Xiangcheng (Incense Multiplication), Volume 17: Fragrant Miscellany I · Fragrant Prose
A volume-by-volume interpretation of Zhou Jiazhu's Xiangcheng (Incense Multiplication), Volume 17, "Fragrant Miscellany I · Fragrant Prose."
Volume 17 · Fragrant Miscellany I · Fragrant Prose
A collection of incense rhapsodies, odes, and inscriptions from successive dynasties (such as the Xiang Fu and the Boshanlu Fu), this is a dedicated anthology of "prose of incense" that reveals literati aesthetic expressions of incense.
Its Place in Xiangcheng (Incense Multiplication)
The twenty-eight volumes of Xiangcheng (Incense Multiplication) are divided into six major sections: appraisal of incense materials (volumes 1–5), religious and court incense use (volumes 6–7), incense lore and allusions (volumes 8–16), incense prose and poetry (volumes 17–20), incense formulas (volumes 21–25), and literati pure offerings and blended floral incense (volumes 26–28). This volume is one link in that chain, connecting a complete genealogy of incense culture (香学) spanning "documents—allusions—techniques."