Rebirth 2004 starts again

Because the kindergarten was not far from home, Lin Yu held Sisi and walked in front, Liu Miao followed behind, and Wang Bing drove slowly behind.

After returning home, Liu Miao didn't ask anything, and Lin Yu didn't say anything, and went directly to the kitchen to cook. Now Liu Miao seemed to be used to Lin Yu cooking. She turned on the computer and read the information Sun Lili sent her, while Sisi went to play with toys.

After dinner, Lin Yu still played games with Sisi for a while. He waited until Sisi was sleepy before handing it over to his wife. Liu Miao still carried Sisi into the bedroom and closed the door.

Lin Yu returned to his bedroom. At this time, he did not go to bed, but picked up the painting tube on the table.

Slowly unfolding this landscape painting from the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, Lin Yu looked at the picture carefully. Sure enough, as Guo Yang said, the brush strokes combine square and circular strokes. The high mountains are shaped with square strokes and corners, and the nearby slopes are shaped with round corners. The strokes of the pen are slow and natural, with a clear, elegant, quiet and distant charm. Moreover, the use of thick and light ink alternately in the picture has a strong contrast, and the changes in ink and the use of lines are also very skillful. If you hadn't known that there was another picture in it, then this picture would also be a rare masterpiece and highly collectible.

Although Lin Yu also liked this anonymous landscape painting, Lin Yu really wanted to see the painting of a lady hidden inside. So Lin Yu went to the kitchen to get a small basin of water, then returned to his bedroom and lightly wetted a corner of the landscape painting with water. Sure enough, an interlayer appeared. Lin Yu carefully peeled off the two paintings, and one of the ladies The picture appeared in front of Lin Yu's eyes.

This was the first time Lin Yu saw this painting of a lady. Although later generations heard many rumors about this painting, Lin Yu was still shocked when he saw the real picture today. It can be seen that this painting of a lady came from the Eastern Han Dynasty. It's so beautiful. There are only four women in the painting, one is playing the piano, one is playing the flute, one is playing the pipa, and the other is dancing. It can be seen that the ladies have graceful figures and dignified faces. Especially when they are enjoying themselves among the pavilions, one can feel their carefree and joyful mood. Among the four ladies, the woman in red who plays the pipa is the most beautiful. Her natural beauty can be seen in her faint smile, and her exquisite skills can be seen in her gentle stroking of the strings. Lin Yu can't help but take a few more glances.

In fact, there are still many rumors about this painting of Lady Tulin in later generations. Many of them can be inferred from the seals on the painting of ladies. This painting of ladies is from the famous court painter Mao Yanshou of the Western Han Dynasty. This can be seen from the seal on the painting. You must know that Mao Yanshou was a court painter at the time, specializing in serving the Emperor's. So it can be seen that he is an excellent painter. Mao Yanshou is especially good at painting figures, which are lifelike. The emperor at that time was Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, and his harem team was also very large. It is said that they could not even see it, so he asked the palace painters to draw it, and then looked at the picture to favor him.

It is said that Mao Yanshou often received tips when he painted. The concubines who gave money would paint more beautiful paintings for them, and those who did not pay would paint ugly paintings. Among them, Mao Yanshou painted for a woman named Wang Qiang. It is said that Wang Qiang did not bribe Mao Yanshou, so he painted Wang Qiang very ugly. The emperor did not favor Wang Qiang after seeing her.

A few years later, Hu Hanxie Chanyu, the leader of the Southern Huns who surrendered to the Han Dynasty, came to the capital to pay tribute, fulfill the courtesy of a vassal, and asked to be the son-in-law of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty selected Wang Qiang and gave it to him. This Wang Qiang is Wang Zhaojun, one of the four beauties. Before leaving, Emperor Han Yuan summoned Wang Zhaojun. The moment he saw Wang Zhaojun, Emperor Han Yuan regretted it because he felt that Wang Zhaojun was too beautiful. , so beautiful that all the favored women now cannot compare with her, but he has already awarded Wang Zhaojun to the leader of the Southern Huns, Hu Hanxie Chanyu, how can he go back on his words? So Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty became furious and decided to investigate the matter thoroughly. Why didn't he see the beautiful people in the palace? They must have been painted too ugly. After investigation, it was found that these painters had huge fortunes in their families. So all these palace painters were killed, and Mao Yanshou was among them.

Because of this collective massacre of painters, the superstars of the capital's painting circle fell, and painters became scarce talents. It is said that all of Mao Yanshou's paintings were destroyed at that time.

Therefore, many people do not feel sorry for Mao Yanshou and regard him as a negative teaching material. However, Wang Anshi's "Ming Fei Qu" once rectified Mao Yanshou's name and believed that he did not deliberately paint Wang Zhaojun ugly for money, which made him guilty of deceiving the emperor. Killed. There is also a poem that goes, "When I came back, I was surprised by the painting hand. I have never seen it before in my life. I couldn't draw it because of the origin of the idea. It was a waste of time to kill Mao Yanshou."

I guess there must be some inside story, but I don't know what Lin Yu is. Lin Yu didn't know how this painting of ladies by Mao Yanshou was handed down, but it can be seen from the seal on the painting that this painting has been collected by famous artists since the Jin Dynasty, and it has been included in the imperial collection many times. Collection. It seems that the royal family and famous people recognized and loved this picture.

Lin Yu looked at this picture of a lady. He didn't comment on whether Liu Yanshou was wronged or not. From this picture alone, he could see his superb painting skills, especially the description of the woman playing the pipa. Her beauty is obviously much more delicate than the other three women, and her every frown and smile reflect her elegance and refinement.

What did Lin Yu suddenly think of? It seems a bit unreasonable that such a beautiful woman would appear in a picture of ladies instead of a picture of concubines selected for Emperor Han Yuan. You must know that Mao Yanshou was a palace painter, and looking at the pavilions and towers does not look like This is a market place, and the four women's clothes are obviously more dignified and gorgeous. Are these four women also members of the palace?

Thinking of this, Lin Yu looked carefully at the woman in red clothes playing the pipa. This woman was so good-looking that even in modern times, she could stand out. At this time, Lin Yu had a bold idea. Could this woman in red be Wang Zhaojun?

Is this the real picture of Wang Zhaojun who was not vilified in Mao Yanshou's works? If this is the case, then the value of this picture will be much higher than the price in later generations. Because when Liu Jinshui later acquired this painting, he only valued it because it was Mao Yanshou’s only painting, and did not care about who was in the painting. If the woman in the painting was painted by Wang Zhaojun, then with Mao Yanshou’s painting skills, those four The true appearance of Wang Zhaojun, one of the great beauties, has been revealed to the world. This is a very valuable thing in addition to the painting itself, and it also increases the value of the painting itself.