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this procedure we deprive ourselves of the opportunity of studying and 

 grasping the development of this peculiar ware. By arguing that in 

 the beginning the term ts'e connoted nothing but ordinary pottery, we 

 close our eyes to the real issue, and act like the ostrich; in this manner 

 we utterly fail to comprehend the process of evolution of porcelain. 

 The early ts'e has now arisen, and is that ware which is the object of 

 this article. I further make bold to say that in any ancient text down 

 to the T'ang period, where the term ts'e may be encountered, it will 

 invariably refer to a porcelain-like pottery which has some relationship 

 to genuine porcelain, and that we shall not err in translating it by 

 "porcelanous ware," or a similar expression. 



