[134] The word Hsü
has the meaning "continuation," and if it be not a place–name at present unidentified, it might conceivably be "the continuation or later Kuan ware."
[135] Bk. vii., fol. 6 verso.
[136] The Ch´i hsiu lei k´ao, quoted by Hirth, Ancient Chinese Porcelain, p. 37.
[137] The authors of the Po wu yao lan and the Ch´ing pi ts´ang.
hsieh chao wên, a debatable phrase, which seems best explained as a large irregular crackle resembling the tangle of claws seen on the top of a basket of crabs.