Few people today have the slightest idea how bronzes are cast, but the symbolic meaning of the bronze tripods of old remains alive in the Chinese language even still-trustworthiness (" his word carries the weight of nine tripods "), excellence (" the power of his calligraphy brush could suspend a heavy tripod in mid-air"), and success (" they eat their meals from the finest tripods ").
時空穿越千年，今人早已忘了鑄銅是怎麼回事，但對銅鼎所象徵的誠信（君子「一言九鼎」）、絕倫（筆力「扛鼎」）、大器（「鼎」食鐘鳴），仍是傾慕不已！