术语“笔筒”的详细信息

英译术语:

brush pot

汉语语境:

笔筒最早出现在汉代，盛兴于明代晚期，是除笔、墨、纸、砚“文房四宝”之外的重要文房用品之一，有“文房第五宝”的称谓。到清康熙时期，由于制瓷业高度发展，使得瓷质笔筒大量出现，其中尤以青花笔筒最具时代特色。康熙青花笔筒的造型千姿百态，既有仿古又有创新，一般常见的是口底相若的圆筒形，另外还有撇口形、束腰形以及竹节式等。

英语语境:

The brush pot first appeared in Han Dynasty and then got revitalized in late Ming Dynasty. It is one of the most important writing materials except for the “scholar's four jewels”(writing brush, ink stick, ink slab and paper), and has a reputation for“the scholar's fifth jewel”. During the reign of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty, owing to the highly advanced porcelain industry, the porcelain brush pots mushroomed, among which the underglaze blue brush pots were imbued with brilliant time features. The underglaze blue brush pots in Kangxi period were shaped in thousands of postures; some were in the style of the ancients while others embodied innovation. The most popular form looked like a cylinder. Besides, there are other forms of brush pot, such as brush pot with a flared mouth, brush pot in the shape of girdle or bamboo joint.