盖自黄帝治墨海于玉纽,世始有砚。砚有玉、石、陶、瓷、竹、木、漆、铁、铜、水晶、澄泥、阿房宫砖、铜雀台瓦等诸质,然向来以石为珍,取其发墨润笔之优势也。可是在中华大地上砚石诸多,仅名见经传的砚石就有130余种,再加上那些无名之砚石,则不少于300种。但能称得上中华名砚者,却寥寥无几,更能经受历史和实践检验的只有端砚、歙砚、洮河砚、澄泥砚,堪称中华四大名砚。 Covering the Yellow Emperor Zhimo in Yu New Zealand, the world has an inkstone. Yan has jade, stone, pottery, porcelain, bamboo, wood, paint, iron, copper, crystal, Cheng mud, Fang Fang brick, . However, many inkstone in China, there are more than 130 kinds of inkstone only known, plus those unknown inkstone, then not less than 300 kinds. But can be regarded as Chinese inkstone, but very few, more able to withstand the test of history and practice, only Duan Yan, Yan ink, Yan River, Cheng mud, known as the four famous inkstone.