Chapter 7 Visiting the door and doing what you like(2/2)
"Yes, senior brother, I will definitely do what you told me."
Chu Mufeng replied, picking up the wine pot and filling it with Cao Yunshan.
Lin Ruoming is his immediate boss, but he still has to listen to Cao Yunshan. His attitude must be correct.
"That's good, that's good!" Cao Yunshan nodded, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
After dinner, Chu Mufeng picked up the long box he carried with him and said, "Senior Brother, I know you prefer calligraphy and painting. I specially left that painting for you."
"Oh, what painting?" Cao Yunshan raised his eyebrows.
"It's that "Angry Cat Picture", you can take a look?"
"well!"
When Chu Mufeng showed the painting on the coffee table, Cao Yunshan was completely drunk and stared at the painting intently.
"Great, good looks, a good look at the "Angry Cat Picture"!"
"Tsk tsk, this painting is well-written and well-written. It has both a rough and bold side and a subtle side. It is really a rare and excellent product!" Cao Yunshan said with a shaking head.
Hearing Cao Yunshan’s comments, Chu Mufeng smiled and echoed: “Senior Brother is saying very well.”
Because my grandfather once opened an antique shop, he also had some understanding of antique calligraphy and paintings.
But that is the past, and Chu Mufeng is just a pure appreciation of these.
In the face of the upcoming war of gunpowder, these are all tricks.
However, my senior brother has no other hobbies, just likes to collect antiques, calligraphy and paintings, so of course I have to give it to my preferences.
"If you put this painting down, no one will ask about it, right?" Cao Yunshan asked with his head raised.
"Don't worry, senior brother, Jian Ruyun is alone. Even his colleagues and students are too grateful for their case because we solved the case, so they would not ask any questions. Besides, we don't need to explain anything to them!" Chu Mufeng responded immediately.
After hearing this, Cao Yunshan naturally accepted it calmly.
"By the way, Mu Feng, the teacher said that you have some research on antique calligraphy and painting?" Cao Yunshan seemed to remember something and asked.
"I know a little bit, but I dare not say how deep the research is." Chu Mufeng said modestly.
"Don't hide your weaknesses. I just collected a painting two days ago. Come and give me a palm."
After saying that, Cao Yunshan put away the "Angry Cat Picture" and then pulled out a newly-framed ink painting from the bookshelf next to him.
"Mu Feng, see how this painting is? Is it true or false?"
"good!"
Chu Mufeng was no longer polite, took the painting and slowly unfolded it.
This is a picture of "Spring Flowers in the South of the Yangtze River", with colored silk, vertical scrolls, and seals: seals with seals of the letters.
The picture depicts the spring scenery of ancient Jiangnan. Its magnificent momentum gives people a delicate feeling of planting trickles. The characters either stand on the bow of the boat and recite poems and paintings, or play on the shore to enjoy the flowers, which is lifelike.
After looking carefully for a moment, Chu Mufeng, who was confident in his heart, looked up and said, "Senior Brother, will I say a few words?"
"Tell me!" Cao Yunshan said with a smile.
"Senior brother, as far as I know, Wen Zhengming's works are actually quite complicated, because many of his works have been imitated by later generations, forged and even written by ghostwriters. So if you want to distinguish between authenticity, it is best to start from three aspects." Chu Mufeng raised his three fingers and said.
"The first is his signature. Wen Zhengming was named "Bi" before he was 42 years old. Later, he changed his name to "Zhengming" with his character line; after he was 44 years old, he changed it all, so before he was 42 years old, he signed "Bi", and after he was 44 years old, he signed "Zhengming".
"The second is his painting method. Wen Zhengming's original works are all ignorant and pure in the work, and have skill in the innocence, and have strange in the plain, and have actions in the strength, and have a unique charm. If you see the formulaic, rigid, delicate and mediocre calligraphy and painting, it is very likely that they are ghostwriting, or they are just fakes."
Yes, it's interesting.
Listening to Chu Mufeng's talk, Cao Yunshan was quite educated.
He likes to collect calligraphy and paintings, but he only became a monk halfway through the journey. Compared with Chu Mufeng, the gap is still very obvious.
The so-called laymen watching the excitement, while the experts watching the tricks are nothing more than that.
"Continue!" Cao Yunshan said with great interest.
"The third is that there are differences between the same. After all, only by reading more can you know more and you will understand what other people are saying about Zheng Ming. To put it simply, Wen Zhengming's son Wen Jia likes to use the method of simple painting, while his disciple Qian Gu uses it more roughly."
Having said that, Chu Mufeng saw the nervous look on Cao Yunshan's face, no longer had ink traces, and pointed to the calligraphy and painting and went straight to the topic.
"Senior brother, this "Spring Flower Picture of Jiangnan" is signed with the word "Zhengming", which is obviously his work in his later years. Wen Zhengming's landscape paintings have changes in the early and middle and late periods. Whether it is green or ink in the late period, they are mainly fine-grained."
"This painting uses rigorous brushwork, fine brushwork and elegant style, so I judge that it should be the original one."
"Okay! Well said! Mu Feng, you are indeed a talent!" Cao Yunshan couldn't help but applaud.
After putting away this ink painting, Cao Yunshan in a good mood turned his head and asked.
Chapter completed!