Instructions on Inkstone Storage

Waxing: ancient people had different ideas on waxing. They thought that after waxing, inkstone would be not clear to see the stone, and it would be not so fruitful of ink. This is rather reasonable. Nowadays some people spread wax all over the inkstone, or spread plant oil and even ink to nourish the inkstone and get a primitive sense. But these methods are not good actually. It is acceptable to spread wax and seal the inkstone, but it requires in a proper manner. The wax can be spread around the inkstone, and should be thin and proper at the bottom; never spread wax on the part for grinding ink, because the ink can not be melted in wax and no ink can be produced. It is not reasonable to spread plant oil on inkstone, because plant oil will attract dust, make ink dirty; and with oil in ink, it will smell terrible after a long time, or milden and rot will form in plant oil, leaving speckles on the inkstone surface which will lose the beauty if the speckles can not be washed off.

 

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