人类文明有许多起源,有一种或许是从泥巴开始的。“文明”一词在汉语中,就是以文来照亮,照亮什么?世界。文就是纹。起初,泥巴只是用来制作实用的容器。但画上花纹,泥巴就从一般的容器升华为神性的容器了,神性通过美暗示出来,美是一种图腾,它具有比实用的容器更神秘的力量。陶的诞生,意味着泥巴被文明照亮了,文身了。 There are many origins of human civilization, one may start from the mud. “Civilization ” in Chinese, is to use text to illuminate, what to illuminate? World. Wen is the pattern. At first mud was used only to make practical containers. However, when painted, the mud sublimates from a normal container to a divine container, and the divinity is revealed through beauty. The United States is a kind of totem that has more mysterious power than a practical container. The birth of pottery, which means that the mud is illuminated by civilization, tattooed.