Note 305 — Chapter XI
Reading edition
The substance is discussed at length in connection with pi–liu–li by Laufer (Jade, pp. 109–112), but this author seems very loath to admit the meaning glass for liu–li, though he allows that it is a common term for ceramic glaze. But the passage quoted above from the T'ao shuo can hardly be explained in any other way than in reference to a kind of glass.