Note 66 — Chapter III

See T´ao shuo, bk. ii., fol. 5 recto, quoting the Sung work, Kao chai man lu, and T´ao lu, bk. ix., fol. 9, quoting a twelfth–century work, the Ch´ing pi tsa chih, "The pi sê vessels were originally the wares offered daily to the house of Ch´ien when it ruled over the country. No subject was allowed to have them. That is why they were called pi sê."