Xiang Cheng Volume 11: Classification of Incense Matters II
Volume-by-volume interpretation of Zhou Jiazhou's Xiang Cheng Volume 11 "Classification of Incense Matters II."
Volume 11 · Classification of Incense Matters II
Further expands the categories of incense matters: literary incense practices such as incense tasting, incense appreciation, incense banquets, and gatherings of incense friends.
Its Place in Xiang Cheng
Xiang Cheng's twenty-eight volumes are divided into six major sections: appraisal of incense materials (Volumes 1-5), religious and court incense use (Volumes 6-7), incense anecdotes and allusions (Volumes 8-16), incense literature and poetry (Volumes 17-20), incense formulas (Volumes 21-25), and literati offerings and blended floral incense (Volumes 26-28). This volume is one link in the chain, connecting the complete incense culture(香学) genealogy of "documents—allusions—techniques."