Many people have dreamed of it. Some people long for food to fall from the sky, some people long for burying them in the restaurant after death, and some people like Lin Yi, who are eager to be in the sea of ​​books one day and have rare books.

I used to think it was a dream, but now, from the moment I pushed open the door, my dream came true.

Lin Yi never expected that this third floor would be a paradise filled with thread-bound books.

What is heaven like?

Everyone’s heart is different, but Lin Yi’s scene is like this in front of him---there are all over the shelf with thread-bound books, the fragrance of books is everywhere, and the fragrance of sweat is full of antiques.

Excited, so exciting, especially these books are Lin Yi's favorite thread-bound books! The beauty of thread-bound books cannot be described in words, just like a classical and elegant woman, as graceful as a stunning geese and as a swimming dragon---

The aunt looked at Lin Yi strangely, not understanding what he was doing for breathing heavily? Are she tired from the second floor to the third floor?

"Young man, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable? Oh, yes, this room hasn't been opened for a long time since the professor passed away. It's inevitable that the air inside will not flow and you're a little breathing. It doesn't matter, just wait for a while." The aunt said very concerned.

Lin Yi's cheeks turned red, and he scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "No, I was shocked. I didn't expect that there were so many books here, and they were all thread-bound books."

"Haha, what's the matter? I often come to clean these books. I've read too much and tired of reading them. Only you who like to read will like them so much." The aunt really couldn't understand.

Lin Yi knew that he wouldn't understand if he talked too much to her.

"Auntie, can I take a look?" Lin Yi said embarrassedly.

"Look, just read it, haha, I'm going to let you read it, you see, I'll take a walk." Aunt yawned. For some reason, when she saw these books, she became sleepy, so she habitually picked up the feather duster next to her and started cleaning.

Lin Yi took a deep breath and picked up a book from the bookshelf. He saw that it was a Qing engraving book. He picked up another one, or a Qing engraving book. He continued to read it. Qing engraving book - there are some contemporary photocopies among them, but he has not yet found any Song and Yuan engraving books and ancient Ming dynasty books.

After thinking about it, Lin Yi didn't feel funny. He was really greedy. You should know that the current research on the versions of ancient books is generally called the Song and Yuan dynasties, and few people talk about the Qing dynasty version. However, according to the strict definition of ancient books, about 90% of the current ancient books are Qing dynasty versions, that is, Qing dynasty versions account for the vast majority of existing ancient books.

One of the focuses of book collection is content. Because books are used to make people read, this is the difference between books and other works of art. Although they also have artistic carriers and cultural relics, content is always the factor that determines the value of books.

From the perspective of feudal society, the Han and Song dynasties were the top three academic peaks in China, and the Qing dynasties was the highest among the three peaks. The content of the book at that time was best reflected, and the research methods that were close to scientific. The Qing Dynasty, which was at its peak of academic research, was also the reason why the Qing Dynasty was worth a high value.

When Lin Yi thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh. This is the lack of human hearts and snakes swallow elephants. Most of these in front of him are Qingzhi. For others, it is already a great fortune in calligraphy, but he is not satisfied.

Shaking his head, Lin Yi began to look through the second bookshelf. The first thing he saw was "Rizhilu", a collection of Kangxi Suichutang, written by Gu Yanwu.

Lin Yi remembers clearly that in a book and the interesting story of the book, there was a saying that when Gu Yanwu wrote "Rizhilu", someone asked him how many volumes he wrote that year. Gu Yanwu replied, "It's only a few, but where can I get the volume?" This shows the difficulty of writing and the master's careful crafting of the works. These are also the most attractive things about the ancient book version. The attitude of the ancients in their academic work is completely different from that of modern people, so the knowledge in ancient times was far higher than that of modern knowledge. Collecting ancient books means collecting these knowledge and inheriting these knowledge.

