Nanchang Old County

Author: Erzi Congzhou

Nanchang Old County

So Zhou Zhi also adopted the theory of chanting and screaming he learned from his fourth cousin, as well as the folk song tune inherited from Southwest China, reducing the tone used in daily speech, and finally got a "dialect" that can be like the ancients chatting.

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So Zhou Zhi is probably the only person who can speak in ancient pronunciation and can also speak euphemistically and pleasantly. Gu Youwen particularly likes this. Gu Kailai asked Zhou Zhi to read "Complete Tang Poems" and "Complete Song Ci" whenever possible and record them for future reference.

for future use.

Li Qiyan was not only a wealthy businessman and collector, he was also a great scholar, and he also had profound research on ancient culture. Therefore, Zhou Zhi recited poems in ancient languages, and Li Qiyan knew the value of it as soon as he heard it.

Only then did Zhou Zhi salute Li Qiyan: "Hello, Mr. Li, I was so surprised to see two great talents just now. I've lost my etiquette, so don't be offended."

Li Qiyan smiled and waved his hand: "The two of them and Mr. Cai and Mr. Cha are known as the four most talented people in Hong Kong. Even I have to respect them, so why should I be offended?"

After that, he brought a cup of tea to Zhou Zhi: "I love "The Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" the most in my life. How about you read it to me sometime?"

"The Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" is indeed a good article, but not everyone can just open their mouth and say nothing else. Even if you are very knowledgeable, you don't dare to say that you can memorize it all. Therefore, Li Qiyan judges others by himself and only seeks to be thoughtful and thoughtful.

Just read it to him when you have time.

Zhou Zhi smiled slightly: "I also like "The Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" and I happen to be able to recite it. Then before the banquet starts, I will recite it to Mr. Li using the melody of "Qie Yun"?"

"Okay!" The people present were all cultural people, very interested in this, and they all applauded.

"The old county of Nanchang, the new mansion of Hongdu. The stars are divided into wings and the ground is connected to Henglu..."

Zhou Zhi once tried to recite poems in ancient pronunciation to his friends, but in addition to finding the sound quite pleasant, everyone found it more novel and funny.

Because the gap between ancient pronunciation and modern pronunciation is really huge.

However, it is different today. In Cantonese, an environment that is closest to the ancient pronunciation, Zhou Zhi's recitation gave the Hong Kong literati present a "familiar feeling of strangeness".

The pronunciation of most words is definitely Cantonese, but about one-third of them are generally similar but have subtle differences. Especially unlike Cantonese, which is almost all straight pronunciation, Zhou Zhi's pronunciation has many similarities to the northern pronunciation.

The pronunciation involves curling the tongue or even flicking the tongue, but the rhyme is basically close to the rhyme used in Cantonese.

The same song, the same language and the same tone, some people can sing it well, and some people can't sing it well. This principle is also applicable to recitation.

And Zhou Zhi undoubtedly belongs to the category of the best.

The ancients once said that the meaning of poetry should be learned from the Han and Jin Dynasties, and the phonology should be learned from the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Everyone was immersed in the rhythm of the pinnacle of parallel prose in the Tang Dynasty. Li Qiyan closed his eyes, silently tapped the palm of his left hand with the fingers of his right hand, and shook his head to follow the thoughtful rhythm. He was fascinated by it.

After reciting one article, I immediately received applause from the whole room: "Okay——"

In addition to the joy on Li Qiyan's face, Huang Zhan next to him was also happy, stroking Zhou Zhi's back: "When you have time, come to my recording studio and teach me, and I will record a single from "A Smile in the Sea"!"

But Ni Kuang had a question: "I remember it was the old county of Yuzhang, but why is it the old county of Nanchang that is being carried on the elbow?"

Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "There have always been two versions of the beginning of "The Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion". The 'Nanchang' version first appeared in the Notes of the Tang Dynasty written by Wang Dingbao of the Five Dynasties, while the 'Yuzhang' version first appeared in the Tang Dynasty in Zhengcangyuan of the island country.

In the notebook."

"Judging from the year, the manuscript of Zhengcangyuan was probably fifty or sixty years after Wang Bo's death, which is the closest to the original. It is said that it was later changed to avoid mentioning Li Yu, Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty."

