Mifei's love for inkstone has reached the point of madness. When he was studying for a doctorate in law, one day, Song Shenzong and Cai Jing were talking about calligraphy in Genyue. Song Shenzong asked Mi Fei to let him "write a big screen" and designated the inkstone on the imperial case.
Mi Fei took over Four Treasures of the Study, and with a stroke of a pen, every word was like a pearl, which won the house applause. Mi Fei took the opportunity to hold the inkstone, knelt down and asked Song Shenzong, "Your Majesty, you gave me this inkstone, and now you can't bear to give it back to the emperor ..." Song Shenzong laughed after hearing this, and then gave this precious inkstone as a reward.
Mi Fei was dancing with joy holding the Guangdong inkstone, and so was "ink on the robe sleeve". Seeing this, Song Shenzong said to Cai Jing, "It's worthy of the name." Mi Fei's "Handstand" shows his great love for Guangdong Province.
The origin of mazikeng
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a stonemason named Pockmarked Chen in Duanzhou. He is not only good at quarrying, but also likes hunting.
On one occasion, Pockmarked Chen was quarrying in Deyang and suddenly found a hare in the grass. Chen saw it and was very happy, so he ran after it. The hare ran into a pile of weeds and bushes. Pockmarked Chen pushed open the bushes and found a puddle inside. Where did the rabbit go? Pockmarked Chen jumped into the hole and was flooded into his chest. He felt very strange and thought, can rabbits dive?
In order to find out the situation in the cave, he called his friends and Qi Xin worked together for more than 20 days to drain the water in the cave. He found that the stones in the cave are very similar to Xuandeyan's inkstone. Not only are the stones tender, but there are as many as five stone eyes in a small stone shop. They immediately carved this stone into an inkstone and named it "Five-Star Inkstone".
This inkstone is second only to Shuiyan and Kengzi inkstone in stone quality, but higher than other rocks. Because it was discovered by pockmarked Chen, this stone is called "pockmarked pit". Since then, Mazikeng is famous for its excellent stone quality.