Being underground, Yang Jing could not tell the directions of east, west, south, and north, and could only determine his position by looking ahead, behind, left, and right.
In a corner of this huge cave hall, there was an open stone door. Yang Jing walked in holding a lamp and was immediately attracted by the things inside.
This stone chamber should be the one that has not been used in Wu Ze's tomb. As to whether Wu Ze wanted to use this stone chamber to store burial objects or something else, it is unknown.
The area of the stone chamber is quite large, about five meters long and wide, and about two and a half meters high.
In this stone chamber, there are no less than twenty stone tablets of different heights and sizes.
Yang Jing approached one of the stone tablets, which was about 1.2 meters high and 50 centimeters wide. He took a closer look with the help of the light and felt his scalp beginning to tingle.
It’s not that there is something scary engraved on this stone tablet, but Yang Jing thought about it a lot, but he really didn’t expect to see this inscription in this underground stone chamber.
"The inscription on the epitaph of Master Meng: Watching the sun at the beginning of the day, it points to the mountains and seems to be galloping; the great river splits its course, rushing to the Bohai Sea without stopping. Therefore, the wise man never stops..."
Yang Jing couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling, because the lines of words engraved on this stone tablet were too famous. This was the beginning content of "The Stele of Master Meng", a famous work handed down from generation to generation by Chu Suiliang, one of the four great calligraphers of the early Tang Dynasty!
As one of the Four Great Calligraphers of the Early Tang Dynasty, Yang Jing knew Chu Suiliang quite well. Yang Jing had seen the information about this masterpiece from some materials about ancient calligraphers given by his second master, Mr. Xiao.
"The full name of the "Monk Meng Stele" is "Monk Meng Stele, the Abbot of the Zhide Temple in the Capital". It is a Tang Dynasty stele in regular script, written by Tang Cen Wenben, written by Chu Suiliang, and carved in the 16th year of Zhenguan. The stele is lost, and only the Tang rubbings collected by Li Zonghan in the Qing Dynasty have been handed down."
According to the information, Li Shimin, who loved calligraphy, ordered Cen Wenben to write an article on the "Monk Meng Stele", and then asked Chu Suiliang to write it, and finally engraved it on the stone stele. However, the stele has long been lost, and now only the Tang Dynasty rubbings made by Li Zonghan of the Qing Dynasty are preserved.
Just the Tang Dynasty rubbings preserved by Li Zonghan are already a national treasure, not to mention the original inscription of "Master Meng's Stele". If that thing can be found, it will definitely be one of the most precious cultural relics.
What the hell is this inscription in front of me? Is this inscription really the original inscription of "Monk Meng's Stele"?
Yang Jing had never seen Li Zonghan's Tang Dynasty rubbings, but from this stele, Yang Jing could clearly feel a sense of grandeur. There were densely packed characters engraved on both sides of the stele, but even people who didn't understand calligraphy found these characters very comfortable to read. This was definitely an inscription by a famous calligrapher.
If this inscription is authentic, it is extremely important.
Without saying a word, he waved his left hand, and the holy ring immediately gave Yang Jing the answer he wanted.
"Monk Meng, the Master of the Zhide Temple in the Capital, by Chu Suiliang, Cen Wenben, and Zhao Dashi, 642."
It is indeed the authentic "Monk Meng's Stele"!
Yang Jing couldn't help but smile. The answer given by Shengjie couldn't be wrong. The "Monk Meng Stele" was a masterpiece written by Cen Wenben and Chu Suiliang. As for Zhao Dashi, he was probably a stone carver. And the year 642 just happened to match the year of the stele.
"A national treasure!" Yang Jing happily stretched out his hand again and waved it, and the stone tablet was immediately stored in the storage space.
The first stele is such a great treasure that Yang Jing couldn't help but look forward to the remaining twenty or so steles.
The second stone tablet continued to make Yang Jing's heart beat wildly, because this stele was actually an inscription by Ouyang Xun, the leader of the Four Great Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty, and there was no historical record on this stele. If it were taken out, it would definitely cause a sensation.
Ouyang Xun was Chu Suiliang's calligraphy teacher! His fame was extraordinary.
Although the third stele is not big, with only more than a hundred characters on it, it is equally amazing. It is actually the authentic stele of "Changfeng Tie" copied by Liu Gongquan from the calligrapher Wang Xizhi.
The appraisal result of the fourth stele almost made Yang Jing's heart fail, because the handwriting on this stele was actually from Zhong Yao's hand, and it was Zhong Yao's regular script!
Who is Zhong Yao? It is estimated that there is no one in China who studies calligraphy who does not know the name of this great master.
Zhong Yao was a famous calligrapher and politician of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. He was proficient in seal script, official script, regular script, and cursive script, and he promoted the development of regular script (kai), and was later revered as the "ancestor of regular script."
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy teacher was Wei Shuo, a famous calligrapher in the Jin Dynasty, also known as Mrs. Wei, and Wei Shuo's real teacher was Zhong Yao. So, in terms of seniority, Wang Xizhi was Zhong Yao's disciple.
Zhong Yao has a very high status in the calligraphy world. He is known as "Zhong Wang" together with Wang Xizhi, and his ranking is even higher than that of the calligrapher Wang Xizhi.
The stone tablet is a little damaged, with a corner missing, but the contents of the tablet are not missing. The inscription on the tablet is "Hedong Lun", which has never been recorded in history, but the answer given by Shengjie is undoubtedly the work of Zhong Yao.
The value of these four inscriptions alone is inestimable, especially since they have text on them. Looking around the world, any cultural relic with text on it is much more valuable than cultural relics of the same age.
These inscriptions have definitely played a huge role in the study of the culture of the Tang Dynasty and before the Tang Dynasty, so the value of these inscriptions is not much inferior to that of calligraphy and paintings of the same period.
In addition to these inscriptions, there are also inscriptions from other periods of the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties, such as the "Erzhu Chang Stele" by Xue Daoheng, a famous calligrapher in the Sui Dynasty, and the "Good Deeds Fu" by Wang Kuang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is worth mentioning that Wang Kuang was Wang Xizhi's biological father.
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