題識：

當我試著在紙上重現虎峽谷之崇高隱士所收藏的案上供石時，我發現記憶有個實用的特性。一開始，我並不期待自己能想起每件石頭的樣子及我們為其搭配的瓷盆，然而，在我真正開始去做時，我發現若是一次專注於一件石頭，我的心靈之眼就能看見它，如同我半世紀前站在它前方時那般清晰。我甚至能記得那些淡硃砂色的斑點—那是我們在某個醉醺醺的夜裡不小心潑上去的，且不曾費心將之去除。

While re-creating on paper the collection of table stones of the Lofty Hermit of Tiger Gorge, I realized a useful property of memory. Embarking on the project, I never expected to be able to recall every stone and the Jun ware planter we matched it to, and yet, once I began, I found that by focusing on just one stone, I could see it in my mind's eye as clearly as if I was standing in front of it more than half a millennium ago. I even recall the pale cinnabar spots we splashed incidentally onto some of them one drunken night, never bothering to wash [them] off.