The more resin, the better "Generally speaking, the denser the agarwood, the more resin in it and the higher the quality," says Shih Chi-hsun, as he places a pure piece of jet-black agarwood, passed down from his ancestors, into water. "Consequently, in olden times agarwood was given one of three grades depending on how far it sank."
越「沉」越香「一般來說，沉香的密度越大，表示凝聚的樹脂越多，質量也越好，所以古人常以能否沉入水中，將沉香分為不同的級別。」