"Chendu was a person from the Yongle period, and the reason why he was summoned by Zhu Di, the master of the Ming Dynasty, to serve as a lecturer was because he wrote good characters. So here I can conclude that Chendu must have participated in the compilation and copying of the "Yongle Encyclopedia"..."

Yu Xuan's ideas are very clear, so clear that as long as he can determine that the calligraphy in the "Yongle Encyclopedia" is really written in a deep manner, then this "Yongle Encyclopedia" will become the first version of Yongle Nian to appear in the world in hundreds of years.

"Old Yu, could it be written by later generations imitating Shendu's handwriting? By the way, there are many calligraphers who are good at imitating..." This time it was Xie Qingyang who spoke. In order to prove that this book was a copy of later generations, Xie Qingyang even began to question Yu Xuan.

After hearing Xie Qingyang's words, Yu Xuan shook his head and said, "It's not copied by later generations. What I just mentioned was the calligraphy itself. Now I will tell you the characteristics of this book "Yongle Encyclopedia"...

Yu Xuan put his nose on the page, took a deep breath, and said intoxicatedly: Most of the leaves of the books in "Yongle Encyclopedia" are made of snow-white and thick bark paper. When you open the books, you will feel a faint fragrance. It is very particular and beautiful. Friends who are close to you can come and smell it. After hundreds of years, you can still smell a faint fragrance..."

Hearing Yu Xuan's words, the few people around him immediately took a step forward, but they all knew the rules. No one stretched out his hand, but put his nose close to the page, and took a deep breath as he had just passed by Mr. Yu.

"Yes, it's the fragrance of bark paper..."

"Well, this smell can still be left behind after hundreds of years, which shows that the requirements for the material were so high at that time..."

After smelling the smell of that book, everyone who has smelled it began to tend to Mr. Yu’s argument. Now in their eyes, this volume of "Yongle Encyclopedia" is most likely the only remaining book in this world.

"Old Yu, as far as I know, the book jacket and cover of "Yongle Encyclopedia" are not like this, right?"

When Xie Qingyang heard that someone had already changed his mind, he refused to give up. Since he had also entered some printed versions of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" to sell, Xie Qingyang still put some effort into it.

The book clothes of ancient books are the covers of modern books. Because they are wrapped around the outside of the book like clothes worn by people, they are called "book clothes".

The book jackets in "Yongle Encyclopedia" are hard-framed with multiple layers of rice paper. There is a layer of yellow silk on the outside, which looks particularly solemn. This binding form that looks very similar to modern books is called "backpacking", which is a common method used to bind books in the Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.

This question shows that Xie Qingyang is still very familiar with the "Yongle Encyclopedia". Although the "Yongle Encyclopedia" copied by later generations is difficult to be refined, the book in Yu's hand obviously does not meet the requirements mentioned in the records.

"I want to see it again..." Yu Xuan did not refute Xie Qingyang's words, because this was something he couldn't understand.

Yu Xuan knew that the book clothes in the "Yongle Encyclopedia" were all hard-framed with multiple layers of rice paper, and there was a layer of yellow silk on the outside, which was particularly solemn. This binding form that looked very similar to modern books was called "backpacking", which was a common method of book binding in the Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty.

However, the book clothes in this volume of "Yongle Encyclopedia" should appear thicker, and the color of the book clothes is slightly different from the "Yongle Encyclopedia" recorded. This is also the reason why many people did not continue to pay attention to it after a glance.

"I understand, I understand..." After watching the book "Yongle Encyclopedia" for a long time, Yu Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up and he couldn't help but shout.

"Old Yu, what do you understand?"

"Has it been found a flaw?"

"I think this is a handwritten copy from later generations, so Mr. Yu is probably wrong..."

Hearing Yu Xuan's shouts, everyone's reactions were different, but most people didn't believe that this would be the Yongle version of "Yongle Encyclopedia". Perhaps deep down in their hearts, they were unwilling to be picked up by Man Jun.

"This book is definitely the original one. And it is very likely to be a rare version of Yongle..."

Yu Xuan glanced at everyone and said, "I can conclude that the reason why this cover page book jacket is wrong is that it was a layer of pasting on the basis of the original book jacket by later generations, which is the painting in the painting that we often talk about..."

The paintings in paintings mentioned by Yu Xuan are often mentioned in antique collections. In the past, some large collectors often repainted some famous paintings in order to preserve their collections in the war years and then painted a painting on the surface to conceal the original works.

The same is true for the book "Yongle Encyclopedia" in Yu Xuan's hand. The pages of the reworked book made many people lose the intention to continue to identify them when they saw them, and thus preserved them intact.

"Old Yu, can you remove the pasted layer?" someone in the crowd shouted: "Let us see the original works of the Yongle Encyclopedia!"

Most of the people present were antique dealers and collectors in Jinling. Since the earliest compilation of "Yongle Encyclopedia" was in Jinling, they had an unusual feeling for this historical masterpiece, that is, their pride as a Jinling people.

"It's certainly OK, but now I don't have the tools at hand, and this is not my thing. You have to ask Xiaoman..."

Yu Xuan looked at Man Jun with his eyes and said, "If Xiaoman agrees, then I will find a way to remove the outermost layer of paste and let this book "Yongle Encyclopedia" be seen again..."

Yu Xuan was also a little excited when he spoke. After all, the Yongle Nian version of "Yongle Encyclopedia" has never appeared in the world. If we can verify that this "Yongle Encyclopedia" is indeed that version, it will definitely be an extremely important discovery in the domestic cultural relics and archaeology community.

"Xiaoman, what do you mean?" Yu Xuan thought he was unhappy when he saw Man Jun standing there and didn't speak. If Man Jun disagreed, Yu Xuan would definitely not be able to do anything to this book "Yongle Encyclopedia".

"Brother Man, Mr. Yu is talking to you..." Fang Yi touched Man Jun with his elbow.

"Ah? Old Yu, what did you say?" Man Jun, who was wandering in the sky, shuddered and looked at Yu Xuan.

"I asked if you need me to remove the cover surface of this book "Yongle Encyclopedia"?" Yu Xuan repeated his words just now.

"This..." Man Jun hesitated a little and thought for more than ten seconds before speaking: "Old Yu, then... that wouldn't it hurt the original, right?"

If it was a manuscript that I thought was later, let alone surgery on it, even if it was given to Yu Xuan, Man Jun would not blink. But now Yu Xuan has identified it as the version of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" of the Ming Dynasty, and it is very likely that it is the first version. Man Jun must think about it more—
Chapter completed!