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Happy Tycoon - Chapter 79

Published at 29th of September 2021 01:59:00 PM


Chapter 79: 79

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Compared with a Song Dynasty edition that can easily reach millions, the price of Qing Dynasty edition books is undoubtedly lower. Some Qing Dynasty edition books can even be bought for hundreds of yuan.

After all, by the Qing Dynasty, printing had become popular and the printing cost was much lower. The most important thing is that compared with the Song Dynasty books seven or eight hundred years ago, there are much more Qing Dynasty books that have been preserved for only three or four hundred years.

The appearance of this book in the Qing Dynasty is still in the past. According to Yang Jing's judgment, the appearance of this book should be up to the eighth five year plan.

This book has about 70-80 pages. On the cover is the title of the book - Essays of the ancients, and on the lower left is the author's name - Liu Zheng.

Obviously, this should be a book about the ancients.

However, Yang Jing has never heard of the title or author of the book.

Looking at Yang Jing looking at the cover, the store owner said: "this book should be a book published by the people during the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty. After I collected this book, I specially inquired about the author. According to my verification, Liu Zheng, a human character Shi Qi, from Jiangnan and Zhejiang Province, is a representative of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty in the forty-two years."

Although Liu Zheng and Liu Shiqi are not celebrities, since the boss can confirm that he is the founder of Kangxi in the 42nd year of Kangxi, this book must be the book of Kangxi. The most important thing is that this book can still maintain the appearance of the eighth and fifth grade, which is relatively rare.

Yang Jing carefully opened the first page and saw the name of Han Yu, one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties.

It took less than two pages to introduce Han Yu, and then Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi and others.

After arriving here, Yang Jing realized that this book should be a book compiled by an unsuccessful scholar or Ju Ren in the Qing Dynasty under boredom to introduce famous scholars in the Tang, song and Ming Dynasties. Its function is a bit similar to Baidu Encyclopedia, the character of Du Niang.

At this time, Yang Jing's phone rang. It was his uncle.

"Uncle, you'd better go around with me first. I'll have a look at the shop just now. I'll find you later."

Hang up the phone and Yang Jing continues to read the book.

The book is well compiled. The most important thing is that Yang Jing found that this book should not be an ordinary Qing Dynasty book, but a engraved book.

In ancient books, whether song edition, Ming edition or worthless Qing edition, they all include engraving, movable type, hand copy and so on, but the most valuable is engraving.

The so-called engraving refers to books printed and bound by engraving. Take the most valuable song engraved edition. If the song printed edition is the crown of rare ancient books, then the song engraved edition is the brightest diamond on the crown.

In the same way, even if it is a worthless Qing Dynasty book, if it is a rare engraving, its value is not necessarily inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty book.

Seeing Yang Jing's face, the shopkeeper smiled. "Well, little brother, do you see the difference of this book?"

Yang Jing raised her head and looked at the boss. She gestured to the boss and said, "boss, your method is not simple. You can collect a clear cut book, but it's a pity. This book is not an official cut book, but a home cut book or a workshop cut book."

The shop owner said with a smile, "the official engraving is not so easy to get. If the official engraving were, I'm afraid it would have been collected by the museum."

Yang Jing nodded, didn't speak again, but continued to look.

After a while, Yang Jing gently closed the book and said to the boss, "boss, this book is good. How much can I have?"

The boss said, "little brother, you can see that although this book is a clear cut version, it can't be compared with the Ming version and the song version, the appearance of my book is top. Now don't mention the clear version, even if it is a book in the period of the Republic of China, it may not have such a good appearance. So take it if you want."

After hearing this, Yang Jing shook her head slightly and said, "boss, the price is high."

"Not high, not high. This is such a good-looking Qing engraved edition during the reign of Kangxi. Although it is not an official engraved edition, the price is definitely not high for this book."

Yang Jing smiled and said, "boss, if this book is really a clear copy of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, even if it is a home copy or a square copy, I will take it away without saying a word. Unfortunately, your book is not a copy of the reign of Emperor Kangxi. If I read it correctly, it should be from the reign of Emperor Guangxu."

"What? During the reign of Guangxu? Impossible! I'm sure the author of this book is from the reign of Kangxi. How can it be a Book during the reign of Guangxu?" the boss was a little worried.

Yang Jing said, "boss, you are a professional in rare ancient books. You should know that judging the true origin of a book can not be judged only from the author, but you must also know the characteristics of the engraved books in the early Qing Dynasty?"

The boss nodded and was about to say something. Yang Jing didn't give him a chance to speak. Instead, he directly opened the book, pointed to the words on it and said, "the lettering in the early Qing Dynasty is still the style of the late Ming Dynasty. The font is rectangular, straight, thick, horizontal and thin. After Kangxi, the" writing style "and" imitation song style "became popular . after Daoguang, the typeface of the engraving began to become rigid, known as "craftsman typeface". Look at the typeface of this book. Do you think this typeface is the style of the late Ming Dynasty? "

"Although you can be sure that the author of this book is an expert in the 42nd year of Kangxi, the font of this book is rigid and has no aura. It is a typical craftsman style character in the late Qing Dynasty. How can such a engraving appear in the Kangxi year? Such a font will not even appear in the engraving of the Yongqian period."

When saying the following words, Yang Jing has been looking at the shop owner. Sure enough, Yang Jing clearly caught the panic in the shop owner's eyes.

At this time, Yang Jing had a thorough understanding in her heart.

If Yang Jing's judgment is good, the shopkeeper should know that this book is a engraved version of the late Qing Dynasty, but the shopkeeper didn't know where to get a cover, and then used the means of cheating to change the cover to this book.

There are many things in this field in the antique industry. The boss has a little conscience. At least he got a printed copy of the late Qing Dynasty. If he changed his mind, he might fool you with books from the Republic of China.

If a customer with a little poor basic skills sees that the author was from the reign of Emperor Kangxi and that the book is a engraved copy, he may ignore the font in his surprise.

After all, even the craftsman's style does not look very different from the writing style or imitation song style in the Yongqian period. Only those who are proficient in this aspect can see the difference between them.

The shopkeeper saw that Yang Jing was so sure that he knew he had met an expert, so he asked with a bitter smile, "how much do you want?"

Yang Jing smiled and raised a finger

PS: bow and thank the 100 rewards of "see others with lights", "ice eight degrees" and "Ziyan Tianjiao".





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