本书的主要目的，是要人们通过瓷器主要特征看到瓷器的全貌，从而使收藏者真正得到帮助。本书功能十分具体，收藏者逛市场之时可以将它拿上去对比，这是新手和资深鉴赏家都非常需要的一本书。本书严格从文物鉴定学的角度出发，借鉴科学考古发掘所出土的文物，以及历史、人类学等诸多方面的权威资料，将文物鉴定置于时代的社会历史大背景下来考虑，以保证本书的科学性、严谨性和可读性。（The main purpose of this book is to make people see the whole picture of porcelain through its main features so that collectors can really get help from it. This book features specific functions. Collectors can take it to make comparisons on the market, so it is useful for both novices and senior connoisseurs. Strictly from the perspective of appraisal of cultural relics and using for reference the cultural relics unearthed during archaeological excavations as well as authoritative information in history, anthropology and many other aspects, this book expounds appraisal of cultural relics under the historical background so as to ensure that this book is scientific, rigorous and readable.）