On the other hand, lacquer ware is soft to the touch, and makes virtually no sound. When holding a lacquer bowl filled with hot soup, it offers a pleasant sense of weight and warmth, like the flesh of a new born baby. "
漆器予手的感覺卻是輕柔，近耳旁亦幾不出聲；我手捧盛湯的漆碗時，掌中承受湯之重量與暖而溫的感覺，甚感歡喜，正如支撐剛出生不久的嬰兒的肉體。」