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Chapter 253 Four Love Pictures

Chapter 253. Four love pictures

"What? Isn't it?"

"Of course not. Didn't Mr. Zhuang hear about it just now? This combination can be regarded as the most difficult set of hidden rules in the audience. If it's just the four gentlemen, it's too obvious."

Zhuang Weinian was startled, refusing to believe that he had taken it for granted, and turned to look at Lu Ziliang.

Seeing that the latter also shook his head slightly, his heart sank:
"Then according to what you said, what is the combination of these four things?"

"Not four, but five."

"Okay, I'm all ears!"

He sat down again, seemingly unabated, but in fact, his palms were sweating all the time. He knew it was all because he had spoken too much just now. If he was slapped back in the face, his reputation would inevitably be damaged.

I just thought hard in my heart, and still didn't believe that Ping could tell anything with these nondescript things.

Cui Siyi on the side didn't believe it either, and glanced at Ren Ping: "I also want to know what the combination of these four plums, orchids, lotus, and chrysanthemums is. Please give me Mr. Ren's advice."

"I don't dare to take it seriously, but before that, let's make it clear first, I don't know if Miss Cui's words in the Spring and Autumn League of the Three Provinces count?"

"What do you mean?" Cui Siyi frowned.

"Of course it's about the bet we just made,"

Ren Ping smiled slightly: "According to the prior agreement, if I can tell the origin of this combination, it will be considered a victory, and the participation quota of the Three Provinces Spring and Autumn League will be handed over, right?"

Cui Siyi was immediately silent when she heard the words, she believed that she had the highest status among the younger brothers in the three provinces, Zhuang Kun, Fan Zhiyi and others couldn't compare, if nothing unexpected happened, the quota for the competition would naturally be her own.

But now the number of places has become a bet, and the relationship is so important that he can no longer decide by himself, so he has to look at Cui Hao and the other three.

The three of them don't know that today's success or failure depends on the front line. If they make a mistake, all the previous preparations will be in vain. But now, what is the way out?

"Stop talking nonsense! Will we not admit it?"

"Siyi is the child we want to nominate to participate in the capital competition, her words are equivalent to ours!"

"Hmph, right and wrong are not up to one person to decide. If you can convince us, the bet will certainly count. Otherwise, even Mr. Chu and Mr. Lu will not be able to determine the winner or loser without authorization."

These words sound bright, but in fact they are extremely cunning. The meaning behind it is that as long as we don't admit it, you can't be counted as winning, and the previous bets like this naturally don't count.

Rong Qiancheng was about to remind the trap, but Ren Ping let out a hey, as if he didn't care:

"Okay, it's a deal. Just now Miss Cui said that the four kinds of flowers referred to by these four things do not match the four gentlemen of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, so it can't be called a combination. In fact, it is a misunderstanding."

"On the surface, these four things of mine refer to four kinds of flowers, but in fact they refer to four people behind the scenes."

"What? Four people?"

Except for Lu Ziliang, everyone was startled when they heard the words.

Many allusions flashed through Cui Siyi's mind. They were all literati and elegant people who had interacted with these four kinds of flowers in history.

He had no choice but to look at Ren Ping again: "Which four people are they?"

Ren Ping smiled: "Miss Cui, have you ever heard of Si Ai Tu?"

"Picture of Four Loves?" Cui Siyi was taken aback.

In fact, it wasn't just her. As soon as these three words came out, all the young children in the audience were stunned, obviously unheard of.

Only a few elderly people's eyes suddenly lit up, but there were two types of them.

Rong Qiancheng, Qi Heng and others, after being reminded by Ren Ping, became excited and enlightened, and quickly went to compare the four things on the table.

The expressions of Cui Hao and the other three dimmed in an instant, and they didn't need to compare them. After thinking about it quietly, they knew which four people Ren Ping was talking about, and couldn't help but collapsed on the chair.

Just let Ren Ping continue: "The Picture of Four Loves is taken from four famous allusions in Chinese history, and each allusion involves a literati, a kind of flower, and a picture,"

"The four were originally independent of each other, but later generations chose their common points and connected them into a series of pictures that looked like a whole but with each of the four distinct, which became the Four Love Pictures."

"This series of picture scrolls were mostly presented in Gongbi studios at first. Due to the long history, of course they are gone now. Fortunately, some craftsmen later reproduced them on crafts, such as porcelain, carvings, porcelain plate paintings, etc.,"

"The most famous one is a piece of porcelain in the Lianghu Provincial Museum. This piece of porcelain is not only the treasure of the museum, but also a collection of national treasures. It is named—"

"Four love map plum bottle!"

Almost unanimously, Cui Siyi also said it, it seems that she also knew about this thing, but she didn't know much, so she didn't think of it for a while.

