[144] Bk. vi., fol. 16, and Bushell’s translation, p. 152.

[145] See Ming ch’ên shih pi chou chai yü t’an (quoted in T’ao lu, bk. viii., cf. 4 verso): “For Mu Tsung (i.e. Lung Ch’ing) loved sensuality, and therefore orders were given to make this kind of thing; but as a matter of fact 'Spring painting’ began in the picture house of Prince Kuang Chüan of the Han dynasty....”

[146] See T’ao lu, bk. viii., fols. 10 and 11, quoting from the Ts’ao t’ien yu chi.

[147] T’ang ying lung kang chi, quoted in the T’ao lu, bk. viii., fols. 11 and 12.

[148] Chao was supposed to have displayed superhuman skill in the manufacture of pottery in the Chin dynasty (265–419 A.D.).

[149] Bk. v., fol. 8.

[150] For explanation of these terms, see p. [10].

[151] Bushell’s rendering, “cups and saucers,” is misleading if not verbally incorrect.

[152] These are Bushell’s renderings.

[153]