历史文献中有关砚的记载在宋以前比较少见,大多以颂砚诗的题材出现,宋代以后古籍中关于砚的篇章与专著明显增多。可以分为两部分。一为砚录之类的书籍,一般记录作者砚之把玩、研究的心得;或者前半段记录作者砚之把玩、研究的心得,后半段集录前人有关砚的诗文。二为砚图类书籍,记录某人或某处所藏砚图,或有文字说明。能够入选的古砚一般来说,材质上佳,制作精细,具有很强的艺术价值。 The historical records of the inkstone were rare before the Song Dynasty, most of them appeared in the subject matter of the songstone, and the texts and monographs of the inkstone in the ancient books after the Song Dynasty increased obviously. Can be divided into two parts. One for the inkstone and the like books, the general record of the author Yan Zhi to play, study experience; or the first half of the record author Yan Zhi to play, study experience, the latter half of the collection of pre-recorded poems about inkstone. The second is an inkstone type book, a person or somewhere in the possession of inkstone map, or a text description. In general, the selection of ancient Yan, good material, fine production, with strong artistic value.