陈曼生喜好夜读,每每捧卷至深夜,间或倦怠,品茶以缓之,闭目静思:十年寒窗无人晓,一举成名天下知,面其中艰辛唯有自己能够体味,更何况为官处世为自保有时不免强己所难……思之不免惆帐,起身信步,恰见置于小桌之罗盘,随手拨弄,见其勺柄经由其转,却始终如一,指向一方。曼生感叹,罗盘虽如铜勺,表面圆通,却坚持已见,曲直合一乃为人之道也。遂以罗盘为原型,绘壶以省之,名曰周盘,因其三足形似乳钉状故又称乳鼎壶。 Chen Mansheng like to read the night, often holding volumes late into the night, or burnout, tea to ease, blindfolded meditation: no one knows the world over the past decade, fame world known, where the hardships only their taste, not to mention the official Life is sometimes self-protection sometimes inevitably hard for ourselves ... ... I can not help but forget account, got up and walked, just placed on the compass of the small table, readily fiddle, see its spoon handle through its turn, but consistently, pointing to one side. Mansheng sigh, although the compass, such as copper spoon, the surface Yuantong, but insisted have been seen, the song is a straightforward way. Then to the compass as the prototype, the pot to save the province, the name of the week disk, because of its tripends like nail-like milk, also known as milk tripod pot.