Five Dynasties South Tang Dynasty inkstone is how?

Five Dynasties South Tang Dynasty, the government in the end, She discussed the inkstone business, selecting the high level of craftsmanship, awarded him nine official positions, monthly salary, known as the inkstone officer, each year is responsible for the government to make a certain number of stone inkstone. At the same time in other places can be mined ink stone place also do from the yin ruins found on the oracle bone engraved words, in addition to engraved words, there are with a brush Zhu Shu or ink book. Some of the oracle bones are still left on the traces of Zhu Shu, ink book. Then there must have been tools for grinding Zhu and ink. Probably in the early Yin and Shang dynasties, ink and inkstone began to roughly see the prototype. In the beginning, the pen was directly dipped in graphite to write, and later, because it was inconvenient to write large characters, human beings thought of grinding it into juice on something hard first. Yin and Shang Dynasty bronze has been very developed, and ceramic stone is readily available, ink stone is with the use of ink and then gradually formed.

The earliest ancient ink stone seen is a Warring States ink stone unearthed in the Qin tomb of Yunmeng Sleeping Tiger Land in Hubei. Both the inkstone and the inkstone are made of pebbles polished in their original form. There are traces of use and ink stains on both the inkstone and the research stone. However, at that time, ink was a natural mineral, so the inkstone also needed the assistance of a grinding stick in order to grind the ink to a fine consistency. During this period, our ancestors made unremitting improvements to the shape and quality of the inkstones, and in addition to the general stone inkstones, there were also pottery inkstones, copper inkstones, lacquer inkstones and so on.

As far as we know, until the Han Dynasty invented a pine smoke-based artificial hand-pressed ink, can be ground directly on the inkstone, so there is no need to grind with the help of mortar and pestle or research stone grinding natural or semi-natural ink. So it seems, mortar and pestle or research stone after prehistory and Xia, Shang and Zhou **** three thousand years of long journey, only gradually fade away, although today is no longer used, but its achievements for the dissemination of culture still can not be ignored.

After the liberation, around the Han dynasty inkstone constantly found, indicating that the Han dynasty has been the general use of the inkstone. 1955 in Luoyang, a Han tomb found in Han stone inkstone, for the round three-legged, at the same time, and found a study of the stone placed on the inkstone. 1956 in Anhui, Taizhou County, found in many places in the Han round three-legged stone inkstones. And this kind of round stone ink stone, also seen in the Han tomb mural. From this we can get a concept, the end of the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty stone ink stone, mostly for the round, three feet, flat, covered, and has a simple engraved pattern. Force mining, so the production of stone inkstone is increasing.