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    After entering and sitting down, Wang Guan also looked at the surrounding environment. He saw that this was a bookstore. The layout was naturally clean and tidy, and full of a strong aroma of books.

    Wang Guan paid careful attention and found that there were many books in the store, including foreign books in English and naturally Chinese books. In addition, the Chinese books also included ancient and modern books.  At first glance, Wang Guan did not expect that he could actually see the existence of some ancient books thousands of miles away in a foreign country.

    While Wang Guan was marveling in his heart, he heard Mr. Zhou say with a smile: "Brother Xu, you are always like this. You don't sell these things, but you put them in the most conspicuous position. This is obviously an attempt to seduce people and commit crimes."  Well."

    "You are greedy yourself, why don't you blame others?" Mr. Xu said with a smile, his hands and feet were very nimble, he made tea in a few seconds and poured a cup for everyone.

    "My family has gold, but it has to be displayed in the bustling city. Why don't people covet it?" Zhou Lao said eloquently. He raised his cup and took a sip of tea, and praised twice: "Before the rain, Biluochun, it is rare that you have preserved it until now.  "

    "What a bustling city."

    At the same time, Mr. Xu sighed: "My shop sells mostly traditional cultural books. There are relatively few people who visit it, and the location is remote, so it can be said to be empty. Putting things here is nothing more than  It¡¯s just for my own entertainment.¡±

    Everyone understands Mr. Xu¡¯s lament. After all, with the advancement of science and technology, various entertainment activities are changing with each passing day, and fewer and fewer people read books.  It¡¯s not that everyone doesn¡¯t like reading. In fact, there are many people who are willing to read books. It¡¯s just that they no longer go to traditional physical bookstores to browse, but browse through computers, mobile phones, etc.

    Times are advancing, and the way of reading is also changing.  Naturally, it gives people the illusion that modern young people are less and less interested in reading books.

    No matter what, it is a fact that it is difficult to maintain physical bookstores, and it is also a global problem.  It¡¯s no wonder that when online literature emerged, it was suppressed by people from traditional culture. It was obvious that they had already seen the threat to themselves from emerging industries.

    Although in the eyes of many traditional cultural people, books can be regarded as the most important carrier of inheriting traditional Chinese culture for thousands of years.  In an era before computers, voice recorders and cameras, everyone had come through this. Naturally, there was no need to abandon it, and it was impossible to abandon it.

    But in the Internet age of pursuing fast food.  Everyone has become accustomed to the fast pace of life. Many people are not even interested in going to physical bookstores to buy new books, let alone calm down and read them slowly.  Although they also agree that reading paper books is more enjoyable, reading on computers and mobile phones is more convenient and faster.

    Even modern books.  Young people are not happy to touch it, let alone study an obscure ancient book.

    This is a digression. At this time, after hearing Mr. Xu's complaint, which was not a complaint, Mr. Zhou naturally felt relieved: "It's good to be able to entertain yourself. After all, the fun of studying ancient books is like drinking water. Knowing whether you are warm or cold."

    "That's right."

    Xu Laoshen thought so, and pulled out an ancient book. While touching the yellowed cover, he sighed with emotion: "The pages of yellowed paper. The horizontal and vertical square characters convey the essence of culture and history.  The roots. I remember decades ago, the first time I came into contact with an ancient book, it seemed to be a painting manual."

    "Specifically, it was the Xuanhe painting book. Or the Mustard Seed Garden painting book. My memory is a little blurry. But I have never forgotten the mood at that time. After I got the painting book, I couldn't put it down. I would read it with a kerosene lamp at night, and my mind would wander when I was sleeping.  It is full of lifelike, delicate and smooth lines"

    While speaking, Mr. Xu smiled and said: "Perhaps it was that contact that left a deep impression on me, and then I got a complex about ancient books. Whenever I go to a place, I have to go to the ancient bookstores there to see if there are any ancient books.  Painting manual. After reading the painting manual, I looked through other books and thought it was good, so I officially started collecting ancient books."

    "I think back then, although there were not many ancient books, there were still a lot of them. Every second-hand bookstore had some, especially in rural houses, and they were placed in piles in big wooden boxes. Almost every visit to the countryside was a harvest.  During the trip, my backpack couldn¡¯t fit in my backpack, so I returned with a full load. But in just a dozen years, the situation has changed drastically.¡±

    At this time, Mr. Xu looked helpless: "Don't say that there are no ancient books in the second-hand bookstore. Even if there are some old books from the Republic of China, the price is more expensive than the last."

    "Brother Xu, don't try to pick up the slack."

    At the right time, Mr. Zhou said with a smile: "From ancient times to the present, many of the collections that can be left behind have been unearthed from the ground, but books are an exception. It is precisely because the ancients kept them out of love, hid them out of kindness, and read them out of them that they became  The carriers and physical evidence of these times have been handed down to this day and have become cultural treasures. In the past, due to special reasons, people did not pay attention to books, which is understandable."

    ?"However, after solving the problem of food and clothing, everyone naturally picked up traditional culture again. Moreover, because it is not easy to preserve, the number of ancient books handed down for thousands of years is limited, and high-quality products are even harder to find. There has been no waste paper for a hundred years, and the price has naturally been rising.  .¡±

    Hearing this, everyone agreed very much.

