原标题：湖北省博物馆元青花四爱图梅瓶（音频版）

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这一讲我们来欣赏一件收藏于湖北省博物馆的元青花四爱图梅瓶，它2006年出土于湖北省钟祥市明代郢靖王墓。

Today let us appreciate the Blue and White Porcelain Plum Vase with “Four Love Figure” of Yuan Dynasty in Hubei Provincial Museum. It was excavated from the Tomb of Prince Jing of Ying of Ming Dynasty in Zhongxiang in 2006.

梅瓶梅瓶高38.7厘米，分上中下三组：肩部饰凤穿牡丹纹；腹部主题纹饰为四个菱形开光，绘制四个主题：王羲之爱兰、陶渊明爱菊、周敦颐爱莲、林和靖爱梅鹤，故名“四爱图”；梅瓶足部绘饰祥云莲纹。

This plum vase is 37.6 cm high in three layers. Around the shoulder are the phoenixes flying in the intertwined peonies. In the middle are the four begonia panels inside which there are four pictures of four famous literati in ancient China. These four pictures are Wang Xizhi Loves Orchid, Tao Yuanming Loves Chrysanthemum, Zhou Dunyi Loves Lotus, and Lin Hejing Loves Plum Blossom and Crane. Triangle auspicious clouds are ornamented between the four begonia panels. At the bottom is a band of lotus-leaf lappets.

东晋著名书法家王羲之喜爱兰花，写下行书名篇《兰亭集序》。中国古人以幽谷兰花比喻隐逸君子。宋代著名理学家周敦颐酷爱莲花，其《爱莲说》佳句“出污泥而不染”成为千古绝唱。莲花纹饰以象征身居高位，廉洁奉公。北宋著名诗人林和靖痴爱梅花的高雅和白鹤的飘逸。东晋著名诗人陶渊明深爱菊花的傲霜品性，淡泊名利，向往美好的田园生活。

The orchid loved by Wang Xizhi, the famous calligrapher in Eastern Jin who wrote the famous The Preface to Orchid Pavilion Collections in running , symbolizes the virtue of the hermits or literati. The lotus, which was deeply loved by Zhou Dunyi, the philosopher of Song Dynasty who wrote the famous lines of “How stainless it rises from its slimy bed” in “On Loving Lotus” , is a symbol of purity and integrity. The plum blossom, which was loved by Lin Hejing, the famous poet in Song Dynasty, is a motif of purity, hope and steadfastness. The chrysanthemum is a symbol of pastoral life away from fame and fortune.

梅瓶形状优美，釉色白中泛青，色彩青翠艳丽，为元青花瓷器中的精品之作。

With dignified shape, clear glaze and gaudy color, this plum vase is one of the masterpieces among the rare blue and white porcelains of Yuan Dynasty.

青花瓷器最早出现于唐代，到元代臻于完美。青花瓷属于釉下彩瓷，是采用含氧化钴的钴矿为原料，在瓷坯上描绘纹饰，再施透明釉烧制而成。

Blue and white porcelains were found in the Tang Dynasty but it was not until the Yuan dynasty that the art reached perfection. Blue and white porcelain is under-glazed, using the blue color usually from the cobalt oxide to paint patterns on the white clay, then covering it in a layer of transparent glaze, and baking it in a kiln at high temperatures.

在青花瓷器中，元代青花反映人物图案的器物存世稀少，湖北省博物馆收藏的四爱人物图案元青花梅瓶更为罕见，堪称国宝级文物。

Among all the blue and white porcelains of Yuan Dynasty, there are few works with character patterns. The Blue and White Porcelain Plum Vase with “Four Love Figure” is so rare that it is regarded as a national treasure.

总结一下，这一讲我们了解了湖北省博物馆国宝级文物——元青花四爱图梅瓶，重要词汇和短语有：

the Blue and White Porcelain 青花瓷

Plum Vase 梅瓶

phoenix 凤

peony牡丹

begonia panel 海棠（菱形）开光

literati /celebrity 文人/名士

orchid 兰花

chrysanthemum 菊花

lotus 荷花

plum blossom 梅花

crane 鹤the Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼

auspicious clouds祥云

lappet 垂饰

calligrapher 书法家

The Preface to Orchid Pavilion Collections 《兰亭集序》

running 行书

virtue 美德

hermits 隐士、philosopher 哲学家

On Loving Lotus 《爱莲说》

symbol/motif 象征

integrity/purity/hope /steadfastness 正直、纯洁、希望、坚定

pastoral life 田园生活

fame and fortune 名声和财富

dignified shape 优雅的形状

clear glaze 清亮的釉色

gaudy color 鲜艳的色彩

masterpiece杰作

perfection 完美

under-glazed 釉下彩

cobalt oxide 氧化钴

transparent 透明的

kiln 窑

character/figure 人物

rare 稀有的

这一讲就到这里，下一讲再见。

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