"A hundred rooms are bright" and "30,000 tea houses" are the style of bibliophiles, but the average reader does not. With a room, no matter how big or small, a desk, a chair, a roll of books and a cup of tea, there will be a quiet place to live in daily life, that is, the study of scholars.
Today, let's travel through time and space and see the ancient people's study. What's in the study of the ancients?
1. Plants and flowers. The study is also called "cloud window" and "cloud pavilion" because "the ancients used clouds to collect books. Cloud, vanilla, today people call it Qilixiang. " Plants and flowers are placed in the window, which is fresh and pleasant.
2. fish. Gao Lian in the Ming Dynasty described the study environment as follows in "Eight Notes on Respect for Life": "There are pine and cypress bonsai in the middle of the window, or one or two orchids around it, with lush vegetation. Next to No.1 Xiyan Lake, there is also a basin. Near the window, there are five or seven golden crucian carp to see the cat alive. "
3. Desk and Four Treasures of the Study. In Song Dynasty, Su Yijian wrote the Four Classics of the Study, including two volumes of Bi Jing, one volume of Yan Jing, one volume of Paper Jing and five volumes of Mo Jing, which provided a lot of valuable materials and was the first book to advocate "Four Treasures of the Study". Therefore, when future generations mention Four Treasures of the Study, they will definitely say "Four Classics of the Study". This book is also the beginning of the style of study in the early Song Dynasty.
4. Incense burner. In the study of the ancients, there is a permanent incense burner, which fills the air with incense, bringing people into the meditation of high mountains and flowing water and into a vast and clear realm. According to the report, some good people went home in the mountains and were released in the study. Regardless of the effect, his behavior is really cute. Smoke clouds are the clear rhyme of the study, and can't be forced. Ancient books and famous paintings, flowers and plants in the four seasons, tea and wine, and laughter all emit smoke.
5. antiques. Scholars love the past, read the books of sages, attach importance to historical experience, reflect on ancient love, and pursue the pleasure of learning from ancient times to the present. Books and utensils are more interesting as they get older. Original calligraphy and painting, original rubbings and rare books of ancient books are naturally the treasures of the study, and the stationery in the study had better have some ancient meanings. It became an elegant taste for Ming and Qing literati to collect books published in Song and Yuan Dynasties and use old kilns or bronzes.
6. Bookshelves. The study is for people, not books. In fact, it is not the book, but its environment, atmosphere and realm. In addition to the essential books in the study, you can also enrich the bookshelf with a few pictures and ink. Sitting alone in the study, or chanting to the sun, or reading by candlelight at night, enjoying a quiet life in the study is a rare happiness in life.
What about those famous study rooms?
Sanbaoshi
Sanxi Hall is located in the West Warm Pavilion in hall of mental cultivation, the Palace Museum, and is the study of the Qing emperor Qianlong.
There are two solutions to "Sanxi"; One said that "a scholar is a sage, a saint is a saint, and a saint is heaven"; One is called "Three Wishes" (China ancient word "Wishing" and "Rare" are homonyms), that is, three rare treasures, which are named after Wang Xizhi's "Sunny Post in the Snow", Wang Xianzhi's "Mid-Autumn Post" and Wang Xun's "Yuan Bo Post" respectively.
Sanxi Hall is a small town, but solemn, bright and clean, majestic atmosphere. In several cases, the first one is jade ruyi, and the first one is copper heater. There is a couplet hanging on the wall: "Looking at the past and the present, looking deep into the heart, asking for luxury", inscribed by Emperor Qianlong. Couplets are naturally simple.
Yue Wei Cao Tang
Yuewei Caotang is the study of Ji Xiaolan, a famous scholar and politician in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. Five rooms wide and five purlins deep. According to legend, Ji Xiaolan planted vines in the front yard and begonia in the back yard.
Ji Xiaolan, famous for his talent, devoted his whole life to paying attention to Sikuquanshu, personally edited and polished it into 200 volumes, and was ordered to create 20 volumes of Simple Catalogue of Sikuquanshu.
Liaozhai
Liaozhai is the scientific name of Pu Songling, a famous novelist in Qing Dynasty. According to legend, in the study, Pu Songling set up a teahouse, invited people to drink tea, waited for an opportunity to ask some anecdotes, and then polished what he heard. "ambition" comes into being (records), and "difference" is of course to show that all your records are anecdotes. Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio was born from this.
Jingxiang book store
Jingxiang Bookstore was built to commemorate the painter of Qing Dynasty and one of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou. Bookstore, facing south, three blue brick houses, typical architectural style of Qing Dynasty. The word "Jingxiang Bookstore" under the eaves is taken from the word "Jinnong", which is characterized by its slender figure, thick horizontal and thin vertical, elegant hook and deep ink, just like lacquer ware, so it is called lacquer book. On both sides of the main entrance, there are couplets inscribed by Zheng Banqiao: "The flying tower is in the sky and a half, among the bamboo bushes in the study". In the study, there are pine-plum woodcarving covers, desk screens and vases, Four Treasures of the Study on the desk, thread-bound books on the Duobao bookshelf and Go on the round table, which are antique and memorable.
Xiaoxiang restaurant
Xiaoxiang Pavilion is the residence and study of Lin Daiyu in A Dream of Red Mansions. According to the description in the book, there are "dragons and phoenixes with dense tails" and "three huts, one bright and two dark, winding paths leading to a secluded place, surrounded by bamboos, swaying and standing, full of stones, gurgling streams and houses around the steps". Picturesque scenery and Lin Daiyu's personality and talent make Xiaoxiang Pavilion the freshest and refined place in the Grand View Garden. Film and television works restore the elegance and tranquility here for us.