上文概述了皮革是为人类服务的历史最早和年代最长者。本篇将实述没有一种人们所熟知的材料,有象皮革那样的多才多艺。为赞颂它的丰功伟绩,分别为衣食住行的必需品、军事、经济、交通、文艺、体育等方面逐一漫谈。 一、衣食住行的必需品 衣食住行是人们日常生活缺一不可的四大需要。皮革有“人类的生存装备”之美誉(见Willim A-Rossi《皮革史话》一文)。先说衣和食:人类最早的衣服,就 The above is an overview of the earliest and longest history of leather serving people. This article will show that there is no material known to people, and there are many versatile things like leather. In praising its meritorious achievements, each of them negotiated one by one for essential necessities, military affairs, economy, transportation, literature, and sports. First, necessities for food, clothing, housing, transportation, clothing, food and clothing are the four major needs of people’s daily lives. Leather has the reputation of “human survival equipment” (see Willim A-Rossi, “The History of Leather”). Let’s talk about clothing and food: the earliest human clothes,