LI Lin ¹, LI Yanzu ^{1, 2}
(1. Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen 333403, Jiangxi, China; 2. Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, China)

Abstract: This paper analyzes the porcelain bowls which were decorated with "The Romance of the Western Chamber" and marked with "奇石宝鼎之珍" in Kangxi period imply the design of auspicious culture. The porcelain painter used the narrative mode of homophonic, "inverse vertex" and so on ,constructing the scene of "salary and rank rise high", "an easy and emotional charm life" and "a fulfilling life" context and the connotation of semantics about auspicious cultural. At the same time, combined with the similar style of the porcelains which were decorated with "The Romance of the Western Chamber". It guess that the series of porcelain bowls should be owed by the scholar who was absent in the previous research and analyze the reasons for the state of research like that. Then it will be proved that why the scholar can buy the porcelain vessels decorating with "The Romance of the Western Chamber" pattern and its motivation. From the specific method of design on porcelain vessels which were decorated with "The Romance of the Western Chamber", we can see the logic of design about it and the acceptance, utilization and dissemination of "The Romance of the Western Chamber" in the production and consumption field on porcelain.
Key words: the Romance of the Western Chamber on porcelain; the logic of design; auspicious culture; status; motivation