“秘色”研究的四段基础文献

Four Basic Literatures in “Mi-se Porcelain” Research

“秘色”是指唐、五代、北宋初,越窑烧造的“秘色瓷”。从1987年陕西扶风法门寺唐代地宫被考古发掘至今,在文献与考古“双重证据”的互证之下,千年“秘色”研究似乎被推到了“显学”行列。然而对于到底何谓“秘色”,学界好像依然存在着不小的分歧。究其原因,恐怕与长期以来对相关历史文献缺乏细致梳理、认真甄别、深入挖掘等不无关系。本文在法门寺等系列考古发掘成果的基础上,通过研究从唐至清千余年间散布在诗赋、正史、文人笔记、陶瓷专著、地方史志等中的代表性“秘色”文献,发现有四段学术价值不容小觑的基础文献。它们分别是陆羽的《茶经》、陆龟蒙的《秘色越器》诗、徐夤的《贡馀秘色茶盏》诗、赵令畤的《侯鲭录》等。

“Mi-se”(Secret Color) refers to “Mi-se-ci”(the porcelain with secret color which is exclusive for the royal) made by Yue-yao(Yue Kiln) ranging from Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties to the early Northern Song Dynasty.Since the excavation of the terrestrial palace in Famen Temple in Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province in 1987, it seems the research in “Mi-se Porcelain” in the past 1,000 years has been uplifted as an “important subject” under the “dual evidences” of literature and archaeology.However, it seems there are still many controversies in the academic circles on what is “Mi-se porcelain”.The reason is probably related to the lack of meticulous sorting, careful identification and in-depth excavation of relevant historical documents for a long time.Based on a series of archaeological findings such as Famen Temple, through the study of the representative literatures of “Mi-se porcelain” scattered in poetry, official history, literati notes, ceramic monographs and local historical records from Tang to Qing Dynasties, four basic literatures of academic value are selected out.They are LU Yu’s Cha-jing(“The Classic of Tea”), LU Guimeng’s poem Mi-se-yue-qi(“Yue Porcelain with Secret Color”), XU Yin’s poem Gong-yu-mi-se-cha-zhan(“The Civilian Use of Tea Ware with Secret Color”), and ZHAO Lingzhi’s essay collection Hou-zheng-lu.