漫话彩笺(七)

On Colorful Writing Paper

第六章 文人制笺及其他 自制诗笺虽创自女诗人薛涛，但“薛涛笺”之名却出自他人。元代的赵孟，“摩靖节像，其纸亦松雪斋自制笺，粉中隐起八分书‘子昂’二字”，才正式开了后代文人自制名号笺的先河。

This paper gives a systematic introduction to writing paper and reviews the history of writing paper so that people will have a clear idea about colorful writing paper from the end of Ming dynasty to the Republic of China period. In the first chapter, the author introduces form and dyeing of white paper, in the second chapter, the author discusses overprint and other subject. In the third to eighth chapters, the author introduces shading and frame of colorful paper, paper with painting of figures, landscape, flowers and birds, and various things. In chapter nine, the author introduces paper made by famous people. In the end, the author makes a brief introduction to writing paper made during the republic of China period and put forward some issue worth discussing.