Antiques with golden eyes

Shen Yu looked at the painting "The Return of the Shepherd from Yan Temple" in his hand, and his heart began to beat violently.

With this painting in hand, victory in the first competition is already certain.

In other words, in this first round of competition between the two collection associations, I have already won 100%.

Well, there is no doubt that we will win!

Therefore, Shen Yu did not plan to look for the remaining calligraphy and paintings.

First, with this authentic painting by Zen Master Mu Xi, it would be useless even if the other party brought out a large vase of Yuan blue and white Guiguzi going down the mountain.

This painting is incomparable to any porcelain in my hand.

Secondly, the rule of this eye-sight test is that if you can find something missing, you can take it away, and the money will be paid by the Collection Association. But there is a prerequisite, you can only take away one piece.

In other words, if I take away this authentic painting by Zen Master Mu Xi, I will have to keep Wang Yuan's painting of six cranes.

Of course, you can also buy it with your own money.

But if you can pick up the authentic work of Zen Master Muxi, how can the store still sell it?

Besides, I and Shen Xiyue, the owner of Xuande Building, are from the same family, so I can't take advantage of him.

"call!"

Shen Yu gently exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Although the ancient paintings were obtained, the remaining challenges were far from easy.

It is not enough to say in vain that this painting is the original work of Zen Master Mu Xi.

Need to be "reasonable and well-founded."

Shen Yu knew his identity.

For now, he is just a rising star in the collection world.

It can be said that people speak lightly.

It’s useless to say that this painting is an authentic work by Mu Xi!

I am not a person like my grandfather, so no one dares to refute me if I can't do it.

If you want to convince the public, you must find evidence.

And you have to know enough about the artist of the painting.

Unfortunately, Shen Yu didn’t know much about Zen Master Muxi!

First of all, he knew an ancient poem, "Inscribed on the Landscape of Muxi" [The trees in the high forest are beautiful, overlooking the Jiqiu Pavilion; the Ming Dynasty is gathering in Cebu, and the rocks are flying and falling.]

Shen Yu, who wrote about Mu Xi's life, had only seen some brief introductions in an ancient book called "Songzhai Meipu" from the Yuan Dynasty.

During the reign of Emperor Ningzong of the Southern Song Dynasty, a family named Li in Shu was blessed with Lin'er.

This son was extremely intelligent and straightforward since he was a child. When he was young, he buried himself in four books and five classics, studying them over and over again tirelessly.

With his extraordinary intelligence and unremitting efforts, he successfully obtained the title of Juren.

However, Mu Xi's talent is not limited to knowledge.

His painting skills were already very good at this time.

The landscape, apes and cranes are lifelike.

Birds, trees, and rocks each have their own charm.

The dragon and the ink tiger are majestic.

In the fourth year of Shaoding's reign, Mu Xi had to go to the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty to escape the war.

However, what is surprising is that after arriving in the capital, he gave up his official career and became a Buddhist monk.

As for why this was done, there are no detailed records in ancient books.

Perhaps because he had seen through the mundane world, or perhaps because he was tired of his official career, he became a handyman monk at Changqing Temple in the capital.

After escaping into Buddhism, Mu Xi's painting style changed drastically. He began to pursue the simple beauty of light and elegant ink. He even did not need a brush when painting, but used bagasse straw knots to make random ink strokes.

The road to simplicity.

Later, Mu Xi actually formed his own painting style.

However, fate always seems to like playing tricks on people.

Because Mu Xi outspokenly criticized the famous Southern Song Dynasty Prime Minister Jia Sidao, he was hunted down by Jia Sidao. He had to hide his name and lived a life of hiding.

Later, Jia Sidao fell, and Mu Xi was able to reappear and continue his painting career until his death at the age of 85.

At this time, it was already the Yuan Dynasty.

The once prosperous Southern Song Dynasty has become history.

Time flies, time flies.

After Bada Shanren became famous in the Qing Dynasty, Muxi's reputation also increased greatly.

Before that, because his paintings were very simple, some ancient books on calligraphy and painting had only average evaluations of him.

To put it bluntly, many people do not agree with Mu Xi's attempt to create such a unique painting style.

Not following the crowd means not joining the crowd.

Tang Jie wrote in "Painting Appreciation": "The monks in Muxi often use ink bamboo, which is crude and evil and has no ancient method."

Zhu Mounai also said in "History of Painting": "The name of the law is Muxi. It is rough and evil and has no ancient laws. It is honest but not elegant."

But there is an old saying: Flowers bloom inside the wall and fragrance is fragrant outside the wall.

Although Zen Master Muxi's works were not widely recognized at the time, they had a profound impact abroad.

In Izumo Country, Zen Master Muxi's status was completely different.

He is a top-level existence, a supreme existence.

The Izumo Kingdom shogunate once classified the collection of calligraphy and paintings into three categories: upper, middle, and lower.

The paintings of Zen Master Mu Xi are not of the highest quality, but are respected as the highest quality.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty, his works have been gradually spread to Izumo Kingdom, and he is directly regarded as the founder of ink painting, and no one can compare with him.

Dignitaries and dignitaries regard collecting Mu Xi's paintings as their greatest honor.

From then on, the paintings of Zen Master Muxi became the treasure of Izumo culture and the founder of learning.

This is the reason why this painting has a dazzling golden light as big as a pebble.

Thinking of this, Shen Yu was filled with emotion.

If Zen Master Mu Xi was not in the Southern Song Dynasty, but at the same time as Bada Shanren, he might be another top-level painting master.

Not that he is not well-known at home, but he is a god-like existence abroad.

After taking out a few relatively clean anonymous paintings and spreading them on the ground, Shen Yu's eyes once again fell on the painting "Picture of the Return of the Shepherd from Yan Temple".

The first thing that catches the eye is a dense fog that looks like a fairyland, with mountains on the left and dense forests on the right.

Between the mountains and the dense forest, there is an unknown temple with upturned eaves and corners, looming in the thick fog, like a fairyland pavilion, giving people an otherworldly feeling.

Further down, smoke curled up from cooking stoves. It was a mountain village with more than a dozen thatched huts.

Returning from pasture, of course, means returning from pasture.

Three teenagers were walking toward the village, carrying grass on their backs and sitting on the backs of cows, talking and laughing.

The small figure stretched elongated in the afterglow of the setting sun, and a sense of simplicity of a small mountain village emerged vividly on the page.

When passing by a small river, Zen Master Muxi drew two fishing boats with a few dozen strokes. The fishing boats swayed gently on the river, and the sterns of the boats caught a lot of fish.

If this painting ended here, it would be ordinary.

The wonderful thing about this painting is that there are different weather conditions in one painting.

Not far behind these three shepherd boys, there were rolling clouds, dense thunder and lightning, and it was about to rain heavily. There was also a shepherd boy here, who was chubby and naive.

Others were carrying bundles of grass, but he carried three bundles. Instead of riding an ox, he led the ox and walked slowly.

The cow is an old cow, showing signs of decline.

His fur had lost its former luster, his limbs were trembling slightly, and every time he tried to move, it seemed extremely difficult.

At this moment, the little fat man's chubby face was extremely anxious, as if he was afraid of getting wet by the heavy rain.

That expression of wanting to run fast but not being able to, is so profoundly portrayed.

Every detail of the entire painting is handled extremely delicately, making people marvel at it.

This painting is signed by Zen Master Muxi himself.

Now look at the paper.

As long as there is nothing wrong with the paper, no one can question it.

Whoever questions, whoever finds fault!

When the time comes, you will definitely be able to refute it and leave the other party speechless!