[Footnote 325: [Chinese] _t´ao yü._ There are variant readings to this passage as given in the _Chiang hsi t´ung chih_ (bk. xciii., fol. 5 verso), which make _t´ao yü_ the name of a man, the passage being read "T´ao-yü forwarded as tribute false jade vessels." As pointed out elsewhere, this expression "false jade" seems to imply a porcellanous ware. The comparison of porcelain and even fine pottery to jade is a commonplace in China, and it is not necessary to infer that any particular colour, green or otherwise, is indicated.] [Footnote 326: The text is simply [Chinese] _chih wu_ = "established duty."] [Footnote 327: In order to bring this date into Hung Wu´s lifetime, it is necessary to reckon from the year 1364, when he was proclaimed Prince of Wu. But other records (see _T´ao lu_, bk. v., fol. 4 recto) give the date as second year of Hung Wu--i.e. 1369, instead of 1398 as above. Hung Wu was proclaimed Emperor in 1368, and died in 1398.] [Footnote 328: Bk. cxiii., fols. 7 and 8. The _T´ao shuo_ makes practically the same statement in connection with both periods, and Bushell (_O.C.A._, p. 287) gives us to understand that the first structure was burnt down and that erected in the Chêng Tê period was a rebuilding. The _T´ao lu_ states that a special Imperial factory was erected on the Jewel Hill in the Hung Wu period, and that there were other kilns scattered over the town working for the palace, and that the name _Yü ch´i ch´ang_ was given to all of them in the Chêng Tê period.] [Footnote 329: Dated 1712 and 1722 from Ching-tê Chên, and preserved among the _Lettres édifiantes et curieuses_. They have been frequently published in part or in full, e.g. translated in W. Burton's _Porcelain_, and printed in French as an appendix to Bushell's _Translation of the T´ao shuo_.] [Footnote 330: By Walter J. Clennell, H.M. Consul at Kiu-kiang, printed for H.M. Stationery Office.] [Footnote 331: The long river front, "crowded for three miles by junks," was a feature of the place, which was sometimes known as the "thirteen _li_ mart." A _li_ is about 630 English yards.] [Footnote 332: See p. 159.] [Footnote 333: An incidental reference to white porcelain bowls at Hsin-p´ing (the old name for the district town of Ching-tê Chên) in 1101 A.D. occurs in the _Ch´ang nan chih_ (quoted in the _T´ao lu_, bk. viii., fol. 15). It is a verse on the subject of tea drinking: "The white porcelain is quickly passed from hand to hand all night; the fragrant vapour fills the peaceful pavilion."] [Footnote 334: [Chinese] _mao k´ou chê_, lit. "hair mouth things." Bushell renders "with unglazed mouth." See _Ko ku yao lun_, bk. vii., fol. 24 verso, under the heading of "Old Jao wares."] [Footnote 335: See p. 160.] [Footnote 336: Chou Hui, author of the _Ching po tsa chih_, a miscellany published in 1193, quoted in _T´ao lu_, bk. viii., fol. 6 r. and v.] [Footnote 337: Cf. descriptions of Chün Chou ware, chap. ix.] [Footnote 338: See p. 92.]