Chapter 1261: Arguing with the Confucians
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When Li Qingxue said this, the surrounding people could not help but mock her.
Professor Charles was famous in the history world. What he said could be placed in cla.s.s and directly used as teaching content.
Facing many questioning gazes, Xia Wanyuan appeared very calm.
“Can’t a professor make mistakes?”
“Then tell me, what did I say was wrong??” Professor Charles was also a little annoyed by Xia Wanyuan’s words.
!!
He enjoyed an ill.u.s.trious reputation in this industry. How could a little girl from nowhere casually fool him?
Xia Wanyuan leaned closer to the bowl and pointed at the name on it. “This bowl does not have the cracked ice pattern at all.”
“What a joke.” Before anyone could speak, Li Qingxue jumped out first. The mockery in her eyes was about to overflow. “Miss Xia, don’t tell me you don’t know the five major porcelains in China? Even someone like me who knows them well knows that this is the cla.s.sic appearance of a cracked ice pattern.”
“Really?” Xia Wanyuan looked at Professor Charles. “Since Professor Charles has always been in charge of this project, there should be information. Are there a few doubts in your information?
For example, the glaze of this porcelain bowl is actually not smooth. Although it looks like a cracked ice pattern, there’s actually a difference. Also, there’s actually a small black mark at the bottom of this porcelain bowl.”
Xia Wanyuan’s words were baffling. Everyone felt that she was casually talking nonsense. Only Professor Charles and a few others who had studied it seriously suddenly had their expressions change drastically.
Because Xia Wanyuan was talking about the characteristics of this bowl that outsiders did not know.
However, this bowl had already arrived at the England Museum more than a hundred years ago. How did Xia Wanyuan know?
Xia Wanyuan stopped halfway through her sentence. “If Professor Charles feels that there’s something wrong with what I said, you can point it out.”
Everyone’s gazes focused on Charles. Everyone thought that he would argue on the basis of reason. Who would have thought that Charles would only mutter a few words before looking at Xia Wanyuan with antic.i.p.ation? “Why are these reasons? If it’s not a cracked ice pattern porcelain, what is it?”
“This is a burning technology pa.s.sed down from more than a thousand years ago. It’s specially used by the royal family…” Xia Wanyuan began to explain the origins of this porcelain to everyone present.
Its historical origin and its unique way of preserving it. In the end, everyone understood that it was not because the people there did not know how to preserve this thing.
Instead, because of the unique climate and moisture conditions in the southwest mountains, only by placing it in the air could the porcelain maintain its original l.u.s.ter.
In the end, it cracked into its current state because the England Museum treated it as an expensive cracked ice pattern to safeguard. Instead, it completely lost its original appearance.
Although what Xia Wanyuan said was especially unbelievable, every point she said was supported by solid evidence.
Xia Wanyuan had a very complicated temperament.
She had a political background and had a strong ability to control the situation. Her logical thinking was top-notch. In addition, after being a teacher for a period of time, she knew how to make boring knowledge interesting.
Although cultures were different, humans had the same mood when they admired and felt beauty.
Through Xia Wanyuan’s explanation, everyone seemed to have been brought to that magical southwest world.
It was as if she was with those craftsmen. In the rainy weather, she pulled the bellows and calcined countless exquisite porcelain in the flames.
Professor Charles had been listening attentively until Xia Wanyuan finished speaking. He was very interested in what Xia Wanyuan had said.
He knew that he studied Continent Y’s culture, but some of the things Xia Wanyuan had just mentioned made him feel very unfamiliar.
After Xia Wanyuan finished speaking, Charles’s att.i.tude changed. He had thought that Xia Wanyuan was someone who had come to cause trouble. He did not expect her to really know this very well.
“Miss Xia, what you said is very interesting and right.” The characteristics of the porcelain in the exhibition hall that Xia Wanyuan had pointed out were information that only members of the museum had. This was also the reason why Charles believed her.
