Lacquer ware in China reached its zenith in the Ming dynasty. One Ming lacquerer, Huang Cheng, who lived in Xinan County, Anhui Province, wrote a book about the knowledge that he had acquired over a lifetime. It was rare indeed for a craftsman to be able to write.
明朝是中國漆器發展的一個巔峰，一位生長在安徽新安縣的漆工黃成，將一生心得寫成專書，以工匠而能從事書寫，在中國是十分罕見的。