火柴非“洋火”

• 作 者: 刘玉琪
• 出 处: 文史博览
• 发表日期: 2014年06期
• 关键词: 火柴 清异录 近代中国 易名 智者 不知道 翰林学士 一本 安全火柴 待用

近代中国,洋货大量输入,许多都被冠以“洋”字,与千家万户有着密切联系的火柴则被称为“洋火”。然而,可能很多人不知道的是,火柴最早是由中国人发明的。北宋的翰林学士陶穀曾经写过一本《清异录》的书,当中有这样一段记载:“夜中有急,苦于作灯之缓,有智者批杉条,染硫磺,置之待用。一与火遇,得焰穗然,既神之,呼引光奴。今遂有货者,易名火寸。”

In modern China, a large number of imported foreign goods, many of which have been labeled as “foreign” words, and tens of thousands of households are closely linked to the match is called “foreign fire ”. However, what many people may not realize is that matches were first invented by the Chinese. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Han Lin’s bachelor, Tao Gu, once wrote a book entitled Qing Yi Lu. There was a passage in this paragraph: "There is an urgent need in the night, suffering from slowness of light, wise man with cedar, dying sulfur, One with the fire situation, deserved to win, both God, indignation slave slaves.