Chapter 281 Not Going (1/2)

Calligraphy as an art form that has been inherited for thousands of years is charming and unique. The writing system is a kind of art, and many people have been fascinated by it. However, those who have been able to make significant achievements and leave their names in calligraphic history are few.

The Sage of Calligraphy Wang Xizhi, Huaisu, and Zhang Xu, the masters of running style calligraphy; four great masters of regular calligraphy, Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Zhao Mengfu; and masters from the Song dynasty, such as Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei, Cai Xiang, and so on…

These master left masterpieces in every dynasty. Wang Xizhi’s Preface to the Poems Collected from the Orchid Pavilion had been regarded as the top handwriting in the world. It was said that his work was buried with Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin, or in the Qian mausoleum of Wu Zetian. Some wanted to dig up the graves to see Wang Xizhi’s writing, and some would even spend their whole lives to see it. However, no one could have the chance to see it.

Nowadays, even those scholars could only learn some basic techniques from predecessors. Most of them are clowns that display their slight skills before experts, but few of them can really become professional. Everyone calls himself a calligrapher, but their calligraphy works are not that good.

Qin Sheng dared not say that he was a master in calligraphy since he had only learned some simple skills of calligraphy. But he was much better than the so-called calligraphers. That was his confidence. He was influenced by the environment since he was a child. Having such an advantage, he also had talent in calligraphy, so he could make achievement in calligraphy.

That was the reason why Qin Sheng spent so much time on this work and made Third Master Wu stunned when he saw the first line. When Qin Sheng finished half of his work, Third Master Wu even stood up and shouted out that it was a masterpiece. Qin Sheng thought he could only create one masterpiece in his whole life.

Modern society is not like the ancient times, writing could not be a kind of ability. After all, people didn’t know much about calligraphy, especially classical calligraphy. They saw Third Master Wu acting so excited, so they all looked over here with curiosity.

Of course, there were some professionals in the crowd. When Qin Sheng’s work had been shown on the screen, many people felt surprised by it. This piece of calligraphy work was excellent, it was a piece with a freely flowing style of writing that made people linger on it. What calligraphy!

“Awesome, he is really awesome,” Dugu Qingning stared at Qin Sheng’s calligraphy and said. He knew a little bit about calligraphy. His old master also liked calligraphy, and he pursued to be an integral part of nature.

Qingning said, “What is that, just like a mess. I can’t even recognize a word. Is it really a good work? It is pettifogging.”

Something that could make Third Master Wu stunned would not be pettifogging. Qingning shook her head and said, “Yu’er, you don’t understand. If this work was created by a master, guess how much it could fetch if it was put up for auction.”

“How much? I would not buy it even it just cost me 50 cents,” Qingyu said.

Qingning said slowly, “At least a million dollars.”

If she told Qingyu the calligraphy was brilliant, she could not appreciate it. It was better to tell her which hero was more powerful in the glory of the king. But if he told her how much the calligraphy was, she could certainly understand it. So when Qingyu heard her brother say that the calligraphy could be worth a million dollars, she had nothing to say. But she wondered, was it really a good work?

She was not a pretty, rich girl that didn’t know anything. She had been studying drawing since she was a child, and she loved music. She was artistic. This calligraphy made Third Master Wu stunned, and surprised all the guests tonight. It seemed that everyone believed it was good.

Third Master Wu stared at the calligraphy, he was still into it. It seemed that he had already been attracted by Qin Sheng’s calligraphy style. People who stood behind were also feeling surprised, they had never thought that a piece of calligraphy work would make the old master have this kind of reaction. Some of these people could understand why this calligraphy work was great, but some of them could not.

Qin Sheng’s brother-in-law, Lin Ze, didn’t pay attention to his work, all he could see was Qin Sheng. Lin Ze didn’t care about the beauty anymore, he also didn’t care about the atmosphere when he came back to earth. He left directly, and he wanted to inform his dad about it. He wanted to see how his family was going to deal with this.

Qu Huanxi and Yuan Ke were vulgar people. They didn’t know much about calligraphy so they could not understand everyone’s reaction. Qu Huanxi muttered, “Isn’t it just a piece of calligraphy? Is it really good? I can also find a work like this in my home.”

“Don’t look down upon Qin Sheng, Young Master. He is excellent. Not everyone could use a piece of calligraphy work to make Third Master Wu happy,” Yuan Ke said calmly.

Third Master Wu finally came back to earth. He said in a low voice, “Is this really your work?”

“To be honest, I also couldn’t believe that was my work when I awoke from a drunken sleep.” Qin Sheng told him the truth. This state could be discovered but not sought. He was just very lucky to create something like this.

Qin Sheng also catered to his pleasure. This is like a passage in the Prajnaparamita : When the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was coursing in deep Wisdom, he perceived that all five skandhas are empty, thus, he transcended all suffering. Form does not differ from emptiness and emptiness does not differ from form; form is emptiness and emptiness is form. All dharmas are empty in nature; neither arising nor ceasing, neither impure nor pure, neither increasing nor decreasing.

Qin Sheng knew that with his energy, he could not write the complete text of the Prajnaparamita, so he only wrote half of it. Even so, when Qin Sheng finished writing, he had spent all his energy so he went to sleep directly, and came back to earth a few days later.

“Drunkenness makes a man arrogant, you are learning from the old man. I didn’t expect such a brilliant work to be from a nobody like you. It’s interesting. But there is only half of it,” Third Master Wu said when feeling pity.

Qin Sheng was neither humble nor pushy as he said, “I’m afraid the final version of the work would be not that good. This work was out of expectation.”