Wenrun Pavilion · Zhihu 丨 Two Rare "Yongle Ceremony"

Zhejiang News Client reporter Lin Jing

When it comes to China's encyclopedia, the "Yongle Ceremony" must be ranked among the top.

"Yongle Ceremony" is the largest book in ancient my country and one of the four major collections of the National Library. There are more than 11,000 volumes, 22877 volumes, 60 volumes and 60 volumes, and 11095 volumes, a total of about 370 million words, bringing together seven or eight thousand types of ancient and modern books. However, after hundreds of years, the soldiers and fires, the beginning of the book of Yongle, was re -recorded at the end of Jiajing. The original whereabouts are still unknown.

In the vertical exhibition cabinet of the Hangzhou National Version Pavilion, the "Yongle Ceremony" was quietly placed under a soft light, exuding the taste of history and years. The audio and video tour on the side of the wall tells the legendary journey of the important donor of the Hangzhou National Edition Museum to let these two precious ancient books go home.

Two years ago, a bid with a turnover of up to 65 million yuan aroused attention. At 4:47 pm on July 7, local time in France, the two "Yongle Ceremony" was held in the No. 2 auction hall of Drouot Auction Company in Paris. Chinese ladies were shot at a net price of 6.4 million euros.

According to Druo Auction Company, these two lots of lots are derived from French private collectors. The family members were sent to China in the second half of the 19th century and served as the rank of colonel. It was quite deep and received a lot of things, including these two "Yongle Ceremony". These two volumes of "Yongle Ceremony" belong to the lake (2268-2269) and the funeral (7391-7392) volume. In addition to the abrasion of the book, there is a little water marks.

Weng Lianxi, a researcher at the Beijing Palace Museum, an expert in Chinese ancient books, previously wrote that the importance and scarcity of "Yongle Ceremony" do not have to say more ... These two volumes and four volumes and the national library "Lake" and "funeral" word document All are connected, and the emergence of this "lake" document has made the "lake" rolls found all connected (2260-2283), which is rare.

That night, LOT231 "Yongle Ceremony" officially started, and the scene was extremely hot. The two volumes of "Yongle Ceremony" started with 10,000 euros and instantly exceeded 500,000 euros. After one minute and a half, the auction price has exceeded the limit of the auction company display, and the auction price cannot be displayed. In the end, this rare treasure successfully changed the master with 6.4 million euros. A Chinese lady was taken by a Chinese lady, and the commission was equivalent to nearly 65 million yuan. According to Hebei's "Tibetan Tibetan Daily" report, this generation of shooting was connected by Weng Lianxi, and Zhejiang entrepreneur Jin Liang was photographed.

Two years later, this rare treasure was stored in the Hangzhou National Edition. From learning about news, decision intervention, commissioning auction, transferring to the public exhibition, it is a joint force formed by civil collectors, public units, relevant experts, and so on.

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