In addition, Yang Jing also found in this box the "Spring and Autumn Annals" and "The Art of War" written by Liu Ji, a founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, as well as "The Debates of Various Philosophers", "Hanyuan Collection" in forty volumes, and "Hongwu Zhengyun" in sixteen volumes written by Song Lian, the Grand Historian, who was called "the first of the founding civil officials" by Zhu Yuanzhang.
These are all rare treasures! In later generations, these cultural treasures that carry the heritage of Chinese civilization only have the content but not the originals. I didn't expect to see the originals here.
The value of this box of books alone, in Yang Jing's opinion, far exceeded the value of the items in all the previous boxes. These books can no longer be described as priceless, they are simply priceless treasures!
What Yang Jing could not have imagined was that this box of extremely precious books was just an appetizer. After opening the next few boxes, Yang Jing almost fainted on the spot.
After carefully unpacking the contents of the second box, Yang Jing discovered that this box actually contained a complete set of "History of Yuan Dynasty" compiled by Song Lian and printed by the Hongwu Palace of the Ming Dynasty, totaling 210 volumes...
The third and fourth boxes contained 174 volumes of "Four Works of Yanzhou Shanren" written by Wang Shizhen in his own handwriting; "Essentials of the History of the Song Dynasty" and "Examination of Zhou Rites" written by Fang Xiaoru in his own handwriting; "Three Collections of Xu Wenchang" and "Introduction to Southern Ci" written by Xu Wei in his own handwriting; and "The Great Learning" and "Instructions for Practical Living", two great works of Confucian philosophy written by Wang Shouren, also known as Wang Yangming in his own handwriting.
These four boxes made Yang Jing almost faint with happiness. These were all absolute treasures. No matter whether they were books printed by the imperial palace or books handwritten by great masters, taking out any one of them would be enough to shock the world.
As for the things in the fifth box, Yang Jing, who was originally a little numb, almost jumped up.
The box is filled with rare ancient books from the Song and Yuan dynasties. Among them are the two masterpieces "Material Theory" and "Sacrificial Essay to Lord Ouyang Wenzhong" written by Wang Anshi himself; "Dongpo Zhilin", "Shizhongshan Ji" and "Chibi Fu" written by Su Shi, one of the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties; "Lizhi Pu" and "Mo Pu" written by Cai Xiang, one of the four great calligraphers of the Song Dynasty; "Lingwu Fu" and "Han Yao" written by Fan Zhongyan himself...
These works are not the kind of photocopies of later generations. It is almost impossible to find printed versions of these masters' works, let alone handwritten ones.
The sensation caused by taking out these Song Dynasty editions would definitely be greater than that caused by the works in the boxes just now.
Yang Jing even found a copy of "Miscellaneous Talks on Painting, Fu and Prose" handwritten by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty Zhao Ji in this box. This is a book that has never appeared in historical records, and it was written by an emperor of that generation, so its value is inestimable.
This box is the only one discovered so far that contains works from previous dynasties. There are five boxes left, and Yang Jing also hopes that more items from the Song and Yuan dynasties will appear in these five boxes.
However, the last five boxes were not the things from the Song and Yuan dynasties as Yang Jing had imagined, but two boxes full of things that made him couldn't help but look up and shout several times.
When Yang Jing unwrapped the five boxes and saw the contents inside, he felt like he almost couldn't breathe. He didn't believe that the contents were real at all.
He even used the identification skills of the Holy Ring to confirm again and again that the contents of the five boxes were indeed authentic.
After confirming it, Yang Jing could no longer suppress his inner ecstasy and raised his head and shouted.
It was not until his throat became hoarse and he could barely breathe that he felt a little better. Although the ecstasy in his heart could not be expressed by shouting in this way, it at least made him feel a little relieved.
If Yang Jing hadn't used the identification skill three times in a row to confirm that the things in the five boxes were real, he really wouldn't have believed that these things would appear in front of him like this.
Really, he really didn't expect that such a precious heirloom would appear before his eyes in this form!
Not to mention Yang Jing, any normal person would probably feel the same as Yang Jing after seeing the contents of these five boxes.
Because the things in these five boxes have a common name - Yongle Encyclopedia!
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