    In the world of ancient book collection, it is true that there is no waste paper for a hundred years. As long as it is handed down for more than a hundred years, it has certain research and collection value.  Don't ignore the author of this book because he is unknown, because under the historical conditions at that time, all the books that could be printed were high-quality books.  Even if it is not everyone, it must have its historical and cultural value that has been passed down to this day.

    After all, although history is measured vertically, when we study history, we need horizontal comparisons.  Only by quoting from many sources and using many documents can we restore the historical truth to the greatest extent possible.  In this case, every book handed down from ancient times naturally has research value.

    ??Besides, it is different from modern mechanized printing of hundreds of thousands of books in a row.  In ancient times, it was very expensive to publish a book. If an author wanted to print a book, not only did he not have royalties, he even had to pay for it himself.

    That¡¯s it, everyone has extremely high requirements for engraving and strives for excellence, which is naturally more precious.  Especially the unique, rare and rare books are worth thousands of gold.

    In the ancient book collection, there is a saying that the rare book is earlier than Qianlong.  In the ancient book market, books before the Yuan Dynasty are often sold in fragmented pages, books in the Ming Dynasty are sold in pages, and books in the Qing Dynasty are sold in volumes.  For modern collectors, books written before Qianlong are very rare and rare.

    In addition, among the ancient books of the same period, the engraving is better than the printed version, the initial engraving is better than the re-engraving, the color combination is better than the single color, and the pictures are better than the text.  The division of different levels has formed a very complete set of market rules.  The chances of picking up leaks are naturally becoming less and less.

    In fact, it is easiest to succeed when there is chaos.  For example, when the Internet economy emerged, some people actively participated in it and easily achieved the myth of wealth.  But with the establishment of the Internet landscape, if later generations want to succeed, they will need huge investments.

    The same is true in the collection market. The golden age of collecting leaks has passed, and now it is the world of capital.  Ordinary people have limited funds and can only fiddle with gadgets such as walnuts.  Only the rich can afford those collectibles at auction that can easily cost hundreds of millions, or even over 100 million.

    It is because they understand this truth that Mr. Zhou and others can sigh like this.

    "correct."

    At the same time, Mr. Zhou said with a smile: "The Bogu map you snatched away from me back then should not be lost now."

    "Why are you robbing you"

    Mr. Xu was unhappy: "Obviously you wanted to steal it from me, but luckily I was quick and didn't get it away from you."

    While talking, Mr. Xu stood up, rummaged around on the bookshelf next to him, and then walked back carefully holding a book.  At this moment, Wang Guan and others were also very interested and quickly paid attention.

    "This is a Bogu map from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty"

    After putting down the book, Mr. Xu was a little happy, but also a little regretful: "It's a pity that it's not the Xuanhe Bogu Tu of the Song Dynasty."

    Xuanhe, that was the reign name of Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.  As we all know, Zhao Ji was a very elegant emperor. In the eyes of future generations, he was similar to Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty. They were both extremely high-level artists. Unfortunately, he did not have the talent to be an emperor, so he became a king who subjugated his country.

    Aside from Zhao Yan's all kinds of faintness during his reign, he did not mention it, but in terms of art, he had a lot of contributions.  For example, he ordered the ministers to compile and draw the ancient artifacts stored in the Xuanhe Hall and compile thirty volumes of Xuanhe Bogutu.

    The Bogu Tu records more than 800 pieces of bronze ware from the Shang Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty that were collected by the royal family in the Xuanhe Hall at that time, focusing on the essence of the bronze ware collected in the Song Dynasty.  Each item has an image drawn, an inscription outlined, and the size, capacity, weight, etc. of the item recorded, or accompanied by textual research, which provides relatively detailed information for future generations to study bronzes.

    After the Bogu Tu was completed, many versions were circulated in later generations, including reprints in Nanning, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

    "Among the reprinted versions of Bogu Tu, the best one is definitely the one reprinted by Jiang Yang during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and the more widely used version is the Yizhengtang Renovation Baogutang version by Huang Sheng, Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty."

    At this time, Zhou Lao commented: "In comparison, the version from the Wanli period is indeed a little inferior, but it is not bad."

    "As for the authentic copy from the Xuanhe period."

    As he spoke, Mr. Zhou also felt a little yearning for it: "That is a rare treasure that can only be found but not sought."

    "Not only is it rare, but it's also very expensive." At the same time, a great expert next to him smiled and said: "One page of the Song Dynasty edition, one tael of gold,Even if you find it, you can't afford it.  "

    "Right."

    Everyone nodded, it was a fact recognized in the industry that the Song Dynasty edition of ancient books had the highest price in the market.  After all, printing technology had become mature during the Song Dynasty, whether it was paper and ink or typesetting and printing technology.  In this environment, the price of printed books that have not been destroyed for thousands of years and have been passed down to the present will definitely be higher than gold.

    "Fortunately, we don't have to buy"

    While he was talking, someone patted Wang Guan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "We agreed that after we get the thing, we will lend it to us for a period of time to study it."

    "I can't forget" Wang Guan sighed: "I don't dare to forget!" (To be continued)
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