Note 317 — Chapter XI
Reading edition
It is true that Bushell, in his translation of the T´ao shuo (op. cit., p. 102) implies this quality in a "brown ware (tz´ŭ) bowl" sent as tribute by the P´o–hai in 841 A. D. which is described as "translucent both inside and outside, of a pure brown colour, half an inch thick but as light as swan's down." The words of the text nei wai t´ung jung ("inside and out throughout lustrous") are in themselves capable of suggesting translucence, but the remaining features—the brown glaze and the great thickness—are sufficient to preclude the idea of a translucent ware; and I imagine that the quality of lustre or translucency here applies only to the glaze. The P´o–hai appear to have been a subject state of Corea.
