Puyi was the last emperor, and he once said that he grew up in a pile of cultural relics, so a casual glance at cultural relics can identify authenticity. The last emperor Puyi was still like this, what would happen to Qianlong, who had been emperor all his life? Today, let's talk about the Qianlong Emperor's eye for identifying antiques, and see what is the superiority of this mercurial emperor? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you.
The Qianlong Emperor, known as Ai Xinjueluo Hongli, was the fourth emperor after the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains. The Qianlong Emperor seems to have been born with a golden key, he did not need to fix the power like his own emperor Kangxi, nor did he need to compete with his brothers for the throne like his own emperor Ama Yongzheng, in the face of the strong national strength accumulated by the Kangyong and Yong dynasties, Qianlong pushed the national strength of the Qing Dynasty to the peak of its peak without suspense.
The Qianlong Emperor was extravagant in his life, paying attention to the prestige of the Heavenly Son in everything, and the cost of going down to Jiangnan every time was quite huge. In addition, Qianlong had a great interest in Chinese literature, whether it was poetry, painting, music, etc. were quite accomplished. The emperor, who lived to live for 89 years and a long life, was also a prolific poet, composing more than 40,000 poems in his lifetime, far more than the total number of works of Tang Dynasty poets.
The Qianlong Emperor was quite obsessed with ancient cultural relics, and even in order to collect treasures, he also specially ordered people to build a private museum of "Tianlu Linlang" for his daily enjoyment and tasting. The Qianlong Emperor has always had a bad habit of his favorite calligraphy and painting works, and he will unceremoniously stamp his seal on the ancient painting posters, and take pleasure in it, regardless of the feelings of the ancients and future generations (no one knows whether he is protecting cultural relics or damaging cultural relics).
Of course, one thing is still worth affirming, the Qianlong Emperor has lived in a luxurious and luxurious imperial palace since childhood, and has his own unique eye for the appreciation of cultural relics.
Qianlong once received a calligraphy and painting submitted by a tax collector, who always thought that it was the authentic handwriting of Mi Fu, but when he submitted it, he was still modest and wanted the Qianlong Emperor to be holy.
Mi Fu was a famous painter and calligrapher during the Song Dynasty, and together with Cai Xiang, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian, he was called the "Four Houses of Song", and his calligraphy and painting works handed down can be called treasures among treasures.
When the Qianlong Emperor saw that his courtiers were so filial, he took the calligraphy and paintings to watch, and when he looked at it, the smile on his face began to gradually converge, and then the imperial pen Zhu approved four big characters "fake, don't", so that the tax collector touched a nose of ash.
Another time, the Qianlong Emperor went to the treasury to inspect the jade collection, and by chance, he found a jade axe covered with dust and stains in the corner. The Qianlong Emperor looked closely and found that the handle of the axe was written with the words "C class" (A, B, C, and C, which is equivalent to inferior products). However, under the careful observation of the Qianlong Emperor, he found that its jade was simple and quite ancient, and he was pleased to let the craftsmen carefully clean it, and sure enough, it was determined that it was a high ancient jade from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.
The Qianlong Emperor was very proud and emotional about this, proud that he could see the treasure with his eyes, and even more lamented that the treasures in the world were buried like talents, so he made the "Ancient Jade Axe Record" as a memorial.
In addition to scribbling on antiquities and superb appreciation, the Qianlong Emperor also personally manufactured antiquities, and even many antiquities became valuable because of Qianlong's deliberate processing.
In the treasure house of Qianlong, there is a green glaze pot from the Han Dynasty, and the process used in this green glaze pot is exactly the green glaze method. The green glaze craft appeared in the middle of the Warring States period, due to the war, it was once lost, until the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the green glaze craft was developed, so the green glaze artifacts that can be passed down to future generations belong to precious treasures.
The Qianlong Emperor once received a green glazed pot, and out of love for this antiquity, the Qianlong Emperor specially gave it an endowment to express his emotions. Its endowment: "There is Yu He Tu Gui Chun, Dong Guan Shu Si Tao People." No mane did not see this figure, and it was unearthed in the soil for thousands of years. The green spots are all around the body, and the light bandits are real on the inside. At first glance, Xia Ding Shang Yi Cun, Fu Zhi's body is light and strong. Its sound is clearer and clearer, and it is a pottery that becomes a god. The bitterness is not what it is, and the dry and wet is damaged by the stripping. Make me Mugu light and precious, Mu Ran if you see Feng Chu Lun."
Just making endowments is a bit of an understatement, and it is not in line with the character of the Qianlong Emperor. Therefore, in order to show his talent, the Qianlong Emperor specially ordered the craftsmen to engrave this poem on the bottle body. If it is an ordinary person, engraving words on antiquities is to reduce the value of cultural relics and "paint snakes and add feet", but the Qianlong Emperor is different. Because he is the famous "God" Emperor.
When the cultural relics experts of later generations identified the green glaze pot, they all believed that Qianlong's move was really a "finishing touch", which increased the cultural relics value of the green glaze pot by a large margin.
Throughout Qianlong's life, although later generations have praised and deprecated his talents, we have to admit that the Qianlong Emperor's ability to appreciate cultural relics is absolutely expert-level. Fortunately, thanks to the experts like Qianlong in the Qing Palace, so many precious cultural relics can be left for future generations, otherwise, many treasures will definitely be completely buried in the world.
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm