"I went to Beijing with my father when I was 8 years old, and later went to the High School Attached to Beijing Normal University. The affiliated middle school is incredible, and the graduates are all hidden dragons and crouching tigers. " He opened the alumni record and smiled and said, "I'm not as famous as them."
The middle school attached to Normal University is near Liulichang, and Shi Shuqing often goes there after school. After a long time, I became familiar with many antique shop owners, and after listening to the boss's jokes and rules about antiques, my eyesight gradually developed. "I spent twenty cents on Qiu's paintings. I know that he is a poet in Taiwan Province Province. I feel that names are very important, and it is impossible to learn knowledge without remembering names. " Shi Lao said. "I can remember 5000 names." At an early age, I have such a vision. After graduating from high school, his teacher praised: "Calligraphy and painting are often called old eyes, learning from young and unique masters." 1945, when Shi Shuqing graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University in Beiping, he was already famous in the field of calligraphy and painting appraisal.
Shi Lao said that when looking at a cultural relic and a calligraphy and painting, we must explore the source. "One should have substance in speech, and the other should be named after everything, such as having a baby and giving a quick name to the research. Many new archaeological discoveries, I don't know what to name. The third is to see things and know people, and understand the origin of cultural relics such as calligraphy and painting and bronzes. "
After the founding of New China, Shi Shuqing and other comrades were ordered to build the Museum of Chinese History. Responsible for the collection and preservation of cultural relics, and served as deputy head of the exhibition group in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Together with Yang, he is also known as the "Four Experts of Cultural Relics Appraisal" in China. He identified countless cultural relics. Among them, his research on Kong Wangshan is particularly eye-catching.
The cliff stone carving of Kongwangshan in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province has always been regarded as the statue of Confucius and his disciples. After investigation, Shi Shuqing thought it was an early group of religious statues with Buddhism as the theme, which was unearthed in the Eastern Han Dynasty, 200 years earlier than the Dunhuang Grottoes. This new discovery is of great significance to the study of the history of sculpture art, Buddhism and Sino-foreign relations in China.
"At first, people thought that Confucius was giving lectures to his disciples. In fact, it is a scene in which Sakyamuni died and his disciples mourned. " Shi Lao said. In antique shops, buying real goods at a small price and buying real goods at a large price is called "picking up the leaks". Shi Lao likes to "look for missing children" since he was a child.
It was Qiu's painting that he found for the first time. He donated it to the National Museum. 1952, he picked up a bust of Genghis Khan. "There are still stories to tell." Shi Lao said: "My primary school classmate Cui Yuerong is about my age. She is studying at Yanda University. She is very beautiful. She went to Chongqing during the Anti-Japanese War and married a playboy. She asked me to identify a portrait of Genghis Khan and sell it. " This constantly chauffeured son is the Mongolian messenger Chen Yi. "At that time, I couldn't remember whether it was 3 yuan or 5 yuan." This portrait was later collectively appraised by experts such as Zhang Heng, Qi Gong and Xu Bangda. It's a Yuan Dynasty work, and it was rated as the first-class product. This is the earliest extant portrait of Genghis Khan.
There is another important cultural relic in the National Museum: "Imperial Decree of Chengji Temple". "A man came to the history museum to sell this brand to us, and the receptionist said it was a fake, so he didn't want it. At first glance, it is a good thing, or the era of Genghis Khan. " At that time, Shi Shuqing's job was to collect and identify cultural relics, and he did not have the power to decide to buy cultural relics. It took him a lot of trouble to buy them. "Cheng or Genghis Khan's cultural relics are rarely handed down from generation to generation. This imperial gold medal is the only remaining cultural relic in China. " "I started collecting things from middle school. You sell it as a fake, I really buy it. " Shi Lao smiled and said, "I found another baby recently."
1990, Shi Laohua bought a blue-and-white glazed red bottle of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty from a scrap buyer for three yuan. Now the conservative price of this plum bottle is 10 million yuan.
During the three-year natural disaster, Shi Lao often exchanged half a piece of steamed bread for one or two cultural relics. Some were later donated to the country, and some were thrown away after playing for two days. "At that time, a piece of steamed bread can make unmarried girls sleep, and steamed bread is very valuable." Shi Lao often sighs.
A month ago, Shi Lao passed by Langfang and bought a stone statue with wings at the flea market for 200 yuan. Shi Lao picked up the villain on the table and said, "This is a portrait of carved feathers in the Han Dynasty." . He opened a book "Research on Ancient Myths and Legends in China" by Sun Zuoyun and pointed to some images in it. "These are all plane paintings, and stone carvings are very rare." . "When I am old, I am like a child. I lose my temper easily. " Mrs Shi Xia said. "He was very unhappy with the sword of Gou Jian, the King of Yue." In April last year, Shi Lao found a bronze sword in the booth of Beijing Dazhong Temple. He thought it was Gou Jian's sword, and immediately bought it with 1800 yuan. "Later, some experts thought it was fake and the museum didn't accept it." Shi Lao added: "My wife and my daughter also think it's fake, only worth 200 yuan." For this reason, Shi Lao wrote a poem: the king of Yue Gou Jian broke, and the bird printed two wrong lines of gold. From looking on coldly to presenting treasures, Bian He has always been loyal. Shi Lao sighed and said, "Academic matters are sometimes inconclusive. Whether it is true or not, I don't want it myself, my heart is true. " Seeing Shi Lao a little angry, Mr. Xia said, "Don't argue, don't argue, your health is important." Teacher Xia said that Shi Lao had a bad heart. I stayed in the hospital for half a year last year, and now my feet are still a little swollen.
This move also made Shi Lao unhappy. "There are tens of thousands of books in the old house, and my wife despises these' rags' and refuses to move to the new house." Shi Lao looked at his wife and said. Speaking of learning inheritance, Shi Lao said: "I brought five or six graduate students, most of whom have done business, opened auction houses and made a lot of money." How to do this? "Although retired at home, there are still an endless stream of people looking for him to sign cultural relics. In this regard, Shi Lao's view is that making cultural relics requires professional knowledge, vision and the idea of making a fortune. He is sure to be fooled.
The telephone rang, and it was Feng Qiyong, Dean of National College of Renmin University of China. It turns out that Mr. Feng just sent someone to send a batch of his own collection of paintings and calligraphy to Shi Lao. Shi Lao was very happy and shouted loudly: "There is nothing to repay, nothing to repay!" "I am an adviser to their national college," said Shi Lao. It is good to promote Chinese studies. One day I will go there to give two lectures!