Chapter 14 The first part is selected from the posthumous works, the 14th appendix: "Xingxi" question

Comrade Ruchang: You have to read Zunwen, and you can see it very much.There are too many examples of utensils, because there are many examples of "a sack of food and a ladle of drink" and "eat a pot of pulp to welcome the king's master" and "to honor and belong to each other" that can be picked up at hand (and in fact some ancient pottery and bronze, and probably first inspired by melon containers).This kind of thing has also been used in kind, but it has nothing to do with what is said.Because there are no more than two shapes: one is the original one as carried by Li Tieguai, and the other is the single-handled gourd, which is split in two, with silver and copper edges on the side, a thin silver body, and a ring on the handle, which is suitable for wearing for drinking water and drinking. .Coconut scoop also has this style.As for the images of Fan Chengzun, You, and Jue, it may have been engraved after the "Bogu Tu" and "Three Rites Tu" in Song Dynasty, but so far, there are no real objects to see.As for the Ming and Qing ware, there are many ready-made objects in the Forbidden City. In addition, I have also bought them, so what I said is probably not too wrong.I have no knowledge of the version of the "Xing rhinoceros" you mentioned. If the word "Xing" was originally implemented, it would be reasonable to interpret it as a strange sex.I also feel the same way about referring to Chai and Dai, and Cao Xueqin's writing of this kind of writing is not so much a profound satire as a kind of humor—there is humor in the satire.A little closer, it can be said that we got inspiration from the names of vegetables and vegetables arranged by Ximenqing for entertaining the monks, and a little farther away, the "Zixu Gong", "Mr. Wuyou", and "An Qisheng" of the Han people started their beginnings early!But the name of "Xingxi" is very suspicious.Because as far as I know, there are no such names in the books on rhino horn.If there is such a manuscript, it may not be too far earlier than Cao Xueqin's time.As for "", if you talk about it from the perspective of harmony, you don't have to ask whether it is tall or short.To be honest, it should roughly be a high-legged device.1. In fact, there is only this kind of drinking vessel with tall rhino horn, but there has never been a rhino horn drinking vessel that looks like a bowl but is small.2. From the meaning of the words, the high-footed copper tripod is called "Ding"; the tall wooden horse is called "Gao";Take the class as an example, it is suitable for high-legged vessels.

As for others, such as kiln cups and carved lacquer plates, they are mostly common objects.But there is also one important point. The Shicheng kiln cups were very valuable in the late Ming Dynasty, and a pair was worth a hundred taels of silver.Emperor Kangyong of the Qing Dynasty had many imitations, and those who played porcelain had a lot of knowledge.Because Miaoyu was given away by Baoyu as soon as Grandma Liu used it, it can be said that it is a "fake precious antique". Shen Congwen (Originally published in Guangming Daily, November 12, 1961)