With this discovery, Zhang Junping became more involved in studying ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
These ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the warehouse have already been classified according to the Ming, Qing and Republic of China.
Zhang Junping once again conducted classification research on Ming-style furniture.
When the book came to be used, Zhang Junping originally thought that he had collected a lot of ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tens of thousands of pieces.
However, this study found that it was still far from enough.
Much less!
There were a total of sixteen emperors in the Ming Dynasty, including the three short-lived emperors Jianwen, Hongxi, and Taichang, and there were still thirteen emperors.
Zhang Junping wanted to collect all the furniture corresponding to these sixteen emperors, at least thirteen emperors, so that they could be studied in detail.
But after investing in research, I found that there are too many difficulties here.
First of all, although he has a lot of ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties, most of them are from the late Ming Dynasty.
There are very few pieces of furniture from the middle and early period.
The other is that he doesn’t know enough about history and his knowledge is not enough to support his research.
However, when you have a goal, you have a direction to work towards.
Furniture from various periods of the Ming Dynasty can be collected slowly, and knowledge can also be accumulated slowly.
With goals in mind, Zhang Junping is more motivated to study.
However, now that he has a goal and motivation, it is not that easy to learn, because the historical information about furniture that Zhang Junping needs does not exist in special books and can only be inferred from fragments recorded in some historical records or miscellaneous books.
Learning is a tedious process.
On this day, Zhang Junping was studying an ebony desk with an upturned head, which was 197 centimeters long, 53 centimeters wide and 87 centimeters high.
This is an ebony desk with an upturned head that is suspected to be from next year.
It is said to be suspicious because the owner said it was passed down from his family for more than five hundred years.
Of course, this can only be heard.
When this ebony desk with an upturned head was first moved back, it was covered in oil stains and the original color could not be seen at all. It took Zhang Junping a lot of effort to clean it up.
The bookcase with a pure mortise and tenon structure has no unnecessary decorations on it, only simple lines.
After being polished and cleaned, the ebony bookcase exudes a dark luster.
Ebony is a precious wood produced in Hainan, Vietnam, Myanmar and other places. Historical records indicate that since the Song Dynasty, it has become a highly sought-after precious wood due to its unique color, hard texture and ability to sink when exposed to water.
One of the seven precious mahogany trees in the Ming Dynasty.
The ebony here is the same as what ordinary people think of as ebony.
Later media often reported that someone in Sichuan dug out ebony from the ground and what happened next.
This ebony, whose scientific name should be called sunken wood, is wood buried underground and evolved over tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years. It is also called carbonized wood.
It is completely different from the material used in the ebony desk in front of Zhang Junping.
Zhang Junping was immersed in studying the ebony calligraphy case with an upturned head, looking for evidence that it was produced in the year of Xuande.
Although there is currently no evidence to prove that this is an ebony-headed writing case dating from the Xuande year of the Ming Dynasty.
However, this does not affect its value at all. Ebony is different from sunken wood. The material of ebony is very rare. Therefore, there are some small pieces of ebony products in existence, but there are probably large pieces.
The ebony desk with an upturned head in front of me has a panel made from a single piece of ebony, so it is more valuable.
A man walked in from outside. As soon as he entered the door, he greeted Zhang Junping and said, "Hello, Mr. Zhang, good luck to Mr. Zhang!"
"Hey! Lord Jin is here. Good luck to Lord Jin!" Zhang Junping looked up at the visitor, then stood up and clasped his fists with his hands.
"Oh, I don't dare, I don't dare! Mr. Zhang, you are really trying to disgrace me. How can I be called Mr. Jin!" Jin Yongshun bowed repeatedly.
"Haha, you called me Master Zhang first, so I can only reciprocate by calling you Master Jin!" Zhang Junping said with a laugh.
"Master Zhang, you are now a well-known big shot and a great artist. You can still afford it, Master Zhang!" Jin Yongshun complimented.
"No, this is not the time of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This is New China. We don't like to call you "Master", so Brother Jin, you should just call me by my first name!" Zhang Junping was not fascinated by Jin Yongshun's compliments and shook his head with a smile.
"Master Zhang...Brother Zhang...this is a bit awkward! It's not as smooth as Master Zhang!" Jin Yongshun said awkwardly.
"Brother Jin, just call me by my name Zhang Junping! My name was given by my grandfather, and it sounds nice!" Zhang Junping joked.
"Zhang...Junping, a good name, especially the word Jun. There is a sentence in "Li Wang Zhi", Situ talked about selecting outstanding scholars, and then promoted them to study, and called them Junshi.
The ancients also said that a person who is wiser than a thousand people is called a wise man. This shows that your ancestors have great expectations for you!
You have lived up to this handsome character!" Jin Yongshun shook his head and commented on Zhang Junping's name, citing classics.
However, maybe the Manchu people were too servile, or maybe Jin Yongshun paid more attention to the etiquette in this area because he was the royal family member, and was not used to being called Zhang Junping directly by his name.
Zhang Junping did not press any further and instead asked: "Brother Jin, you always go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Come here today, did you find something good again?"
"Master Zhang, if I hadn't told you that you are awesome, you would have guessed my purpose right away!" Jin Yongshun gave another habitual compliment before continuing: "I know that Master Zhang likes to collect ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties, so I have gone out of my way to help you keep an eye on it.
No, I just got a set of good things and sent them to you right away!"
"Oh? Brother Jin is so thoughtful! I won't say much more about my thanks. We brothers have a long way to go, and we will never let Brother Jin suffer!" Zhang Junping said with a smile and clasped his fists in thanks.
“This is a great set of things that will open the door to the public, and the inheritance is in order!
In order to preserve these things, I put a lot of effort into it!" Jin Yongshun said to Zhang Junping with a bit of showing off and a bit of pride.
"Brother Jin, where are the things? You asked me to say this, and I feel itchy. Take it out quickly!" Zhang Junping urged.
"I can't take this out. There are too many things and they are too big. I can't take them out at all! Master Zhang, if you are interested, I have to trouble you to move!"
"Okay, let's walk then!"
Zhang Junping followed Jin Yongshun through alleys and alleys, all the way to Shichahai, and stopped at the entrance of a courtyard.
"Master Feng, is Master Feng at home? I've brought a big buyer for you!" Jin Yongshun stood in the yard and shouted loudly after entering.
"Stop screaming, I'm not deaf!" An old man in his sixties came out of the house and shouted to Jin Yongshun very dissatisfied.
Zhang Junping smiled, with such a loud voice, he could even shout, but he still wasn't deaf?
But it has nothing to do with him, he is here to buy something.
After some introduction, Uncle Feng began to talk at length about the history of this set of furniture in his home.
“This is a set of furniture built by Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty himself!”