics very much, each cultural relics are personally examined by himself, during which he will also read a large number of ancient books, if he encounters that he does not understand, he will ask other experts to "verify his body", and Li Yinxuan, who is low-key, rarely mentions it to others
His relationship with Li Hongzhang
I hope I can be an ordinary person.
In the 1970s, in order to keep these cultural relics from being damaged, Li Yinxuan thought of a professional protection agency.
National Museum
So Li Yinxuan made a general
The decision to donate all artifacts in their entirety.
And this decision also fully shows that Li Yinxuan is not because of how much wealth these antique relics can bring him, but because he cherishes the immeasurable historical value of these antiques. Finally, pass by the Shanghai Museum
Two days and one night
Under the hard work, all these antique relics were finally transported away, and these cultural relics
Enough loaded with 2 trucks!
In 1979, when the museum was ready to return the cultural relics to Li Yinxuan, it was rejected by Li Yinxuan's wife, Ms. Qiu Hui. She said:
Her husband had died of illness in 1972, and he hoped that the cultural relics he treasured could be displayed in the museum for more people to see, so that people could better study and understand the history of the motherland.
Today, when we go to admire these artifacts again, they will be conspicuously seen on them
"Donated by Li Yinxuan Qiu Hui",
But few people know that he is
and this also represents the end of an era.