Yin Hongxu: The first person in the Western system to study Chinese porcelain
January 27, 2021 09:41 Source: "China Social Sciences" January 27, 2021 Total 2099 Author: Chen Ning

French missionary Yin Hongxu came to China in 1699。Memorandum in Jingdezhen,Yin Hongxu inspected observation through field inspections,Consultation local craftsman or porcelain merchants,Get the first -hand information of the Ceramics Ceramic production process。and,In order to verify the accuracy of these materials,Review a lot of ceramic classics,Especially local literature in Jingdezhen,This allows him to fully and accurately understand these ceramic skills。Subsequent,Yin Hongxu organized these information results into two letters,September 1, 1712 and January 25, 1722 were sent to Father Oli。

From the content of these two letters,It covers very wide,Not only describes the many production processes of Jingdezhen ceramics in detail and precautions bet365 best casino games in its operation process,If the tire glaze preparation、Color material refining、molding method、glazing skills、Painted、Full kiln、Burning kiln、grilled flowers and other processes,It also recorded the construction position of Jingdezhen at that time、Artisan income、Life of the people、Commodity trade、Commodity trade、The processing method of "garbage" in the kiln industry,It is an important information for comprehensively understanding the situation of Kangxi's late Jingdezhen.。Of course,The most important value of these two letters is that it is the Ceramic Town ceramic production process described by the system,Also because of this,Yin Hongxu is called "the first person in the Western system to study Chinese porcelain",It can be seen that his important position and influence in the history of Chinese and foreign ceramic cultural exchanges。

Yin Hongxu recorded in detail the "Mystery" of Jingdezhen's "Porcelain Stone+Kaolin" dual formula,bet365 best casino games Until the puzzles that have been confused for a long time,Why is Chinese porcelain so dense and good。Yin Hongxu compared the difference between porcelain stone and kaolin,Documented this mystery made by porcelain,Also sent Kaolin sample to France,This has caused great shocks in Europe,It has set off a group of European craftsmen looking for kaolin、Original of Chinese porcelain,greatly promoted the production and development of the European ceramic industry。The term "Gaoling" is therefore known by France and even the entire Europe,This English word "kaolin" translated by German geologist Li Xipifen was 157 years earlier。

These two books from Yin Hongxu spread to France,First published in the "Simple Collection of Jesus",Later, it was reprinted and published by "Treart Pharmaceutical Collection", "Scholar Journal", "Chinese Empire", etc.,Even the auction directory of the French utensils at the time was excerpted。It is worth mentioning is,In 1780, the "Encyclopedia" Bet365 lotto review published by French enlightenment thinker Didro,Most of the contents of the "Porcelain" section are taken from these two letters of Yin Hongxu。Not only that,These two books letters spread to France 50 years later,French ceramic workers finally found kaolin in Limo,and successfully produced hard porcelain。Subsequent,These two letters have been translated into English again、Japanese and other languages,It has developed a wide range of important impacts around the world,Especially the impact on the European ceramics industry is very direct、Effective,Germany、UK、Netherlands、Belgium、Italy and other countries also found kaolin during this time,Production of hard porcelain,and each opened a special porcelain factory。But limited by various conditions,Yin Hongxu knows the craftsmanship of Jingdezhen people's kiln -made porcelain crafts,There are few descriptions of the porcelain making process of Jingde Town Royal Kiln Factory and Bet365 app download the court at that time。Even the description of the folk kiln -made porcelain skills,Because mostly from the artisan oral dictation,Among them, there is an inevitable place for errors。

1978,Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum in response to the country's "Ancient now use,Object "call" call,Organizational compiled a large number of information on Chinese ceramics,Among them, the Chinese version of Wang Jingsheng translated by Wang Jingsheng based on the translation of Yin Hongxu's two letters of Yin Hongxu。Because the daily translation based on Wang Jingsheng is based,Therefore, there are also a lot of errors in this Chinese translation,But limited by the conditions at that time,It has been widely used in the Chinese academic community for more than 20 years。until 2001,Elephant Publishing House gathers scholars in accordance with French original version,The overall translation of "Jesuit Chinese Book Simple Collection" edited by Duchid,Among them, these two letters bet365 live casino games of Yin Hongxu,Correct the losses of many interpretations in the past。

The emergence of these two letters and translations of Yin Hongxu,Not only makes Jingdezhen porcelain make the craftsmanship more widely spread around the world,prompting the world to recognize that "porcelain is the great invention of China",and promoted the production development of the world's ceramic industry and the overall improvement of porcelain technology。

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(Author Unit: Academy of Art and Culture, Ceramic University, Jingdezhen)

Editor in charge: Chen Jing
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