Then, describe the work of the quarryman with magical colored pens. In the Tang Dynasty, only Xiayan (a famous water rock, later called Laokeng), Zhongyan, Shangyan and Longyan behind the mountain were mined in the "Mokeng" of Lanke Mountain (hammer hill) on the south bank of the Xijiang Antelope Gorge, among which only Xiayan was "blue and white". Yang Sheng's inkstone should be Xia Yan's "blue and white purple stone". According to the Song Dynasty's anonymous "Duan Xi Yan Pu", "There are springs in the rocks, although the drought is not exhausted." He also said: "The north wall of the lower rock is covered with rocks, not rocks." Quarrymen work in caves soaked in water. Therefore, the phrase "stepping on the air to sharpen the knife and chop ziyun" does not mean climbing the mountain, but stepping on the water at the bottom of the cave. Lights are flashing on the water, and the reflection of rocks is reflected on the water. The water surface is like a canopy, and the reflection is like a condensed cloud. Since Li He regards stones as "clouds", he naturally says "cut with a knife". The "sky" here can be trampled and the "cloud" can be cut, and the bricklayers in Duanzhou are written as "gods".
"Maid holds water with her lips", "maid" means to grind the stone neatly, and "maid" means to carve and shape it on the stone surface. This sentence is polished and carved by inkstone, and the technology is extremely exquisite.
"Dark changhong cold blood", blue and white written on purple inkstone. Wu Shu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said in "Yan Fu": "There are green dots as big as tendons, and their dots are as bright as jasper." What people value is that there are scattered blue and white flowers hidden in the purple stone. "Zhuangzi Foreign Things": "Changhong died in Shu, hid his blood, and turned green in three years." Here, "Changhong is cold-blooded" is used to describe the blue and white flowers on the inkstone. Zhu Yizun in Qing Dynasty said: "When watching diving, if duckweed floats in it, it will be blue and white." Blue and white flowers only show their beauty in water, so the first sentence uses "holding water". Here, the word "dark sprinkling" is used to describe the blue and white flowers like "Changhong cold-blooded". "The gauze curtain warms the Japanese ink and spring flowers, and gently moistens the musk." It is written that the inkstone is placed in the study, and the ink is tested when the weather is warm. When trying ink, there is not much water. After several grindings, the ink has filled the room. On the surface, the ink is good-it is made of the best "pine smoke" and "musk"; In fact, it is good to write inkstone, which is easy to "ink".
"Dry and tired, thin and heavy, even" writing inkstone. Ink stone should be "silent", and "silence" is a good product. This inkstone is dry (opaque) but greasy (thin), thin (flat), heavy (solid and stable) and of excellent quality. Therefore, when grinding ink, the foot of the inkstone is close to the case and impartial, and the ink is polished on it, which is smooth and symmetrical.
"A few inches of light and autumn don't faint", the ink color is very bright and clean, without the slightest haze. "Several inches" means that the inkstone is not big. Li Zhiyan said in Yan Pu: "Only the axe comes out of Keshan, but three or four fingers are big." As the saying goes, "a few inches". So the "generosity" in the last sentence is just the opposite.
"Round promotes quietness and freshness" means that the pen becomes round and full after being dipped in ink, and the inkstone does not hurt the pen power. When you pick up a pen to draw, there is a slight quiet and fresh sound on the paper, not that the inkstone has a sound. This sentence was written from ink to pen, but it still boils down to the beauty of writing inkstone.
The above praise for the blue-and-white purple inkstone is enough, but the poet's intention is still unfinished. Suddenly, a sentence "stubborn hole" and "magnanimity" appears. Some versions of the word are called "magnanimity", but in fact "magnanimity" better corresponds to the above "several inches". Confucius's name is Qiu, and later people called his birthplace Nishan. Good people take Nishan stone as the inkstone and respect the saints. But Nishan inkstone is not practical, it only has its name, so Li He said "What is a cloud" at the end of the poem, which is contrary to the meaning of "Duanzhou stonework is as clever as a god". On the surface, it doesn't make much sense to tie a knot together, but it actually has internal significance. The balance in the poet's heart, called inkstone, is very important.
This poem is about inkstone: inkstone quality, inkstone color, inkstone type, inkstone body, inkstone quality and inkstone virtue. The use of inkstone is inseparable from ink, pen and paper, especially ink, so it will also be involved when writing. Although it is a foil, it sets off the beauty of blue and white purple ink stone. The whole poem is sentence by sentence, and it hangs like a tassel all the way; The words are concise, the language jumps, there is no waste of pen and ink, and there is no obscure language. If you are not familiar with the knowledge in inkstone, it is extremely difficult to write such a hearty and to the point. Zou Bingtai's "Afternoon Wind Hall Series Talk": Liu Gongquan talks about inkstone cloud: Duan Xi stone is the most wonderful inkstone, which is beneficial to ink and blue-purple can reach 1,000 yuan. The stone in the water is blue, the mountain is semi-purple, and the stone on the top of the mountain is particularly moist like the color of pig liver. There are red, white and Huang San spots in the water storage, which is called "striking" by the world, and those with yellow veins are called money. The method of mutual inkstone begins here. Although Song people's comments on the three pits of Duanyan Stone are detailed, they are not as simple as Liu's. Liu Yuxi has a poem "Xie Tang Xiucai Duanzhou Zishiyan", Li He has a poem "Blue and White Zishiyan Song", and Li Xianyong has a poem "Duan Xi inkstone", which focuses on the Tang Dynasty.
Fang Funan's comments on Li Changji's poems: the first four poems are all stones, the middle four poems are all stones, and the last two poems are all stones: the ink is perfect. Duanshi blue and white flowers were valued in the Tang Dynasty, which was better than Lao Du's poem "Shi Ping Shi Yan Yu", but the fine tune in this poem was disdainful and Du Fu could not do it. Li Changji's space is really indescribable, as at present.