I have no immunity to the eye-catching works of online writers. As long as he writes something, I can't help reading it. The Golden Pupil (renamed Death after publication) and The Master of Genius were read last year. I didn't take notes at that time, and I didn't leave a few words of reading experience. Generally speaking, these two books have also improved my posture. "Yellow" contains some appreciation of antique jade articles, as well as gambling on stones and robbing tombs, antique black market and other links, all of which are wonderful. There are many vague things about faces, formations and so on in heaven. In addition to imagination, I believe the author also refers to many historical materials and special books. Of course, this is only from a layman's point of view. A novel is neither a document nor a paper. If the plot is meaningful, it is the mission to attract readers to the plot. I have been reading Zeng Guofan's letters in my spare time these two days, and I can look at the eye-catching new book Bao Jian. I didn't resist reading ... eye-catching books. In my opinion, one of the important reasons why they are readable is that there is a lot of knowledge and traditional culture in the books that have been verified. For example, it is often explained that there are first-rate buddhas, second-rate immortals, third-rate emperors, fourth-rate officials, fifth-rate chefs (wineries), sixth-rate pawnbrokers, seventh-rate merchants (merchants) and eighth-rate visitors (manor owners). Nine-rate buddhas are divided into first-rate practitioners, second-rate doctors, third-rate geomantic omen (Mr. Feng Shui, Mr. YρN Yang), fourth-rate batch (eight-character batch, fortune teller) and fifth-rate painters ( These things, which have not been studied for a long time, can be described in such detail, which shows that he is one of the more responsible (at least not fabricated) online writers. Coupled with concise writing and ups and downs of the plot, it is more than enough to attract readers with average appreciation level like me. In addition, the author also has some views on antiques. What he wrote, for an amateur reader like me, is not obscure, but can also be regarded as a bit unconventional and long posture. For example, if antiques are divided into "big antiques" and "small antiques", then the concept of "big antiques" is all non-paper collections including ceramics. The concept of "small antiques" refers to jade, gold and silver, bronze, bamboo, horn, glass, feeder, enamel, teapot, snuff bottle, inkstone, Gu Mo, seal, coin, jade, amber, coral, crystal, pearl, agate and stone carving. Reading, my intention is to stand up. However, if I have to chew on a professional book, I will never be able to read it. Therefore, I am generally very willing to accept novels mixed with rigorous elements (human geography, historical allusions, etc.). ). Nowadays, Wen Shuang travels all over the world, and many books are about flowers in the later palace. However, in several of his books, pen and ink do not tend to create a magnificent and imaginative harem in order to attract attention or conform to the trend. I appreciate it. Almost none of the protagonists (men) in his books are promiscuous. In the current social atmosphere, the author who insists on not pleasing readers with vulgar tastes is unique. It is necessary to look at the knowledge points and the rhythm of an armchair strategist: the steps to identify ancient jade should first be viewed from the aspects of patina, erosion, jade quality, shape and spirit, corrosion, ornamentation, knife marks, etc ... As for Feng Shui master, I think what he said is very reliable. In his book, he said: After the founding of the People's Republic of China decades ago, the country's understanding of some things was a little bit. As for the congenital divination of feng shui fortune telling, they are all classified as feudal superstitions, and this situation is getting more and more serious. Once the slogan of breaking old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits was shouted out, a wave immediately swept the country. In this wave, there are countless acts of attacking temple monuments, destroying statues of gods and buddhas, memorial archways and stone tablets, confiscating burned books and famous calligraphy and painting, and even some monks and nuns are forced to return to the secular world, and those feng shui masters have no place to stand. In this case, on the contrary, Hong Kong Island, separated from the mainland by a wall, has preserved many traditional cultures of China. Whether it is practical or not, whether it is right or wrong, Hong Kong Island still uses traditional Chinese characters and retains the habit of reading vertically from right to left, which is also a part of the country's ancient civilization. As for the geomantic omen on Hong Kong Island, it is famous all over Southeast Asia. Among them, the incense of Wong Tai Sin Temple has flourished for decades. Almost all celebrities in Hong Kong Island will look for Feng Shui before buying a house and decorating a company. Even before shooting on Hong Kong Island, auspicious days are chosen, and then all kinds of livestock and ghosts are sacrificed before shooting can be started, which shows the degree of Hong Kong people's belief in Feng Shui. In this case, the grown-up Mr. Feng Shui still has some real talents and practical knowledge. After all, the rich and powerful people they contact are not fools, have no real skills, and don't want to be recognized by those people. As for the restoration of cultural relics, the book says: when it comes to the restoration of cultural relics, it actually comes down in one continuous line with cultural relics and antiques and has a long history. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a story about a fake tripod in Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals. By the Tang Dynasty, there had been imitations of previous paintings and calligraphy, and it was very popular in the Northern Song Dynasty. In particular, there are many imitations of bronzes, most of which are vessels of Shang Dynasty, and their shapes and decorations are very realistic. . After the Yuan Dynasty, due to years of war, imitation was at a low ebb, and the workmanship was not as good as that of the Song Dynasty. However, folk professional antique workshops have appeared, and folk workshops such as Jiang Niangzi in Hangzhou and Wang Ji in Pingjiang Road are quite famous for imitating ancient bronzes. Imitation in Ming Dynasty was not as good as that in Song Dynasty, and folk workshops were mainly in Jiangnan. Most imitators copied according to archaeological maps compiled by editors in Song Dynasty, and some bronze mirrors in Han Dynasty and grape mirrors in Tang Dynasty were rough. However, in the Ming Dynasty, there were also antique products. The antique furnace cast in Xuande period, also known as Xuande furnace, has many styles and is very exquisite and unique, and is famous for its ancient bronze furnace copied by Zhang and others in Jiaxing. By the Qing Dynasty, a hundred flowers were blooming, almost all ancient cultural relics were copied, and a large number of professional antique masters appeared. Such as Fan Shouxuan, Zhao Yunzhong, Wang, Li Fantang, Hu Qianzhen, Pan and Wang Hai in Beijing, Hu Mazi and Hu Shichang in Jinan, etc. These skilled craftsmen brought out many apprentices and gradually formed four schools, which antique dealers called Beijing School, Su School, Wei School and Chang 'an School. Beijing School was founded by "Clever Mouth Fish" from the Qing Palace Construction Office. He left the palace during the Revolution of 1911, and made a living by restoring ancient artifacts near the Qing Palace, and received seven apprentices. After liberation, some of their apprentices who were taught separately during the Anti-Japanese War entered the museum and became the first generation of cultural relics restorers in New China.