Lin Yi looked through another book, which was a relatively precious rubbing of "Stone Carvings of Liu Pingguo in Han Dynasty". Lin Yi once saw it in the book that it is said that this "stone carving" was lost when the Qing army soldiers were exploring the road to Tianshan Mountain and accidentally discovered it in the mountains and forests. Later, someone who was interested wrote it down, and this rubbing of "Stone Carvings of Liu Pingguo in Han Dynasty" was just spread throughout the world.

Lin Yi suppressed his excitement. These are not books, they are all treasures, history, and precious historical materials.

But how many people really know the true value of these ancient books?

Not to mention anything else, there is a story that is widely circulated in the collection industry. In the 1980s, at the home of a fellow villager in Shandong Province, someone regarded a book called "Yongle Encyclopedia" as a shoe sole.

Now the National Tu (National Library) has just spent 8 million yuan to buy a book called "Yongle Encyclopedia". If the soles of the shoe know the news, they would probably vomit blood and die---

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Lin Yi wandered in this ivory tower built by thread-bound books, browsing countless ancient thread-bound books. Gradually, he forgot the time, the place, and even more so where he was and what he was to do.

At this time, the aunt who cleaned the sanitation became anxious and was embarrassed to plan on Lin Yi. Lin Yi was reading books quietly and flipping through thread-bound books. This attitude was always awesome. Professor Jiang, who was knowledgeable in the past, also liked to read books quietly next to the bookshelf.

But the aunt finally couldn't hold back and coughed and said, "Young man, what do you think after watching for so long?"

When Lin Yi heard the voice of his speech, he woke up and understood where he was, where he was, and what he was going to do.

He smiled embarrassedly, and Lin Yi said to the aunt: "There are too many books, and I'm confused."

The aunt smiled, "I know this, you scholars are so stupid. As long as you read, you forget everything."

Lin Yi smiled and said, "So now, how do you calculate so many books?" He seemed to have a headache.

But the aunt suddenly said, "By the way, I remember Professor Jiang has records. He has registered all the books he bought, so you can read them."

"Is this a private thing? It's not convenient for us..."

"It doesn't matter. Professor Jiang is a good person. If he knows that his book is in the hands of a book lover like him, he will definitely be very happy." The aunt seemed to know the deceased Professor Jiang very well.

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll take a look at his private records."

People have peeps.

When Lin Yi got the thick cowhide notebook, a strong sense of snooping came to his heart. After all, it recorded everything about a book lover. The process of buying and reading books recorded most of his life.

Lin Yi gently opened the cowhide notebook with his hand, and wrote a line of words on the title page of the notebook: Book collection diary.

Open the first page: I don’t know when I fell in love with books, but the ancients said: People without ignorance should not be compatible with each other, because they have no true feelings. People without temptation should not be compatible with each other, because they have no true energy. Just like when I first liked to collect stamps, I had many hobbies, and through various opportunities, I finally settled into a specialty: love books.

Looking back, when I first taught in school, an old bookstore reopened on the way and took a fancy to a set of "Oracle Bone Bone Edition" from the Republic of China. The boss offered 580 yuan, so he bought it for almost two months. Later, I saw a report on Zheng Zhenduo going to Hong Kong to acquire ancient books in the 1950s in an old newspaper, and I felt very shocked. These may be my chance to fall in love with the collection of books. But I think when a person can explain the truth clearly, he is already far from the truth. In fact, I don’t know why he went to the road of collecting books.

Everyone goes from budding to maturity in collections. When I first started with my collection, I didn’t know how to classify them, I didn’t know the difference between the first and the reprinted ones, and I didn’t know the difference between series and single-printed books. I just took many detours before I gradually matured myself.

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Seeing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but be respectful. At least Professor Jiang is a true book lover and a senior in the book collection industry. It's a pity that such a large collector hides in the city, but few people know that maybe it was not because of his death that this two-story "record building" would not be seen by himself.

This is definitely a collection of books like treasures in the deep mountains, and Professor Jiang is the master of protecting and possessing these treasures.

With an extremely respectful mind, Lin Yi was like a boy who had just entered the world, looking through the peerless secrets left by a martial arts senior. It was so solemn and so serious.

