说起铜镜,想必最为人熟知的要数《旧唐书·魏徵传》中的一句:“以铜为镜,可以正衣冠;以史为镜,可以知兴替;以人为镜,可以明得失。”铜之镜与史之镜、人之镜并列为唐太宗的三面镜子,可见“镜”的意象自古便有着内自省、防己过等深层意味,而这也正是基于镜子照面、映物的实用功能。中国古人以水为鉴,即用瓦或青铜制成水盆,以水照面。《说文》中记载:“监可取水于明月,因见其可以照行,故用以为镜。”监字意 Speaking of bronze mirror, presumably the most well-known to the number of “old Tang Wei Biography” in a sentence: “copper as a mirror, you can dress; history as a mirror, you can know for people; ”The mirror of the bronze and the mirror of the history, the mirror of the human and the mirror of the Tang Taizong side by side, shows that the image of the mirror has an inherent meaning of introspection and prevention since ancient times, and this is precisely based on Mirror surface, the utility of the object. Chinese ancient people learn from the water, that is made of tiles or bronze basin, water according to noodles. “Said the text” in the record: “Supervisor may take water in the moon, because it can follow the line, it used to be a mirror.”