Chinese bronze inscriptions of famous scholars

"Armored cavalry", "aspirations to the Central Plains" and other allusions interpretation of history, but also recorded history. Filed bronze sculpture culture, are not reminiscent of the Spring and Autumn Period: relive a chaos; philosophers, competing airing. However, these two thousand years ago recorded in the history of bronze culture, how to identify its authenticity? The people's wisdom, of course, difficult to reason that, there's a jingle on the identification of bronze "look-shaped, after the flowers; get the hands to see the bottom, tight eyes, slowly opening to scrutinize the inscriptions, copper is checkpoints. "

Turning bronze identification, is bound to think of Mr. Song Du Nai, this was at home and abroad as the "identification of the first person of Chinese bronze," the well-known scholars. Recently, I found myself extremely honored, to interview Mr. Du. Through the National Palace Museum that was the old two rows of little red walls, we came to a small courtyard, which was once used as the Temple ritual, now is the seat of Mr. Du's laboratory.

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Trees standing up, grasses and pleasant scenery. Towering solemn teaching building, library, auditorium, and Weiminghu the lake tower shadow each other, this is the campus of Peking University - Yanyuan. 1950s, a young wandering back and forth in Yan Yuan, his heart uneasy, and finally he gritted his teeth, walked resolutely towards the teachers dormitory, he came to the home of the famous historian Jian Bozan, gently knocking on the door , Mr. Jian Bozan open the door to let him go, when he learned that young people are students at Peking University's history department, and came to ask him to learn method, the old kind Jian said: "Now the door of each department to set classes are important, should be careful to lay the foundation. "teachings of Mr. makes encouraged the young students, and the temerity of the young students is Du door Nai loose. Du Nai Song from scholarly, parents are the older generation of intellectuals, so the influence of family and upbringing is quite good, and his brothers and sisters also have access to Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Institute of Technology (now University) and other school, they mutual learning and influence, which Nai Song Du increasing professional level of some help.

After entering history, beginning in the second year of professional archaeological expertise is the most boring and most popular professional, generally students that archeology is to see some of the Tao Tao jars, scrap metal, but Nai Song Du active choice of the profession. Years later, Du Nai Song recalls the archaeological profession of their choice, he says, archeology is mysterious, sly fun, has a certain adventure, which is why the heart is joyful. Have a very broad range of archaeological knowledge base to learn the history of ancient and modern, from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic archaeological, Northern and Southern Dynasties period, archaeological, archaeological literature, natural science text, and so there ought to learn, so It is all-inclusive, very interesting.

During summer vacation, much more quiet than ever Yan Yuan, most foreign students had gone home. But Du Nai Song to the library to read, as always, he saw famous, archaeological investigation of the catalog, each period of archaeological knowledge, etc., Du Nai loose hard work for the future lay a certain foundation. He usually rode bicycles back and forth in Yan Yuan, the classrooms, library, cafeteria and dormitory, was described as a luxury bike, the bike gave him a number of convenient, in Yan Yuan, the bike can save a lot of time.

Palace in the well-known scholar

Time slowly, Du Nai loose to complete their studies, bid farewell to Yan Yuan, he was assigned to the National Palace Museum work. Du Nai Songti a simple luggage door to the Palace Museum, he looked at the tall red walls, and my heart very emotional. Although he had grown up in Beijing, also came to visit the Forbidden City, but now the red walls in their work with these precious relics from morning till evening, he is a heritage from the heart for love. He can not forget to go to college during the archaeological field, the Western Zhou Dynasty tomb lucky enough to find the kind of accomplishment, and his firm Fair, professional archaeological interest.

Initially, the leaders let loose familiar with all aspects of Du Nai environment, after all, Forbidden City, there are more than a million pieces of precious cultural relics, museums and cultural for a person to engage in, the wide range of knowledge is necessary, In addition the museum's special, a necessary requirement Du Nai Song learn to adapt. Over time, the famous scholar Mr. Tang Lan to find DU Nai Song said: "The leadership decided that allows you to engage in bronze statue and ancient writing." Du Nai song after listening, very happy, because he was in college, he was on the bronze interested of. "Young people want to move forward one step away, not anxious." Said Mr. Tang Lan and earnestness. So, set the direction of Du Nai loose a bit of professional, since then, bronze and ancient writing and his fate closely together, until he became a research and chinese bronze inscriptions of famous scholars.

Noon, sun scorching, the Forbidden City "Treasure House" outside of a gallery, where visitors arrived almost dead, few people bother, it is quite quiet. Nai Song Du holding books while sitting gallery, dedicated to study, especially in ancient literature, "The Book of Songs", "Zuo Zhuan", philosophers, etc., while the system read the "Han", "Han" "Three Kingdoms" and so on. In this reading during lunch period, was his habit to form over many years. It turned out that a lot of loose DU Nai actual work, he began to feel the need to constantly add knowledge, so he used all the available time to study. He had a habit of reading, if it is his book, where he will focus on planning out some important statements also hand-written down, or even the origin of language development and research, his books will be used to identify these obscure inscriptions, Then one by one and read on. Although the young couple is not a loose DU Nai work, which gives him more time available. His wife was working in the field, Du Nai Song meal a day to go back to reading. Often recalled this period of life experiences, he always lamented, saying: "Back home I do some housework, I put in the time interval of time to read these corners to see period is a period, the total to about a lot of practice, but also reading a lot of books. "For from the heart of the book he is loved, and now is the gray-haired Du Song Nai always so lamented the lack of time:" If life has two places at once then read the book a lot in the past, I would like to look at. "

At point 2, the dead of night, Du Nai Song writing is often buried, in order to complete a chapter of literary theory, he insisted continuous time writing, though very hard, but when he saw the paper came out, the mind has a sense of satisfaction, and this when he discovered the physical and mental tension due to extremely lax and become uncomfortable. Poor Shou Road, which is characteristic of scholars. Du Nai Song for their hard work made him himself, and for decades he published more than 20 books (including the independence of, and co-editor), published academic papers and poems at home and abroad 200 articles. "Bronze Jane", "the palace of art into bronze", "Ji Jinwen word on the set with bronze dragon culture", "Chinese cultural classification Compiled British Illustration", (Volume 1-4) (co-author), "a small bronze Dictionary" "Bronze identification", "Bronze history", "China Collection and Appreciation" (co-) display are bronze forefront of research and innovation theory, attracted wide attention. This is his combination of theory and practice the inevitable result.