中国是世界四大文明古国之一。古代灿烂的砚石文化对人类文明发展做出过重大的贡献。中国古代砚石文献在世界科技史领域具有独特地位。关于歙砚的历史,尚有争论,史家大多数认为始于唐开元年间。但不少学者认为歙砚历史早于端砚。如宋代欧阳修在《砚谱》中云:“龙尾远出端溪上,而端溪以后见贵尔。”明代戏曲作家李日华在《六砚斋笔记》中 China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world. The ancient brilliant inkstone culture has made a significant contribution to the development of human civilization. Ancient Chinese inkstone literature in the history of science and technology in the world has a unique position. On the history of She Inkstone, there are still controversies, most historians think it began in the first year of Tang Kai. However, many scholars think that the inkstone history is earlier than the inkstone. Such as the Song Dynasty Ouyang Xiu in the “Yan spectrum” in the cloud: “Long tail far out of the river, and Duanxi later see Guer. ” Ming Dynasty opera writer Li Rihua in the “Six Yan Zhai Notes”