Note 294 — Chapter XI
Reading edition
wa ch'i yeh. The Shuo Wên was compiled by Hsü Shên and published first in 120 A. D. The word tz'ŭ is compounded of the radical wa (a tile, earthenware), and the phonetic tz'ŭ (second, inferior), and carries no inherent suggestion of porcelain. If connoting a new material, it may be a name applied specially to glazed pottery which seems to date from the Han period, or even to stoneware as opposed to soft earthenware or brick.
