Dear detectives: When the blood of brothers dyed the north red, fencing dancers set off the glory of the empire. The souls of three unique painters are crying, and I will be there.

Venue: Stan Hall, British Museum, London, UK;

Object: Gu Kaizhi in Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The first sentence implies the eastern and western dynasties-the Tang Dynasty. Blood brothers refer to the change of Xuanwu Gate, in which Li Shimin killed two brothers and later initiated the rule of Zhenguan. The north is the position represented by Xuanwu, which is a spiritual thing composed of turtles and snakes. Xuanwu originally meant Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are interlinked. Wu means black; Ghost means yin. At first, Xuan Ming described the turtle divination as follows: the turtle's back is black, and the turtle divination first invited the turtle to ask questions in the underworld, brought back the answers and showed them to the world in the form of divination. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu is the tortoise. Since then, the meaning of Xuanming has been expanding. Turtles live in rivers, lakes and seas (including turtles), so Xuan Ming became a water god; The tortoise lives long, and Xuan Ming has become a symbol of immortality; It turned out that the underworld was in the north, and the divination of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty was' its divination will be in the north', so Xuan Ming became a northern god again.

The sword dancer in the second sentence refers to Gong Sundaniang, and Gong Sundaniang is the first sword dancer in the Tang Palace in the prosperous time of Kaiyuan. Good at sword dancing, dancing moves the world. According to legend, Zhang Xu, the sage of grass, realized Tao by watching the dance of Gongsun Jianfa, and achieved peerless calligraphy. Poet Du Fu also watched Sun's dance when he was young. At that time, Mrs. Sun was gorgeous, graceful and elegant, holding a sword, exuding the myriad weather of the Tang Dynasty. Du Gong once wrote a poem called "Sword Walk", which described the prosperity of Gongsun's sword in that year. With the great talent of Duke Du, the Dance of the Sun written by Duke Du vividly appeared in front of our eyes, which made people yearn for it. This sentence also implies that the notice is to steal things from the Tang Dynasty.

The third sentence implies that Gu Kaizhi Gu Kaizhi, the author of the article, has three unique skills: talent, painting and infatuation. Gu Kaizhi was born in Wuxi, Jinling. ..... Kay's erudition is brilliant, and he has tasted the success of Fu Zheng. He said: "I am better than Ji Kangqin. Those who don't know how to appreciate will leave a legacy in the future, and those who know deeply should also regard it as high quality. " Kaizhi's paintings are either successful every time or ignored for years. When people asked him why, they replied: "Four-body beauty (beauty and ugliness) is not less than beauty, and it vividly reflects the truth. Blocking (this one). " ..... Kay attached importance to Ji Kang's four-character poem. Because of the picture, Heng Yun said: "It is easy to swing five strings, but it is difficult to look back at Hong" ("Swing five strings and look back at Hong" is Ji Kang's poem. What Gu Kaizhi means is that it is easy to draw images, but difficult to convey them. "Every time I write a human figure, it is wonderful at that time. Taste the picture of Sister Pei, add three hairs on her cheek, and the viewer will feel that the fairy is extraordinary. Also for Xie, in the "Stone Cloud", he said, "This child should be placed in a ravine. "... Kay's taste was deeply loved by a chef. He drew a paste in front of him and gave it to Huan Xuan. Xuannai made him steal the painting after cooking, but it remained as it was, and the clouds did not open. Kay's opinion was blocked as before, but he lost his painting and went straight to the clouds to draw a wonderful picture, but he changed and left, still immortal and without strange colors. ..... Therefore, there are three unique ways of communication: talent, painting and infatuation. ("Jin Shu? Biography of Gu Kaizhi)

The fourth sentence implies time. The first day of ancestor worship refers to the first day of Tomb-Sweeping Day (April 4-4.6), that is, April 4. When people refer to the sea, the ancients divided the day into twelve o'clock, that is, midnight is also, the crow is ugly, Pingdan is cloudy, the sunrise is luxuriant, food is Chen, the horn is already, and the day is noon. Shihai: 2 1 point-before 23 pm, so the starting point is 2 1 point.

The fifth sentence "The sun never sets" refers to Britain, which is called "the empire of the sun never sets" in history.

The sixth sentence points out that the object is a historical picture of a woman. Only special experts can have a chance to feast their eyes on the Tang Dynasty copy of Gu Kaizhi's Prose on Women's History in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. As the earliest silk painting in China and one of the earliest works of professional painters in China, The Picture of Women's History is a milestone in the history of fine arts in China, and it has always been a treasure in the court collections of past dynasties. At present, there are only two in the world, one of which was copied by Song people and collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing. The brushwork color is not top grade. The other is a replica of the British Museum. Originally hidden in the Qing Palace, it was the favorite desk of Emperor Qianlong, and it was hidden in Yuanmingyuan. 1860, British and French forces invaded Beijing, and British captain Ji Yong stole it from Yuanmingyuan and took it abroad. 1903 was collected by the British Museum and became the most important oriental cultural relic in the museum. It is no exaggeration to call it "the treasure of the town hall". Copies are kept in the Stein room of the museum.