Xiang Cheng Vol. 07: Palace Incenses
A volume-by-volume interpretation of Zhou Jiazhou's Xiang Cheng, Vol. 07 "Palace Incenses."
Vol. 07 · Palace Incenses
Records the use of incense in successive dynasties' palaces: the Han palace's pepper rooms, the Tang Daming Palace's incense burners, and the Song court's conferral of aromatic medicines, reflecting incense as a symbol of ritual and power.
Its Place in Xiang Cheng
The twenty-eight volumes of Xiang Cheng fall into six major sections: appraisal of incense materials (Vols. 1–5), religious and palace incense use (Vols. 6–7), incense anecdotes (Vols. 8–16), incense literature and poetry (Vols. 17–20), incense formulas (Vols. 21–25), and literati offerings and blended floral fragrances (Vols. 26–28). This volume is one link in that chain, connecting the complete genealogy of incense culture(香学): "texts—anecdotes—techniques."