And in the work Han Feizi, it is written that black lacquer bowls used in the Xia dynasty court of King Yu were considered an excessive luxury by the nobility. China's Bronze Age fell into decline during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), and it was then that brilliantly colored lacquer ware first appeared.
在韓非子《十過篇》中也有這麼一段記載：夏禹王宮中使用繪有紅花的黑漆碗，國中諸侯看了認為太奢侈。歷史上的春秋戰國時期，正是青銅器日益衰微之際，漆器首次以炫耀的姿態出現在歷史舞台上。