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Tianzhang Is Included in the Volume
When Yan Yanchi was sorting out the last batch of books for an ancient book restoration institute that was about to close, he received a fragment of a Northern Song Dynasty book of unknown origin. There is no title on the title page, but the sound of tide is hidden on the back of the paper. Under the repair lamp, a line of ink words slowly appeared on the originally blank seventh leaf: September 17, the second year of Qingli, the schoolmaster Yan Yan entered the volume late. He thought it was a
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Zhaoyeheshan
Wen Yansheng, an ancient book restorer, took over an unmarked and incomplete volume. The title of the book has peeled off, leaving only half of the sentence "Rivers and Mountains Shine at Night" on the cover, but the seventh leaf has been completely removed from the spine. The donor left the only instruction: do not fill in that page. Wen Yansheng thought it was a hoax by the collector, until the paste formed a river on the back of the paper that had not yet dried up. At the end of the river is
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Mountains and Rivers Simplified
Cen Yanchuan, an ancient book restorer, has an almost harsh rule: restoration can only make up the paper, but not the words of the ancients. During a routine restoration, he took over a fragment unearthed from the ruins of an old waterway in Qinzhou. The name of the volume, the author, and the year were all blurred by water, except for a line of small characters that was unusually clear - "If future generations see Cen Yanchuan, please do not fill this gap." He didn't make up for it. But that ni
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