Ren Ping nodded at her to show his approval:

"Yes, it is the Four Loves Picture Plum Vase. This porcelain was originally blue and white porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty. The craftsmanship is of course extremely superb, but its ability to become a national treasure is also due to the exquisite figure paintings of the Four Loves on the bottle."

"As for the four pictures and four allusions among them, that's not uncommon. They are "Wang Xizhi's Love for Orchid", "Tao Yuanming's Love for Chrysanthemum", "Zhou Dunyi's Love for Lotus", and "Lin Hejing's Love for Plum Tree", "

"The four are juxtaposed, collectively known as the Four Love Maps."

As soon as the words fell, everyone present was stunned, because these four allusions are indeed well known:

Needless to say, Wang Xizhi loved orchids, not only because of his "Preface to the Collection of Orchid Pavilion", but also because of his elegant, smooth and penetrating style of writing, which owed a lot to the posture of orchids;
Tao Yuanming loves chrysanthemums, "Pick chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and see Nanshan leisurely", is a famous sentence that has been passed down through the ages;

Zhou Dunyi loves the lotus, "the lotus comes out of the mud without being stained, the lotus is clean without being demonic, the middle is straight and the outside is straight, and it doesn't spread or branch." Anyone who has attended middle school has never heard of "Ai Lian Shuo";

Even the last one, Lin and Jing Aimei, who are a bit remote, are known by many people.

It is rumored that this person has a cold temperament and lives in seclusion in the lonely mountain beside the West Lake all the year round. He is especially fond of plum blossoms and has planted more than 360 plum trees.

In addition, he also likes to raise cranes, loves plums like wives, treats cranes like sons, and calls himself "plum wife and crane son".

The picture of Lin Hejing's love for plum blossoms naturally depicts his love for plum blossoms.

Everyone knows these four allusions. Even if you ask a few outsiders, most of them can tell them. However, few people connect the four allusions and do not know that there is such a thing as the Four Love Pictures.

Second, when most people hear plum, orchid, and chrysanthemum, they immediately think of the four gentlemen in the flower and the missing bamboo. Few people think of lotus, let alone the four allusions behind it.

There is great confusion in this, so veterans in the industry like Zhuang Weinian and Cui Hao can't help but ignore it for a while.

At this time, looking at the four objects on the table, a lotus inkstone, a plum vase, a chrysanthemum pot, and an orchid book, everyone naturally knew that they corresponded to the four pictures.

As for the last one, the topaz seal, someone also thought of it, and immediately pointed:
"These four items only correspond to four pictures respectively, but you just said that this set is still a set of five, that means..."

"Yes, in fact, this seal is the key to the whole combination,"

Ren Ping smiled at the man, then picked up the seal:

"The chapter body itself is carved on four sides, and the engravings are exactly the pictures of the four loves. Each side is facing one. Please look carefully."

Everyone immediately took a few steps forward. Although the size of the chapter is small and the craftsmanship is not very exquisite, it is far less precious than the blue and white plum vase with four love pictures in Yuan Dynasty, but after careful identification, it is undoubtedly the picture of four love.

Among them, the four pictures of Ai Lan, Ai Ju, Ai Lian, and Ai Mei can be regarded as having both form and spirit, which can be seen at a glance.

The most important thing is that it is closely connected with the previous four items and has become an eye-catcher. In this way, Ren Ping's collection of the best collections in the audience has finally become.

"Mr. Ren, there is still one thing you haven't explained clearly. Even though this set of four love pictures is a good combination, what does it have to do with the word you said gentleman?"

Feeling extremely unwilling, Cui Siyi couldn't help asking again.

The corner of Ren Ping's mouth raised, and he turned his head: "Ms. Cui, why bother to ask? With your knowledge, don't you know the connection? Mei, Lan, and Chrysanthemum are the three of the four gentlemen of flowers. Didn't you tell Mr. Zhuang just now?"

"Hmph, you're talking about this now, what about Lian?"

"Hahahaha, I call chrysanthemum, the hermit flower; peony, the flower of wealth; lotus, the gentleman of flowers. Oh! The love of chrysanthemum is rarely heard of after Tao. Who can share the love of lotus? ? The love of peony is suitable for everyone!"

Ren Ping directly recited an ancient text, which was Zhou Dunyi's "Ai Lian Shuo", which clearly mentioned "lotus, the gentleman of flowers". endorsement.

Cui Siyi couldn't help but blush when she heard it. She didn't seem to expect that the design of this combination was so exquisite, which was far more than her own ten thousand dollars.

After a pause, he smiled miserably: "I give in, I admit defeat."

(End of this chapter)