Compared to a Song version book that can easily cost millions of yuan, the price of Qing version is undoubtedly lower, and some Qing versions can even be bought for a few hundred yuan.

After all, by the Qing Dynasty, printing technology was already popular and the printing cost was much lower. The most important thing is that compared with the Song versions of the book seven or eight hundred years ago, the Qing versions of the book, which was only three or four hundred years ago, were much more preserved.

The quality of this Qing version of the book is still a thing of the past. According to Yang Jing's judgment, the quality of this book should be as high as the eighty-fiveth grade.

This book looks about seventy or eighty pages, with the cover written on the title of the book - "Miscellaneous Talks of the Ancients", and the author's name is Liu Zheng at the bottom left.

Obviously, this should be a book introducing the ancients.

However, Yang Jing has never heard of the title or the author.

Looking at Yang Jing looking at the cover, the shop owner said: "This book should be a folk book published during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. After I collected this book, I had specially checked the author. According to my verification, Liu Zheng, a man from Shiqi, was from Jiangnan and Zhejiang Province. He was a juren in the 42nd year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty."

Although Liu Zheng and Liu Shiqi are not a celebrity, since the boss can be sure that he was a juren in the 42nd year of Kangxi, then this book must be a book from the Kangxi period. The most important thing is that it is rare that this book can still maintain the eighty-fifth grade quality until now.

Yang Jing carefully opened the first page, and what caught his eye was the name of Han Yu, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

It took less than two pages to introduce Han Yu, and then there are introductions by Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi and others.

Only after this did Yang Jing realize that this book should be a book compiled by a unsuccessful scholar or juren in the Qing Dynasty, who was bored and specially used to introduce famous literati from the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties. Its function is somewhat similar to the Baidu Encyclopedia, a character of the current Baidu Encyclopedia.

At this time, Yang Jing's phone rang, and it was my uncle who called him.

"Uncle, please take a walk with my grandfather first. I'll take a look at the store just now. I'll go find you later."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Jing continued to read the book.

The book was well compiled, and the most important thing was that Yang Jing discovered that this book should not be an ordinary Qing version of the book, but a printed book.

Among ancient books, whether it is the Song version, the Ming version, or the valuable Qing version, they all include carved versions, movable type, hand-copying, etc., but the most valuable thing is the engraving version.

The so-called engraved books refer specifically to books printed in woodblock printing. Take the most valuable Song Dynasty engraving book for example. If the Song Dynasty engraving book is the crown among rare ancient books, then the Song Dynasty engraving book is the most dazzling diamond on the crown.

By the same token, even if it is a valuable Qing version, if it is a rare engraved version, its value may not be as valuable as that of Ming version.

Seeing Yang Jing a little moved, the shop owner smiled. "How is it, little brother, have you seen the uniqueness of this book?"

Yang Jing raised his head and looked at the boss, and said to the boss with a thumbs-up, "Boss, your method is not simple. You can actually collect a clear-cut book. It's a pity. This book is not an official book, but just a master book or a warehousing book."

The shop owner smiled and said, "The official engraving book is not that easy to get. If it were the official engraving book, it would have been collected by the museum long ago."

Yang Jing nodded, and did not speak anymore, but continued to watch.

After a while, Yang Jing gently closed the book and said to the boss: "Boss, this book is good, how much can I give it to me?"

The boss said, "Little brother, you have also seen it. Although this book is a Qing Dynasty edition and cannot be compared with the Ming Dynasty edition and the Song Dynasty edition, my appearance is top-notch. Let alone the Qing Dynasty edition, even books from the Republic of China period may not have such a good appearance. So if you want it, take five thousand away."

After hearing this, Yang Jing shook his head slightly and said, "Boss, this price is high."

"Not high, not high. This is a Qing Dynasty printed version from the Kangxi period with such a good quality. Although it is not an official printed version, the price is definitely not high for this book."

Yang Jing smiled and said, "Boss, if this book is really a Qing-printed version from the Kangxi period, even if it is a home-printed version or a wooden-printed version, I will take it away without saying a word. Unfortunately, your book is not a printed version from the Kangxi period. If I read it correctly, this book should be from the Guangxu period."

"What? It's from the Guangxu period? It's impossible! I'm sure the author of this book was from the Kangxi period. How could it be from the Guangxu period?" The boss was a little anxious.

Yang Jing said: "Boss, you are a professional rare ancient books. You should know that you can't just judge the true origin of a book from the author. I believe you also know what the characteristics of the printed books in the early Qing Dynasty are, right?"

The boss nodded and was about to say something, but Yang Jing did not give him a chance to speak, but opened the book directly, pointing to the words on it and said: "The engraved books in the early Qing Dynasty were still in the style of the late Ming Dynasty, with rectangular characters, straight, thick and thin horizontally. After Kangxi, "writing style" and "imitation Song style" began to become popular. As for the Daoguang period, the fonts of the engraved books began to become dull, known as "marshal's style". Look at the fonts of this book, do you think this font is the style of the late Ming Dynasty?"

"Although you can be sure that the author of this book is a juren in the 42nd year of Kangxi, the font of this book is rigid and has no spiritual energy. It is a typical craftsman style character in the late Qing Dynasty. How could such a printed book appear during the Kangxi period? Such a font will not even appear in the printed book in the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods."

When he said the following passage, Yang Jing kept looking at the store owner. Sure enough, Yang Jing clearly captured the panic flashing in the store owner's eyes.

At this time, Yang Jing had a complete idea.

If Yang Jing had a good judgment, the shop owner should have known that the book was a printed book from the late Qing Dynasty. However, the shop owner got a cover from somewhere, and then used the method of replacing the pillars to replace the cover in this book.

There are so many things in this regard in the antique industry now. This boss is still a bit conscientious, and at least he has made a copy of the later version of the book. If he changes to a bad boss, he might use books from the Republic of China to fool you.

If you change to a customer who has a slightly worse basic skills, you will see that the author was from the Kangxi period and that the book is a printed book, you may ignore the font in surprise.

After all, even the craftsman style characters do not seem to be much different from the writing style or imitation Song styles of the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. Only those who are proficient in this aspect can see the difference between them.

The store owner saw Yang Jing’s words so sure and knew that he had met an expert, so he asked with a wry smile: “How much do you want to pay?”

Yang Jing smiled and raised a finger...
Chapter completed!