Chapter 27: Famous Chang'an Bai Fan Everyone
"It turned out that it was Mr. Yu. Bai Fan was ashamed. He was just picking up the benefits of his predecessors. Unexpectedly, he was misunderstood by Mr. Yu!
It was so great that the adults learned that the calligraphy I wrote the following day before yesterday was named Yan's style. It was created by a senior named Yan. It is said that this senior, a civil and military genius, created this calligraphy from the stone carvings of stones. Later, he lived in seclusion. By chance, the master of the family passed on this calligraphy, and the younger generation was lucky to learn it. In fact, I dare not take the blame for the merits!" Bai Fan told the origin of Yan's style calligraphy half-truth and half-false.
I thought that old man Yu Shinan would react, but I didn’t expect that when Bai Fan looked at him, Yu Shinan actually nodded with a smile!
"No, not bad! Everyone values fame and fortune, especially literati! I didn't expect that you are so young and have such a high-spirited personality! You can resist the temptation of becoming famous all over the world!
To be honest, I am asking for a word in this trip, and the other one is also trying to communicate with you about calligraphy.
The so-called characters are like the person. If you are really the creator of this calligraphy, then your Yan style calligraphy should be even higher. I have been studying calligraphy for decades, and your calligraphy can obviously be seen as learning from others. Although it has both form and spirit, it still lacks the quality and lacks the spirit. So I want to know the person who created this calligraphy through you!
But I didn’t expect that the reason inside was like this. It was because I was greedy. It was a blessing that I could see such calligraphy. How could I have to take care of it anymore!”
Bai Fan couldn't stand the sensationality of such elderly people, so he hurriedly persuaded: "If you don't dislike the ignorance of younger generations, although your younger generations still lack the calligraphy, you can also communicate with your adults about Yan style calligraphy!"
In this way, the old and the young gradually became familiar with each other. Finally, they met people with similar interests. Bai Fan also loved calligraphy in his previous life, otherwise he would not have practiced Yan's style until he entered the room. Yu Shinan was also happy to see the hunt. The two of them even talked about the sunset!
"It's getting late, I'm going to say goodbye. The future is long. Boy, let's communicate with you and me in your spare time later!"
"Hello, please wait. You are so tired that Yu is coming from afar. How can anyone feel at ease? Please wait, I will give you a gift!"
Bai Fan turned around and took out a piece of good rice paper treasured by Yuan Tiangang (Rice paper first appeared in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and became famous in the prosperous Tang Dynasties), picked up his pen and wrote a poem!
It is not original, but a piece of Cao Cao's "The Turtle Still Long" that Bai Fan gave to Yu Shinan with this poem to demonstrate the old man's ever-present ambition!
Yu Shinan was grateful in his heart, took Bai Fan's masterpiece, and left Laojun Temple with a smile!
The next day, a news appeared in Chang'an City. A fourteen-year-old scholar Bai Fan created a brand new font, even the saints praised it. The great scholar Yu Shinan also went to ask for advice in person, and finally returned with a work by Bai Fan!
This news quickly spread throughout Chang'an City. Reliable people confirmed that in this case, Bai Fan's calligraphy has become a unique one and can be as famous as the famous Yu Shinan and Ouyang Xun!
For a time, people who like calligraphy competed to visit Yu Shinan and wanted to see Bai Fan’s original works!
In less than three days, many people had already appeared in Chang'an City who copied and learned Bai Fan's new style of calligraphy. Some even threatened to spend thousands of dollars to win the pair of turtles in Yu Shinan's hand. Since then, Bai Fan has become a new generation of calligraphy masters who are very passionate in Chang'an City. His characters are also called "white characters"!
Yu Shinan shook his head with a smile. Although he knew that people had misunderstood, he did not want to come forward to explain the meaning of the word Yan style. Bai Fan is a good young man, and it is not a bad thing for him to become famous. Besides, he is indeed the only one in the world who knows such calligraphy. Just based on his character and the title of a calligrapher is nothing!
With Yu Shinan's wisdom, how could it be seen that someone deliberately added fuel to Bai Fan and increased his reputation to Bai Fan, but what's wrong? In his opinion, Bai Fan's talent should have become famous!
Bai Fan has been living in seclusion recently, but he didn't know that he had become famous!
He didn't know, but someone knew! You must know that Bai Fan's two disciples were not easy-to-eat. Cheng Huaimo and Changsun Chong were originally playboys. Although they were a little restrained with Bai Fan, they were still restless when they arrived in the city.
That day I heard that my master was already a famous calligrapher of a generation and famous in Chang'an City, so the two of them discussed why not take the master to the city and let us disciples follow the prestige? The two hit it off and completely forgot the previous conflict. They actually brought the spirit of friendship and mutual assistance to the extreme, and they just had to wear a pair of pants!
The two instigated the young and innocent Cheng Huailiang and Changsun Huan to pester their master to go for a day off, so Bai Fan was indeed fooled. With a wave of his hand, he brought four disciples and a junior nephew Li Chunfeng to Chang'an City again!
In front of Wangjing Tower, several people came here to have dinner again. Unexpectedly, when we came again, we could eat together. It was indeed fate!
Bai Fanhao said angrily: "What do you want to eat today? I treat you to my teacher and call you whatever you like!"
Several disciples immediately shouted, and they could not imagine that they would be treated like this with the master!
But his nephew Li Chunfeng looked bitter. He knew clearly that his uncle never brought money when he went out and despised the heavy weight of gold and silver!
I don’t have to think about it and know that the uncle treats the guests, and the final payment will sooner or later fall on me!
Alas! Forget it, the last time my uncle made a big profit from gambling, and he even gave me one thousand taels. I don’t care about the money for this meal. Anyway, the money is also a fool to this group of officials!
Changsun Chong said excitedly: "Master, in this Wangjing Building, it is said that the best food and wine are not on the second floor of this floor. It is said that the best among the third floor is, so why not go to the third floor today!"
Bai Fan agreed, "Okay! Just the third floor, I will invite my disciples to dinner for my master, of course I have to eat the best one!"
Li Chunfeng cried, Third Floor? Isn’t this a fatal death?
He said with grievance: "Uncle Master, the third floor is not possible! We can't get up!
You don’t know that there is a rule for Wangjing Building. The hall on the first floor is unlimited to eat and drink, and the second floor is a place of elegant nobles, but on the third floor, it is called "no climbing the tower without talent"!
A pun means that people without talent cannot get up. If you want to get up, you have to write a poem, and you must pass the quality!
At the same time, it also implies that "no money will not go upstairs", which means that if you go to the third floor to have a meal, you will need at least a hundred taels of silver for a meal!
This, this! Why don’t we just make do with it here!"
"Don't panic, my nephew, Isn't it just writing a poem? My uncle can just ask the owner of this store to worship us!"
Li Chunfeng's face was flushed, "No, this, this, it's really because my nephew didn't bring much money when he went out!"
Bai Fan was speechless. His junior nephew was not reliable! Last time he brought thousands of taels out to show off, but this time he couldn't even get a hundred taels out?
Cheng Huaimo shouted, "It's okay, Master, I'll take it. My father said that the family is poor and the road is rich. Our brothers live in Laojun Temple. My father gave 1,000 taels as pocket money!"
Changsun Chong also said he wanted to pay the bill!
That won’t work. How can you lose money here if you say something? If you promise to treat the master, you will naturally not let your apprentice pay!
Chapter completed!