Seeing that some people had already begun to communicate with Xia Wanyuan, Li Qingxue gritted her teeth and forced a smile. “Mrs. Jun, you’re amazing. I didn’t expect you to study porcelain too.”
“It’s alright. I should know more about my country’s things.” Li Qingxue deliberately wanted Xia Wanyuan to be embarra.s.sed. She knew this very well. Xia Wanyuan turned around and pointed at a piece of parchment not far away. “I heard that Miss Li has the royal blood of England. Can you help me explain the origin of this?”
As soon as Xia Wanyuan finished speaking, everyone’s gazes landed on Li Qingxue.
Li Qingxue’s expression darkened.
She was not interested in these things, so how could she know what the parchment was?
Back then, when she remembered those introductions, she remembered that they were relatively famous treasures. She did not even look at such an inconspicuous thing in the corner.
She originally wanted to take a look at the name introduction of the parchment, but she did not know if Xia Wanyuan did it on purpose. She happened to block the name in front of the gla.s.s display cabinet.
Time pa.s.sed minute by minute. Li Qingxue’s palm was about to be pinched by herself. Finally, she said, “This isn’t an important exhibit, so…”
The corners of Xia Wanyuan’s lips curled up slightly. Li Qingxue inexplicably felt that something was wrong.
As expected, in the next second, Xia Wanyuan took a step back, revealing the name on the gla.s.s display cabinet.
“Ack Lei Hand Book”
Li Qingxue’s eyes widened. This person was the ancestor of our Dray family, the famous general of England.
“If I remember correctly, this Mr. Dray is your ancestor, right?” Xia Wanyuan looked at Li Qingxue with a faint smile.
The strange gazes of the surrounding people landed on Li Qingxue. Li Qingxue finally could not help but lower her head. After calming down, she looked up again. “I usually don’t read much and don’t know much about these ancestors’ items.”
“I see.” Xia Wanyuan had never taken the initiative to provoke others, but if she was provoked, she would not be polite. “Why don’t I teach you?”
With that, without waiting for Li Qingxue’s response, Xia Wanyuan began to explain the historical background of the appearance of this parchment to Li Qingxue, as well as why the Ack Dray family had written this letter back then and who it was for.
Not only did Xia Wanyuan explain this parchment, but she also explained it to the other relevant exhibits in this museum.
From human portraits to cups, crowns, and weapons, Xia Wanyuan seemed to know this place better than the real staff in the museum.
It was easy to connect. Every item and item seemed to be unrelated, but in a specific historical background, there was really an unclear connection between them.
As Xia Wanyuan spoke, she explained Li Qingxue’s family history to her.
This action was very subtle in everyone’s eyes.
In Li Qingxue’s opinion, it was undoubtedly a great humiliation.
This was England. She, Li Qingxue, was the master, and Xia Wanyuan was the guest.
Furthermore, Li Qingxue was a descendant of the Dray family.
Under such a scene, Li Qingxue was told about her family’s history by Xia Wanyuan. This was simply slapping someone without making a sound.
The others were not as embarra.s.sed as Li Qingxue. Everyone had come here to watch the commotion. Now, they would watch anyone be embarra.s.sed.
Furthermore, Xia Wanyuan’s explanation was really interesting. Everyone listened with relish, hoping that Xia Wanyuan would tell them more.
However, the more Xia Wanyuan spoke, the more embarra.s.sed Li Qingxue felt.
By the time Xia Wanyuan finished speaking, Li Qingxue’s face was already red and purple.
Although she tried her best to maintain the image of a smile, that face was actually uglier than crying in everyone’s eyes.
[ F*ck, I’m stunned. Although I don’t understand a word Xia Wanyuan said, it’s so interesting. It feels like I’m listening to a story. ]
[That diplomat from England’s face is about to turn green. Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter. Who told her to act cool? Now, she’s acting in front of the G.o.d.]
[ I’m the only one who’s curious about how does Xia Wanyuan know so much? She seems to be talking very easily, but she should have to know everything about England very well before she can say it, right? ]
Not only were the netizens a little stunned, but so were the people present.
