1774年,乾隆帝亲自主持编纂了《西清砚谱》,将六方康熙、雍正及自己御用过的松花石砚编入砚谱之首,亲笔题写了《西清砚谱》书名和序言。在序言中写道:“松花石,出混同江边砥石山,绿色光润细腻,品垺端歙,自明以前无有取为砚材者,故砚谱皆未之载。我朝发祥东土,扶舆磅礴之气,应侯而显,故地不爱宝,以翊文明之运,自康熙年至今,取为砚材,以进御者。 In 1774, Emperor Qianlong personally presided over the compilation of the ”Western Ink Paintings“, the Sixth Kangxi, Yongzheng and their own used Songhua Yan into the first of the ink spectrum, personally wrote the title and preface of the ”West Qing Yan spectrum“. Wrote in the preamble: ”Songhua Shi, out of the mix with the river side of the rocky mountain, the green light and delicate, product 垺 end 歙, since no obvious as Yan material who, it is not included in the spectrum of Yan. , Fu Yu magnificent gas, should be Hou and significant, so the place does not love treasure, Yi Yi Ming Yun, since the Kangxi years so far, as Yan material, to enter the royal family.