But within eight years these same treasures, to avoid the approach of the Japanese, were quietly removed from the palace that had been their home for centuries and began one of the strangest and most exciting journeys in the annals of art history.
而這批國寶中的精品，卻在八年之後的一個夜裡，為躲避日本軍閥的威脅，悄悄離開了它們安住數百年的深宮，展開藝術史上最為傳奇的一段寶物歷險之旅。