Su School, located in the south of the Yangtze River, has become the base of antique work since the Ming Dynasty and the Republic of China. In the late Qing Dynasty, famous antique bronze masters such as Zhou Meigu, Liu Junqing, Jiang Shengbao, Luo Qiyue and Jin Runsheng were well-known at home and abroad, and they were the representatives of the "Southern School" today. The current Nanjing Museum and Anhui Provincial Museum are the sources of the "Southern School" in the field of cultural relics restoration. Weifang School was formed in the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods of Qing Dynasty, and it was quite large in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Chang 'an, as one of the areas with the largest number of ancient tombs, has always been the most prosperous place for imitation of antiques, and the imitation of inscriptions on utensils began in Chang 'an, mainly based on imitation of weights and measures, with famous craftsmen such as Su Yi, Su Brothers and Yan Zhang, so it is also unique in China. The above-mentioned hemp seed is famous at home and abroad for restoring bronzes. Once the broken Zhong Ding is in their hands, they are completely protected, leaving no trace. Although it has been tested by outsiders, it is difficult to see through. It's just that Hu Shichang, the son of Pockmarked Hu, is very mean and stingy. He inherited his father's mantle, but he never spread it to outsiders. When he died in his forties, he was considered a dead man. However, that is only recorded in the records of folk artists. In fact, Hu Shichang had a son, but when Hu Shichang died, his son was still young and could not be passed down by his father. Hu Jiayan is the grandson of Hu Shichang. He came across some notes left by his grandfather. Later, he was admitted to the History Department of Peking University, and was hired as a researcher by the Palace Museum, which did not disgrace the reputation of his ancestors. There is a theory in the book that the rich are pigs raised by the state. Let's put it this way: In China, from Tao Zhugong Fan Li in the late Spring and Autumn Period, to Shen Wansan slaughtered by Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty, and then to Hu Xueyan, a red-crowned businessman in the late Qing Dynasty, it seems that the ending is worrying. These living examples show that the living environment of the rich in China is still extremely bad. When their wealth accumulates to a certain extent, they are almost like fattening pigs. I wonder if the author has encountered a bottleneck or something. It is one of the failures that the gambling king used too much pen and ink on the gambling card.
In addition, it is clear that the so-called five techniques of metaphysics refer to mountains, medicine, life, divination and physiognomy. "Mountain" contains the secrets of nourishing the heart, raising the surname and keeping fit, and it is also the most profound and mysterious, including the mysterious hall, health preservation and Xiu Mi's practice. Just like Taoist alchemy, it is only a branch of the book "health preservation" in mountain art. Because "mountain", the most difficult realm in metaphysical art, is the time for ordinary people to cultivate immortality and the metaphysical pursuit of transcendence, which has long been lost in the world. Medical skill is divided into three parts: prescription, acupuncture and psychotherapy, among which psychotherapy is a method to treat diseases by hypnosis, suggestion and concentration of mind and thoughts, taking thirteen subjects of You Zhu as medicine. Life in the five techniques of metaphysics refers to a method to judge the fate of mankind through the magnetic field of time and space. The ancients often used astrology to interpret numerology, and now there are ancient books such as The Book of Seven Politics and Four Earnings, Wei Zi's DuShu, and Five-Star Skill. But fewer and fewer people study them. As for the divination theory, it has a long history in China. Most military strategists in history have mastered this technique. Zhuge Liang in Han Dynasty, Li in Tang Dynasty, Liu Bowen in Song Dynasty, in Ming Dynasty and Zeng Guofan in Qing Dynasty were all proficient in divination. In addition, the ancients also brought mathematics into this way. Zeng Guofan knows this? The last "physiognomy" can be divided into two types. One is physiognomy, that is, the ancient geomantic theory, which is divided into two methods: keeping the well and observing the sand and water at the dragon point, which is generally called geomantic omen. There is also a physiognomy, in which palm reading, physiognomy, bone touching and moles are all included. Now fortune tellers in Jianghu touch bones from here. Another thing that impressed me about online writers was Breaking the Forbidden Fruit. His "Forbidden Island by Human Nature" and "Fog Island" have been generally read.