明代高濂在《燕闲清赏笺》一书称点“砚为文房最要之具”。砚与“研”谐音,是一种研磨器,既可是琢磨玉器,也可当为石器的抛光工具,或者研磨朱砂等。纸张使用前,以刀代笔,写在竹简上,刀片刻钝了边上要一个磨砺的用具。砚如同磨刀石一样,就放置在身边随用随拿。砚与笔、墨、纸的组合为文房四宝,已是唐宋以后的事。南朝萧子显所著的《南齐书·王慈传》中载:“(王慈)年八岁, Ming Gao Tuo in the ”Yan Yin Qing Qing Jian,“ a book called ”Yan is the most aphorisms “. Yan and ”research “ homonym, is a grinder, either pondering jade, stone tools can also be used as a polishing tool, or grinding cinnabar and so on. Before using the paper, with a knife on behalf of the pen, written on the bamboo, the blade blunt edge to be a tempered tool. Yan Shui similar as whetstone, placed on the side with the use of take. Inkstone and pen, ink, paper combination of four treasures, is the Tang and Song things. In the Southern Dynasties, ”The Book of Wang Ci in the South Qi“ by Xiao Zixian contains: ”(Wang Ci) is eight years old,