There were two kinds of porcelain in the Sung Dynasty; celadon porcelain and a plain white one. If we compare those with the Tang Dynasty’s tricolored porcelain of the previous era, of the Ming Dynasty’s pentacolored one of a later era, Sung’s one gave us some impression of plainness and simplicity.

Dinner's about ready.

He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.

It is not fit Mortalitie should knowe What his eternall prouidence decreed,