What was inkstone famous for in ancient times?

Many nicknames. Famous ones are You Shi, Mo Han, Mo Hai, Mo Chi and Mo Tian.

You's ancients especially cherished "love", and literati regarded all kinds of treasures in the study as friends, so inkstone was commonly known as You's. In the Song Dynasty, Wang Yanyou said in a poem: "Tunxi is full of life, and the cave will meet stone friends." "Sheng Jun" refers to paper, and "Youshi" refers to inkstone. Widely circulated, everyone called inkstone a stone friend.

Mohou. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, Wen Song personified the inkstone, and once wrote "Biography of Jimohou Xu Shi", saying that the inkstone was named stone and the word was silent, so it was called "Jimohou". From then on, people called the inkstone the queen of Jimo. For example, Wang Maizhong of the Song Dynasty said in "Wash Ink at Night": "Thank me for being a Jimohou, rich in spring and autumn."

Ink inkstone is commonly called big inkstone, and some are called sea inkstone. For example, Su Yijian's "Four Treasures of the Study" in Song Dynasty said: "If you cherish the Yellow Emperor, you will get a jade buckle and treat it as the Mohai. The inscription on it is:' Di Hong's inkstone platform'. " This is the beginning of the legendary inkstone making. In the Song Dynasty, he wrote the poem "Xie Yan": "Di Hong Mohai World has not seen it, and it is close to the blue and purple inkstone of Aiduanxi." Published in the history of ink in the Qing dynasty, the inscription reads "the country of ink is magnificent, the sky is high and the air is broad." Dayinghai mud inkstone is a typical Mohist style. The ink sea also refers to the big ink basin. Zhai Hao's popular editor in Qing Dynasty said: "There are many Chinese characters in this book, but they are polished with clay pots, which is called' the sea of ink'."

Mo Chi. Commonly known as small inkstone. That is, the big inkstone is called "sea" and the small inkstone is called "pool". Some people also call the ink cartridge Mo Chi.

Mo Tian. "Mo Tian" means cultivated land, and studying ink is like cultivated land. The field here mainly refers to being big and able to "grow ink", which is understood as inkstone.

Yanshan Mountain. According to the natural shape of stone, it is carved into inkstone and mountain, so it is called inkstone mountain. Gao Qian's Eight Notes on Respect for Life in the Ming Dynasty said: "Yanshan started in Min Nan Gong and was taken by the gems of the Southern Tang Dynasty. There is a record of ploughing in the picture, which will be effective later. "

Inkstone, also known as "Inkstone". The traditional stationery of the Han nationality began in the Han Dynasty. One of Four Treasures of the Study. Writing with a pen dipped in ink, pen, ink and inkstone are inseparable. Although inkstone ranks first in the ranking of "pen, ink, paper and inkstone", on the one hand, it is in the leading position, and the so-called "Four Treasures of the Study" inkstone is the first, because it is solid in texture and can be passed down from generation to generation. The naming of the four famous Chinese inkstones began in the Tang Dynasty. They are Guangdong inkstone, She Yan, Yan Tao and Hongsi inkstone. Cheng Niyan rose in the Song Dynasty. Today's four famous inkstones are Duanyan, She Yan, Yan Tao, Chengni and HongLing inkstones, which should be the five famous inkstones. In fact, there are many kinds of Gu Yan in China, far more than these. Pine stone inkstone, jade inkstone and lacquer sand inkstone all occupy a place in the history of inkstone.