In front of real things, any falsehood was useless.
Xia Wanyuan’s words made everyone feel her mountain-like knowledge storage. The culture contained in her every move was really not something ordinary people could compare to.
Xia Wanyuan was in the limelight, and the others were eager to try.
Hence, in the following time, Li Qingxue continued to bring everyone to tour the exhibition hall. Every time they saw an exhibit, a professor who specialized in this stood up and wanted to compete with Xia Wanyuan.
What surprised everyone was that
So many experts and scholars, such a large exhibition.
Speaking of any one of them, Xia Wanyuan seemed to be familiar with them. Even if she did not completely surpa.s.s them, she could at least fight to a draw with the experts.
After a few hours, almost 30 professors from all walks of life moved out to discuss with Xia Wanyuan. In the end, they were all taken care of by Xia Wanyuan.
To the others who did not partic.i.p.ate in this round-robin debate, this was no different from a battlefield.
Everyone was a big shot in the industry. A casual mistake could be pointed out, and Xia Wanyuan stood there quietly, never taking a step back.
Her tone was neither fast nor slow, as if she was always talking to the experts calmly and convincing them with facts and evidence.
In the end, other than those who were especially narrow-minded and could not tolerate others being more outstanding, most people were very impressed by Xia Wanyuan.
Everyone present admired Xia Wanyuan.
At this moment, on the Internet, the Han people were hopping mad, almost scolding Xia Wanyuan to death.
The live broadcast of the museum was delayed at first.
Later on, the museum realized that there were too many scenes about Xia Wanyuan that had to be cut after the broadcast was delayed, so they simply turned off the live broadcast and changed it to editing.
Hence, in the clip released by the museum, there was no scene of Xia Wanyuan arguing with the scholars.
Only the scenes of those experts seriously explaining to Xia Wanyuan and Xia Wanyuan occasionally standing up to retort.
In a certain video, they happened to talk about China.
Xia Wanyuan popularized the former va.s.sals in China’s history.
And Han Country was naturally among them.
Xia Wanyuan even considerately explained China’s cultural period to everyone.
When China was already at the top of the world, Han Country was still a small area in the north.
Xia Wanyuan briefly discussed the influence of Chinese culture on the entire country of Han.
The moment this video was released, it angered the netizens of Country Han.
[ The country of thieves is China!! You were clearly the ones affected by our culture! You stole our movies and television dramas, our clothes, and our pickles. Trash Xia Wanyuan, get out! ]
[ I’m really speechless. Xia Wanyuan is maliciously smearing our country’s image with private goods. Shameless. I’m so angry. ]
[ Us being influenced by you. Do you have any shame? Look at that painting. Is Xia Wanyuan used to stealing? That painting was drawn by our Han Country’s painter, okay? ]
Because Xia Wanyuan was attending an event overseas today, many fans in China had climbed over the wall and registered an account on the Internet.
In the end, everyone was angered to death when they saw such an unlucky statement the moment they entered the Internet.
Some of them stayed to argue with them, while the rest returned to Weibo to get reinforcements.
Soon, a large number of domestic netizens climbed over the wall and acted to protect Xia Wanyuan.
In the museum.
Looking at Xia Wanyuan, who was surrounded by everyone, Li Qingxue never expected the situation to turn out like this.
She had spent all her effort to invite those people over because she wanted Xia Wanyuan to embarra.s.s herself in front of the world and ruin her reputation.
But now??
So many professors actually spoke to her so amiably. Many people even began to ask Xia Wanyuan if she was willing to visit their school after the event ended.
Li Qingxue clenched her fists and adjusted her expression as she walked into the crowd. “Miss Xia, have you forgotten something? Didn’t you say that you drew that painting from Country Han? What evidence do you have to prove what you said?”
When Li Qingxue said this, everyone fell silent.
Xia Wanyuan was talented, but that painting had indeed been verified by many parties. It was an ancient painting from more than a thousand years ago, and it was completely different from Xia Wanyuan’s style. It did not look like it was from Xia Wanyuan at all.