As a result, ancient books devoted to crafts are few and far between, and the most famous of them--Xiushi Lu (on lacquering), Tian Gong Kai Wu (on various crafts), and Yingzao Fashi (on construction techniques) --have all at some point been lost in China, only to be rediscovered in Japan.
因此關於工藝的專畫一向少之又少，而中國工藝史上有名的三本工藝專書：天工開物、營造法式和髹飾錄，都在中國失傳，而由後人自日本再度尋回。古來文人輕工藝