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Text Chapter 538: Thank You (Part 2)

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    Seeing that it was such a snuff bottle worth nearly three million, Chu Chen was surprised and could only shake his head and smile bitterly. Such a precious thing was regarded by Sun Dayou as having the highest value but only tens of thousands.  I don¡¯t know much about the market for antiques!  It seems that I have to remind him that if there is anything else at home, it is better to bring it to him to take a look, otherwise he will lose millions, which makes him feel distressed even thinking about it.  When Chu Chen saw Uncle Wu staring at the snuff bottle in his hand, he put it back into the box and said with a smile: "Uncle Wu, take a look!" Uncle Wu quickly stretched out his hands and took it out of the box.  He picked up the enamel snuff bottle, held it up, looked at the light, and admired it carefully, while he kept clicking his tongue and admiring it.  Seeing the expressions of the two people, Sun Dayou still didn't understand that what he brought must be a great thing. This made him a little confused and asked: "Isn't this just a snuff bottle? My neighbor has been there for a few months."  I bought one for 1,000 yuan, but it only cost 1,000 yuan. Although the little figure on my snuff bottle looks pretty good, it¡¯s not much expensive after all, right?¡± Chu Chen shook his head and said, ¡°Mr. Sun, I also have this snuff bottle.  Good or bad, this is a snuff bottle made during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. It is very precious. "How precious is it?" Sun Dayou asked curiously.  "I estimate it is about three million!" Chu Chen nodded towards Zhou Wenping and Lao Wu who came back, and then replied.  "What!" Sun Dayou opened his mouth immediately when he heard the value Chu Chen said. He was so shocked that a little thing of only five or six centimeters could be worth so much. He didn't know what to say.  It¡¯s been half an hour.  Sun Dayou came back to his senses and said a little tongue-tied: "Boss Chu, you are not lying to me, are you? Such a small thing. How can it be of such high value?" Lao Wu said: "Lao Sun.  , how could our boss lie to you? You don¡¯t understand the antique market, so you think it is expensive, but the value in the market is what our boss said. After all, our boss can¡¯t have trouble with money, right?  No!" Sun Dayou heard what Lao Wu said and already believed this fact in his heart.  This made him somewhat embarrassed. After all, he was planning to give this thing to Chu Chen. In the end, it seemed like a door-to-door sales promotion, which really embarrassed his face.  Chu Chen saw Sun Dayou's thoughts at a glance. He smiled and said: "Mr. Sun, speaking of which, I have to thank you. Snuff bottles like this are very rare. I can't buy them even if I want to.  , but I didn¡¯t expect you to come to my door. No wonder I saw magpies chirping in front of my door today!¡± Although I knew Chu Chen was exaggerating, Sun Dayou didn¡¯t feel as embarrassed as before.  He said with a smile: "Boss Chu, as long as you like it. But the price must not be as expensive as you said. After all, you are talking about the market price. This is a friendship price between us!" "Then I will start with  Thank you, old man!" After Chu Chen thanked him, he said, "But let's wait until I finish reading the next thing." Sun Da nodded and said, "Okay, you can.  Look. But there is a painting in the box. There may be some holes in it due to storage issues in the early years. I didn¡¯t want to take it over at first. My son said that the painting looked like it was very old. Let me  Bring it here, maybe you will like it! Don¡¯t worry about it if it¡¯s tattered!¡± ¡°No, no, don¡¯t worry about it!¡± Chu Chen waved his hand with a smile, and then opened the lid.  When I opened it, there was a folded piece of drawing paper inside. It looked like it was indeed quite old, and due to poor preservation, the drawing paper looked like it had some mildew spots and holes. Fortunately, it looked like it was in good condition.  It wasn't too serious, and Chu Chen's brows relaxed a lot.  Carefully unfolding the paper, the content on the scroll immediately came into view. However, when everyone saw the content, they were all shocked. Zhou Wenping even exclaimed: ""Dead Wood, Bamboo and Stone Picture"!  ¡± The reason why everyone is so surprised is precisely because the content on the scroll is very similar to the "Dead Wood, Bamboo and Stone Picture" by Su Shi.  Except for the two inscriptions and postscripts next to it, the entire picture only contains a dead tree, a few thin grasses under the tree, a stone as hard as a fist, and one or two sparse bamboos behind the stone.  That dead tree didn't have a single leaf. The main pole was bent and crooked. A thick branch was broken at one-third of the main pole. The main pole was twisted and twisted in an unreasonable direction at two-thirds of the way. The treetops tried their best to upward.  , very similar to the shape of deer antler, and the strange appearance is like a depression in the chest.  Su Shi, the famous Su Dongpo, is a household name in our country.  However, generally speaking, what everyone pays attention to is Su Dongpo's literary attainments, and he is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of our country for thousands of years.?Recognized as one of the most outstanding people in literature and art.  But what is little known is that his achievements in painting creation and painting theory are not as high as his literary achievements.  In the history of Chinese painting, Su Shi's status far exceeds that of many famous painters and theorists in the Song Dynasty.  