“Therefore, most books today use the ‘Yuzhang’ version.”

"However, in the "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" written by Su Shi, Wen Zhengming and Zhu Zhishan, they all begin with 'Nanchang Gujun'. It can be seen that in the Song and Ming Dynasties, the 'Nanchang' version was the mainstream."

"These are all my idols, and I have learned the 'Nanchang' version since I was a child, so I am too lazy to change it."

Ni Kuang writes about who resembles whom in modern prose, but his ancient prose is a bit inferior to the others, especially in terms of details. It’s normal to occasionally have allusions that you don’t know. Now he laughs and says: “So that’s how it is, and it’s so long.

A little bit of knowledge.”

While they were talking, the manager of Liuyuan came over and whispered to Cai Nan: "Mr. Cai, the food is ready to be served."

"Then let's sit down and chat." Cai Nan said with a smile, "Friends, old and new, feel free to do whatever you want."

There are exactly eight people at this table, Cai Nan, Ni Kuang, Huang Zhan, Wang Limei, Li Qiyan, Li Lehai, plus Zhou Zhi and the soy sauce-making Zhang Bin.

Of course Zhou Zhi and Zhang Bin only dared to sit down and hold hands. After sitting down, Zhou Zhi took out two letters: "Knowing that Director Wang and I came to visit Mr. Li, Mr. Qi and Mr. Wang specially wrote letters for me to bring."

After saying that, he held it with both hands and handed it to Li Qiyan, who was sitting next to him.

Li Qiyan reached out to take it and opened the letter from the old man first: "Can this calligraphy be called contemporary Wen Zhengming?"

Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "I dare not judge the calligraphy skills of the two of them, but even when Hengshan was over eighty years old, he still had to write a thousand-character calligraphy once a day, and sometimes he would 'read it several times'. Such a healthy person

I'm afraid even Qi Lao would be envious."

"That's true. Which one of us is not burdened with chores?" Li Qiyan said with a smile: "Fortunately, I am semi-retired now, and I have started to have some free time to pick up my old hobbies."

"This is the advantage of having more sons." Cai Nan complained: "The old man is showing off to us!"

Talents are often dissolute. Speaking of the great talents in Hong Kong, except for a few who are in love, many of them have many romantic affairs, but they have more flowers and less fruits.

After Li Qiyan read Mr. Wang's letter, he couldn't help but raise his head and glance at Zhou Zhi: "Did you find a pair of Chenghua half bottles?"

Zhou Zhi didn't know what Mr. Wang wrote in the letter to Mr. Li, so he didn't dare to answer casually. He just nodded: "Yes, that is a pair of red sandalwood hangings on the wall. There are three pairs of bottles inlaid in it. The top two are from Qianlong.

, the pair at the bottom are from Chenghua, because the bottom is engraved with the words Sanxitang, I guess the staff made a mistake."

Li Qiyan showed the letter to Zhou Zhi and pointed to the words "West Flower Hall" on it: "Is this really this place?"

Zhou Zhi could only nod: "Yes."

Li Qiyan said nothing more, but kept the two letters carefully and carefully.

Director Wang smiled and said: "Mr. Li, I heard that both An Siyuan and An Zhaiyingyi sent people to contact you, hoping to purchase the two "Chunhua Pavilion Notes" you collected?"

Li Qiyan smiled and said: "You guys are quite well informed. Indeed, about three months ago, I attended an exhibition in Kyoto. Among the collections presented to the exhibition at that time was Bi Shi Anzu's engraving of "Chunhua Pavilion Notes". Later, Sakamoto

Wulang contacted me and expressed his intention to collect Zhuben."

"I declined at the time and came back with my things after the exhibition."

"I don't know what happened after that. Both An Siyuan and Anzhai Eiichi contacted me and expressed their intention to acquire, but I still didn't agree. As a result, last month, they found out that I still had Prince Cheng.

"Chunhua Pavilion Notes" is a copy, so if the ancestral copy is not available, it would be fine if I could make a copy of it and give it to the prince."

“After that, I don’t know how to spread the word to the point where I want to sell two books.”
Chapter completed!