Xiang Cheng Vol. 05: Incense Types V · Supplementary Record
A volume-by-volume interpretation of Zhou Jiazhou's Xiang Cheng, Vol. 05 "Incense Types V · Supplementary Record."
Vol. 05 · Incense Types V · Supplementary Record
Supplementing incense materials not covered in the previous four volumes, examining variant names, and distinguishing forms and colors to make the catalog of incense types more complete—a peak of "materia-medica-style" organization in incense culture(香学).
Its Place in Xiang Cheng
The twenty-eight volumes of Xiang Cheng are divided into six major sections: appraisal of incense materials (Vols. 1–5), religious and court incense use (Vols. 6–7), incense-related allusions (Vols. 8–16), incense prose and poetry (Vols. 17–20), incense formulas (Vols. 21–25), and literati pure offerings and blended floral incense (Vols. 26–28). This volume is one link in that chain, connecting the complete incense culture(香学) genealogy of "documents—allusions—methods."