Book collection diary, continue reading---

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Now, I want to tell you how my books came about. After all, as a university professor, it is impossible for me to buy all of them from regular bookstores. After all, I am not a monetary, nor a super rich person.

Here we are talking about the fate of books.

How to collect books? During the blind touching process, there are also times when they are in a misunderstanding, but most of them suffer losses. In the 1980s, some "Wen-Ge" assets were "refund compensation" and I bought some books through this channel. When I became familiar with the person who returned the compensation, I also had contact information to get the compensation recipient. Their family had a whole shelf of books, but the family members had passed away and their children did not understand it. They sold several shelves together. Before "Wen-Ge", they were all the books, and the people would not hide them at home.

Book. During the "Wen-Ge", there was a large mansion. However, because the house was confiscated, the house given was very small, and several generations lived in small houses. After the book was returned, there was no place to put the book, so I was willing to sell it at this time. Today, I bought a lot of good things through this method. From this perspective, collecting requires opportunities. It is difficult to build a scale by relying on buying books by book every day. A person should not talk too much about talent and hard work, but in fact, acquired patronage is also very important.

Collections should be taught by teachers. I have a long history of buying them, and I don’t find any way to find them. Later, I also came into contact with some old book collectors. Although they don’t have a lot of cultural knowledge background, they have been in the book industry for so many years and know which books are rare. Once, an old man told me to buy a Qingzhi book, but I think it’s nothing, so it’s better to print it out. In fact, this is the "Complete Works of Zhao Zhiqian", and later I found out that it’s very rare.

The real system collection was in the early 1990s. In 1991 and 1992, I began to systematically read academic history, read some books from my predecessors, such as those from collectors in the Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, and gradually realized what good things were.

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Seeing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but breathe, fantasizing that a good era, the line-bound books could be seen everywhere, like the cabbage on the street, picking up and selling them one by one. The Song and Yuan versions are the most basic, and the Ming versions can be claimed. As for the Qing Dynasty and the lithographs of the Republic of China, they are slightly inferior in their appearance and they are still pretentious. But now, even a line-bound book that is tattered is kept in their hands by many people as treasures, hoping to be able to sell them one day to make a lot of money. It is very difficult to buy books and buy real rare ancient books.

Times are different. When people realize the value of these rare ancient books, the era of collecting many book lovers is about to end. Unless you have wealth, you can own a book city.

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To collect books, I must have huge capital support. At the beginning, I didn’t realize it, but as the prices of ancient books became higher and higher, I realized that my expenses were very unbalanced. Often, a month’s salary was not enough to buy a few books. At this time, I began to use my brain and try my best to make money and money that I once hated.

How to do it? I started working part-time at other universities, started giving speeches everywhere, and started publishing various academic works, but received some harmless gifts and gifts.

I have become more and more secular, and I have to spend nearly one million on buying books every year to maintain my insatiable desire.

The book collector has a mission to protect ancient books as much as possible, repair them well, and make a good set so that the books will not be worn out. Some of these books have been around for thousands of years, but I have only lived for decades. I only occupied a small circle in the history of the book collection. To put it bluntly, I am just a host of these books. When I grow old, they will find a new owner who loves them again.

People will grow old, but books will not grow old.

The earth is long and the sky is long, but the fragrance of books remains.

And what do we collectors really get? Maybe I won’t understand until death---

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A click!

Lin Yi couldn't help but shed a teardrop.

Yes, what do we really get as collectors? Those treasured, beloved, and the collection of books that are like flesh in our hearts, ultimately only treat us as hosts for a long century. They are temporarily hosting us, but when we grow old, they still remain unchanged. When we have wrinkles and illnesses, they are still as safe and sound. When we are lying on the hospital bed and buried in the coffin, they should leave, cars, bunches, boxes, piles... Continue to find a new host, and find the next person who loves them.

In this world, the most infatuated person is the book lover!

The most ruthless things in this world are those books!

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Chapter completed!