More typical was the K'ang-hsi emperor (1662-1721), a courtier of whose stated openly in his memoirs that the works he had presented to the emperor in his day were all "cheap fakes."
以康熙為例，他有一位著名的寵臣高士奇，是個收藏家。後世留傳的高氏著作「江村書畫目」中，赫然標明瞭當年進呈饋送的書畫，皆是「贗跡且值極廉」的冒牌貨。深得皇上知遇的寵臣猶且如是，其他根本不識古董的人，怎會不以偽品充貢？