Note 145 — Chapter V
Reading edition
As explained in the T´ao lu (bk. ii., fol. 10 verso): "At Ching–tê Chên there is no special factory devoted to the imitation of Ko yao, but the manufacturers of crackled wares make it in addition to their own special line, and that is why they have the general name of Ko yao houses (Ko yao hu). Formerly, the manufacturers were acquainted with the origin of the word, but nowadays those who imitate Ko yao only copy a fixed model without knowing why it is called Ko yao."