砚是由原始社会的研磨器演变而来的,又称研。东汉以后,才抛开研石,自成一体。六朝至隋,最突出的是瓷砚的出现,由三足演变为多足。唐代常见箕形砚样式,形同簸箕,砚底一端落地,一端以足支撑。宋代以长方形抄手砚为多,砚底挖空,两边为墙足,可用手抄底托起。就砚材来说,唐以后出现 Yan was evolved from the original social grinder, also known as research. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, just put aside stone, self-contained. The six dynasties to the Sui Dynasty, the most prominent is the emergence of porcelain Yan, evolved from three feet enough. Common Kei-Yan Tang style, the same dustpan, inkstone end landing, one end of the foot support. In the Song Dynasty, a rectangular handwritten inkstone was used for more than a thousand words. On the inkstone, appear after the Tang