In the Zhou dynasty the use of lacquer was even more prevalent, and an imperial department was set up to oversee the planting of lacquer trees, the production of lacquer and the taxing of lacquer profits. The great philosopher Zhuangzi, a lover of nature, was once an official charged with overseeing lacquer plantations.
到了周代漆的使用更廣，舉凡生活用品或車子都上了漆，當時朝廷設有專門的部門管理漆樹的種植、產銷與稅賦，愛好天然的大哲學家莊子，就曾經在故鄉擔任過看管漆樹的「漆園吏」。