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Stone inkstones are tools for the ancients to grind ink. Therefore, the ancients appreciated the inkstones, first of all, to see if they were inky. The key to inking lies in the quality of inkstone. Cai Xiang, a Song Dynasty poet, thought that ink is not easy to grind. In the inkstone, it shines brightly, rotates with the essay, and the cleansing is done, which is initiated by the firmness of stone and does not stay in the inkstone ear. Therefore, the knower takes easy-grinding ink as the next ink (falling ink), and ink like oil is the ink. The best inkstone is both ink and ink. Ji Nan, a Qing man, taught people to appreciate the stone by tapping the inkstone lightly and distinguishing its sound in Duanxi inkstone pit. He said: "Those who are tender in stone have a clear voice. Those who are tender as mud have a quiet voice. Dongpo (Su Shi) called it the rock of sound, and Mi Shi (Mi Fei) called it the clear and graceful buckle of rock. But the old man's voice is loud and clear, and he doesn't send ink. " It can be seen that inking is the condition for appreciating Duanyan.
Stone color
The tone of Duanyan is purple, but the colors of the inkstones in various famous pits are different. When observing, comparing and distinguishing the color of Duanyan stone, it is necessary to use the submerged stone (preferably submerged view) to see clearly and accurately. For example, if you take a piece of high-quality old pit inkstone and observe it after wetting it with water, you will find that its color is purple-blue as the main tone of inkstone. On the purple-blue tone, you can observe that the old pit inkstone is colorful and varied, and its texture is clear, bright and pure. And its color seems to come out from the inkstone, rather than floating on the surface. Therefore, it gives people a feeling of being real rather than empty, dignified and vigorous rather than thin and frivolous.
in addition, the strike of the stone layers is different and the color of the stones is different in different times of mining inkstones. The inkstone produced by the same Duanxi inkstone pit will not be exactly the same in color because it was mined in different times or periods. Even if mining is carried out at the same time, the color of inkstone is slightly different in the same pit due to the different trend of stone veins or different quarrying faces. According to historical records, most of Duanxi inkstones collected in the Tang and Song Dynasties are dark purple, so people always think that the color of Duanshi is "expensive and blue" and "gray and pale" is inferior. Shuiyan (old pit), excavated in Ming Dynasty, has Daxi Cave and Shuigui Cave, but its stone color can't be expensive with purple. It is based on purple-blue, commonly known as sapphire blue, with cyan-black, purple-red and pale colors. The more colors, the richer and more valuable it is on the purple-blue tone.
to accurately distinguish, observe and appreciate the color of the end stone, natural light is the best. In addition to the famous pit inkstones with the tone of "purple", Duanxi Stone also has the green end with the tone of emerald green and the Bai Duan with the tone of white (such as Innocent Duanyan). Green end is a minority in Guangdong province, but it has a certain position in Guangdong province. Bai Duan is not suitable for grinding ink, and there is no "inking" or "inking". It is mostly used to grind cinnabar, stone green, white lead (zinc) powder and other pigments needed for painting, and has not been engraved in recent decades.
listen to the sound of stone: depending on the pit, high-quality inkstone materials are silent, some are "wood sound" and some are stone like "mud sound".
feel: touch the inkstone hall with your hand and slowly touch the inkstone pool. If it is a good stone, it feels delicate and moist, and it feels like touching the baby's skin.
Appreciate carving: Duanyan carving has a wide range of themes, but through carving, it can hide the flaws of inkstone or highlight high-quality patterns, such as carving clouds near large stone eyes, creating a poetic landscape with clouds circling the moon. The inkstones carved on some famous inkstones handed down are rich in content, which is also one of the important contents of appreciating Duanyan. Some of them are from the hands of famous calligraphers, which adds a lot of color to inkstones.
from: pinshi tea city network.