Chapter 19 The Thousand Miles Young Man (Additional update for Baiyin Meng@phantom feather)

"It's a dream again..."

Nie Guangyi's whole body was in bad condition.

The shadow of "counterfeiting" has not yet dissipated.

Here comes a new one.

What is this?

Old wounds have not healed yet new wounds have appeared?

Fortunately, I have had the experience of being confused by "Aurora Meaning", so I can accept it a lot now that I heard about what this girl with a unique temperament dreamed about.

Even if it is something as outrageous as going to the Hanlin Academy of Drawing to "rush for the exam".

All in all, what could be more unacceptable to a talented architect than having his own designs borrowed from his own mind?

Thinking of this, Nie Guangyi instantly calmed down.

Walk leisurely and watch the still water, sit quietly and watch the returning clouds.

"The girl dreamed of taking the entrance examination of the Hanlin Academy of Painting?"

Nie Guangyi first confirmed the problem.

There was no sarcasm or surprise, just like hearing a common remark.

Such a reaction made Zongyi's favorability towards Nie Guangyi, which had dropped to negative, return to zero and return to the starting line.

Women are inherently fickle, let alone Zongyi, who is only eleven years old.

No matter how much it changes, nothing is unreasonable.

Of course, little girl Zongyi never felt that she was fickle.

She just has a lot of bottom lines, divided into categories, and all aspects.

Among these complicated bottom lines, the most important one is her sister.

"yes."

A simple answer, a ringing voice.

"Then I dare to ask the girl, which year did you dream about?"

"There is no specific year." Meng Xinzhi replied: "I only know that it was the year when Wang Ximeng was originally going to take the six-subject exam."

"That was the period of the Xuanhe Painting Academy." Nie Guangyi asked: "Buddhism and Taoism, figures, landscapes, birds and beasts, flowers and bamboos, and houses and trees, these six subjects, right?"

"right."

Meng Xinzhi was surprised by Nie Guangyi's understanding of Hanlin Painting Academy.

She knew so much in detail because she checked a lot of information after waking up from the dream.

What is the reason for this Mr. Nie?

"What were the questions you took the exam for?" Nie Guangyi continued to ask.

"Test questions?"

"Well, the test questions, the entrance exam of Xuanhe Painting Academy, aren't they always based on excerpts from ancient poems?"

Nie Guangyi elaborated a little more and explained: "For example, "No one can cross the wild water, and the solitary boat is crossing the day", and another example is "Stepping on flowers and returning home with the scent of horseshoes". As long as the examination questions are determined, the year is also determined."

"I didn't dream about the specific test questions..."

"In that case, it means nothing."

Meng Xinzhi smiled and said nothing, becoming more and more embarrassed.

This was the first time she talked about her dreams with a man other than her father.

The difference between these two chat partners is not small.

Every time before her father started talking, he would ask her what specific content she had dreamed about.

This is the tacit understanding between father and daughter over the years.

However, Nie Guangyi specially selected the content that did not exist in her dream to ask.

In this case, it is indeed as Nie Guangyi said - [it makes no sense].

The fact that she didn't know anything made her dream particularly unreal.

What is the difference between this and the dreams of "normal people"?

Seeing Meng Xinzhi's appearance, Nie Guangyi was in a trance for a moment. It took him a while to react and explained: "Girl, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that your dream is meaningless. It's just that I have always been particularly curious about Wang Ximeng."

"What are you curious about, Mr. Nie?" Meng Xinzhi asked aloud.

"Aren't you curious about Wang Ximeng and everything about him?"

Nie Guangyi further explained: "This man seemed to fall from the sky, leaving only one painting behind, which was collected by more than twenty emperors. Finally, it was listed as the "Two Uniques of the Forbidden City" together with "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", and then

Then he disappeared out of thin air, as if there had never been such a talented young painter in this world."

"Yeah." Meng Xinzhi agreed, "It's indeed quite curious."

Nie Guangyi took a deep breath and said regretfully: "I was still wondering if you could answer my questions."

In history, the records about Wang Ximeng total only 67 words.

It doesn't appear in places like official history.

It's a postscript.

After the "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" was completed, Song Huizong gave it to Prime Minister Cai Jing.

This prime minister has had many ups and downs, and is not a good official.

Because of his outstanding artistic talent, he has a similar affinity with the eternal art emperor.

Cai Jing received the reward and wrote this paragraph at the end of the painting:

[Given on the first day of the fourth month of the third year of Zhenghe. Ximeng was eighteen years old. He used to be a student in painting and was summoned to the Forbidden Chinese Library. He presented several paintings, but he was not very good at it. Knowing that his nature could be taught, he gave instructions.

He personally taught him the method. He was no more than half a year old, so he advanced based on this plan. He was honored by the emperor, because he gave it to his ministers in the capital, and said that the world's scholars are working on it.】

Punctuation marks are added later.

That era didn't exist yet.

The number of words in this passage itself is 77, but the first ten words have nothing to do with Wang Ximeng himself.

This passage records that an eighteen-year-old boy named Ximeng was originally a student of painting.

I have submitted several paintings, but none of them are particularly outstanding.

However, Song Huizong discovered the infinite potential of this young man in these "general" paintings.

As a result, under the personal guidance of Song Huizong, the young man's painting skills improved by leaps and bounds.

It took less than half a year to draw the "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" which has been passed down through the ages.

Cai Jing's inscription and postscript seem to say a lot, but also seem to say nothing at all, and the various terms are unclear.

"Mr. Nie, do you want to ask whether Wang Ximeng is a real person and whether he really existed in history?" Meng Xinzhi tried to sort out Nie Guangyi's words.

Mr. Nie...

This title made Nie Guangyi murmur in his heart.

Didn't you call him uncle righteous like your sister?

Of course, since the girl is older, it's okay to call him step brother.

After muttering, he still had to continue: "No, I don't doubt whether there is such a genius boy in history. There are many geniuses in any era. It just depends on whether they have been recorded. My question is, is Wang Ximeng

Isn’t it really Wang?”

"ah?"

"Are you surprised? You must know Cai Jing's inscription and postscript in "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", right? It talks about Ximeng from beginning to end, right? How can it say Wang Ximeng?" Nie Guangyi paused: "So, my

The question is, was Ximeng named Wang in your dream?"

There is indeed no record of the surname in the title and postscript.

The 77-character postscript is more about praising Song Huizong as a talented teacher than recording a talented painter.

"Mr. Nie's question does not need to be answered in dreams."

"How do you say this, girl?"

"Our country has framing rules that have lasted for thousands of years."

Meng Xinzhi responded:

"For ease of access and documentation, paintings need to be framed."

"The time, author and title of the work will be written on the outsourced title."
To be continued...