"Aren't they all the same? Ruyi's name sounds better, it's all for tickling..." The fat man was very dissatisfied with Fang Yi's words. He rarely understood the origin of an antique, so he naturally didn't want to be denied by Fang Yi.

"I said, this thing was originally used to tickle, but those shapes of Ruyi are different from this one..."

Fang Yi shook his head and said, "During the Qin Dynasty, Ruyi was used as a tickling, but in the Han Dynasty and later dynasties, this thing was divided into two branches, one became pure tickling, and the other branch played the role of "chaoshi" and "handboard"..."

"What are Chaohu and handboard?" The fat man was confused when he heard it. With his little antique knowledge reserve, at best he could fool someone like Si Yuanjie who knew nothing.

"Have you watched ancient costume TV series?" Fang Yi was too lazy to explain carefully with the fat man.

"I've seen it. Isn't the Liu Luoguo I played last year? Isn't it from ancient times?" The fat man didn't understand Fang Yi's meaning very well, but he still answered his words.

"Okay, Liu Luoguo is Liu Luoguo..." Fang Yi said, "Fatty, have you noticed that when the ministers of Liu Luoguo went to court, they would hold something in their hands. That thing is called a court scepter or a handboard..."

"Hey, I know this. It seems that the minister is afraid that he will forget things, so he specially writes things on it..."

Fang Yi has the potential to be a teacher. This is related to the real thing. The fat man immediately understood it and even explained the role of the scepter. In fact, he knew this thing, but he didn't know how to read the scepter, so he didn't know that Fang Yi was talking about an object.

"Yes, after the Han Dynasty, Ruyi replaced the role of the gongshi for a period of time, but in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Ruyi became a purely playful thing for emperors and nobles..."

In fact, Ruyi's thing was used in ancient times. It could be used as a self-defense object, and in war, which means everything goes well and good luck.

As a lucky thing, Ruyi is widely used in the folk and in the palace. When people travel far away, their family or friends will send Ruyi to express their good wishes. In the Qing Dynasty, "Ruyi" became the emperor's pet in the palace.

For example, at the emperor's throne ceremony, the ministers in charge of etiquette must offer a "ruyi" to wish the government and the people to be harmonious and the new policy will be successful. When the emperor meets with foreign envoys, he must also give "ruyi" to show friendship between the two countries and peace and prosperity.

In the empress and the concubines, there is "ruyi" in their dormitories, which is used to nourish their spirit and to show good fortune; especially when the emperor and empress get married, and to the palace for a long life, and during the Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Day, the ministers need to offer a large number of "ruyi" to represent the emperor and empress, and the stars of good fortune are shining.

It can be seen that a small "ruyi" became a precious thing that combines palace etiquette, Han folk exchanges, furnishings and appreciations in the Qing Dynasty.

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"What the emperor uses?" Hearing Fang Yi mention that the emperor also used this thing, the fat man's eyes lit up, "Then how much is this thing worth?"

"This is hard to say. Ruyi's shapes are generally divided into three types..."

Fang Yi reached out and held the hand of Ruyi in his hand. He said, "The first type is the straight-handled Ruyi, with simple lines. It is called Tianguan Ruyi, and the second type is this one. Do you think its top looks like Ganoderma lucidum? It is called Ganoderma lucidum Ruyi...

The third type is more troublesome to make, it is to use precious gems such as jade, agate, tourmaline, coral, ivory, jade, etc. inlaid on precious red sandalwood or copper gilding. This type is called the three-inlaid style Ruyi, which ordinary people cannot afford to play with..."

Ruyi belongs to the category of antiques and miscellaneous items. Sun Lianda is not very proficient, but Yu Xuan has a special liking for Ruyi. Among the few classes he taught to Fang Yi, he focused on Ruyi.

"Brother Fang, I...my grandfather said that this thing was given to my great-grandfather by the emperor, and then the ancestor passed it to my great-grandfather..."

After listening to Fang Yi explaining Ruyi’s history, Si Yuanjie said from the side: “My grandfather said that if this thing is taken into the city, it will be very valuable if it is at least exchanged for a house…”

"The emperor rewards your great-grandfather's master?"

Fang Yi was unable to sort out the relationships Si Yuanjie said for a while, but when he thought of Si Yuanjie's origin, Fang Yi immediately understood and nodded and said, "Your thing is indeed the craft of the Qing Dynasty palace construction office. It was given to Dong Haichuan by Prince Su, right?"

When Fang Yi rubbed the tortoiseshell Ruyi with his hand, he divided a trace of spiritual consciousness to sense its year. So although he could not determine the age through the appearance identification, he could conclude that this tortoiseshell Ruyi, which was intertwined with exquisite yellow and black, was definitely an object from the mid-Qing Dynasty.

"You...how do you know that I... the ancestor of my family is Dong Haichuan?" Hearing Fang Yi's words, Si Yuanjie raised his head suddenly.

“Is this hard to guess?”

Fang Yi laughed at him and said, "You have Baguazhang's kung fu. Your great-grandfather is Si Yuangong, and your great-grandfather is a disciple of Dong Haichuan. Anyone who knows some of Baguazhang knows it..."

"Ah? I...is my great-grandfather so famous?"

When Si Yuanjie heard Fang Yi's words, he was a little stunned because although he had never seen his great-grandfather, he had heard that their Si family followed the words of his ancestor Dong Haichuan and had never left the countryside for several generations. Only Si Yuanjie's parents went to work in the mid-1990s.

But I don’t know if it was because of the reason why Si Yuanjie’s parents did not follow the ancestral teachings. When Si Yuanjie returned to their hometown for the Spring Festival the next year before yesterday, they unfortunately encountered a car accident. Both parents died at the same time, leaving Si Yuanjie and his grandfather to depend on each other.

"Your great-grandfather is not very famous. His reputation lies in being a disciple of Dong Haichuan..."

Fang Yi didn't know much about Si Yuangong's lineage. He just heard the old Taoist priest say that Si Yuangong was Dong Haichuan's apprentice, so today I tried Si Yuanjie's kung fu and heard that his surname was Si, and I immediately thought of Si Yuangong's lineage...
Chapter completed!