Su Shi¡¯s main contribution in this field lies in the ¡°literati painting¡± that he jointly promoted with his cousin Wen Tong and close friend Mi Fu.  Their purpose and pursuit are quite clear. They mainly oppose the neat and elegant style of the courtyard and advocate careless writing and no effort in work.  "Scholar painting" highlights "morale" and "elegance", advocates fine things, seeks to integrate poetry, calligraphy and painting into one, making painting literary, and pioneering the traditional theory of Chinese scholar painting in my country's classical painting.  But it is a pity that among Su Shi's poems, calligraphy and painting works, very few paintings have been handed down to the world. For example, the "Withered Wood, Bamboo and Stone Picture" that Zhou Wenping exclaimed has now flowed to the island country. It is rare to see it, which made Chu Chen and others feel very sad.  Unfortunately, this is also the fundamental reason why everyone is so surprised.  But immediately Uncle Wu frowned and said, "No, although this is very similar to "Dead Wood, Bamboo and Stone", some of the painting methods and techniques are different, and the artistic conception is also different." 1079, Su Shi  His political opponents quoted Su Shi's poems out of context to frame political charges, which led to the famous literary inquisition and the Wutai Poetry Case.  This time, if it weren't for the legacy of Song Shenzong's ancestor "not to kill scribes" and his deep appreciation of Su Shi's talents, Su Shi would not have been able to escape this disaster.  Finally, Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou.  "The Picture of Dead Wood, Bamboo and Stone" was born from this. The picture is full of pessimistic and depressive emotions, which makes people feel very uncomfortable after looking at it for a long time.  But the painting in front of them, in addition to being pessimistic and depressing, also contains an extremely sad and desolate meaning, as if it is an old man with a frail and frail body who is about to pass away. The sight of it moved Chu Chen and the others' hearts.  They all constantly gave rise to feelings of depression and sadness, which was very uncomfortable.  However, everyone soon made a discovery and understood why this painting had such an artistic conception, because judging from the poem beside it, Su Dongpo was already dead when he painted this painting, and the poem  , it is the desperate poem he wrote.  Why did Su Dongpo paint this work and write a poem before his death?  This makes everyone feel very strange.  When Chu Chen saw the promotion of another person, he suddenly said: "It turns out that this painting was given to Huang Tingjian by Su Dongpo before he died!" "How did Su Dongpo think that he would send such a painting to Huang Tingjian before he died?"  Lao Wu asked strangely.  "It's normal for Su Dongpo to give Huang Tingjian such a painting!" Chu Chen thought for a while and said.  When Su Shi saw Huang Tingjian's poems and essays for the first time while sitting on the chair of Huang Tingjian's uncle Sun Jue, he was shocked by his transcendence. Sun Jue asked Su Shi to make his name famous. Su Shi laughed: "This man is like fine gold and jade.  If you don¡¯t approach others, others will take the initiative to approach you. If you can¡¯t get fame, why should you become famous?¡± When Huang Tingjian was thirty-four years old, he wrote two poems and sent them to Su Shi.  I am afraid that I will not be able to make friends with you, but you have treated me so politely today, and I am almost unbearable." At that time, Su Shi was already famous all over the world, and Huang Tingjian was only a temporary figure. This shows how much Su Shi appreciated Huang Tingjian.  The two cherished each other.  It was precisely because of Su Shi's appreciation that Huang Tingjian had a rough life.  A year later, Su Shi was imprisoned for the "Wutai Poetry Case" and was almost beheaded. Although Huang Tingjian had never met Su Shi, he was fined 20 kilograms of copper for singing in exchange for him.  Seven years later, as the new emperor ascended the throne, Su Shi seemed to have turned around, and he and Huang Tingjian were recruited back to the capital. The two had known each other for a long time, but they met for the first time.  However, the good times did not last long. In the next few years, the two fell into love again, and in the end they were both demoted.  Finally, before Su Dongpo left, he asked Huang Tingjian to meet him at Poyang Lake for three days, and this meeting became a farewell.  After listening to Chu Chen's account, Lao Wu cried out for Huang Tingjian: "This Su Dongpo is simply a loser. Huang Tingjian is a good person, but because of his friendship with him, he ended up like this. What a pity!"  "What you said is wrong!" Uncle Wu said with a smile: "I think the reason why the two of them are like this is because their personalities are too straight and are not suitable for staying in the officialdom of intrigues. In the end, they end up feeling the same pain.  His career is gone!" "Oh! Good people still don't get rewarded!" Sun Dayou sighed from the side.  Everyone shook their heads. In politics, people often refuse to give up until they achieve their goals. When someone cares whether the other person is a good person or not!  "Then what does this painting mean?" Lao Wu continued the question just now.  Chu Chen said: "I think it might be Su Dongpo who died before he died.Let's complain. His life has been too rough and he has been depressed. You can imagine the depression in his heart. Huang Tingjian's experience can be said to be the same as his. In addition, the two of them cherish each other, so they are a good friend.  It is probably because of this that he painted this work and gave it to him!  "(To be continued)
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