砚铭,就如书有题款,书有序言或题记一样。砚铭,是一种比较自由的文體,可长可短,亦诗亦文,能韵能散,丰富多采,各见意趣。人们常把名人书写的内容当为座右铭,镌刻在砚石上,以砚铭自勉,托物咏志。 Yan Ming, just as the book has the inscription, the book has the same preface or inscription. Yan-ming, is a more liberal style, can be long or short, also poetry is also the text, can be rhymed to scattered, rich and varied, all the interesting. People often celebrity writing as a motto, engraved on the inkstone, inkstone Mingzimian, care charms.