Chinese Incense Culture(香学)
Xiang Cheng Volume 20: Fragrant Miscellany IV · Supplementary Records
A volume-by-volume interpretation of Zhou Jiazhou's Xiang Cheng, Volume 20 "Fragrant Miscellany IV · Supplementary Records."
Volume 20 · Fragrant Miscellany IV · Supplementary Records
Supplementing what was left out of incense prose and poetry, concluding the Fragrant Miscellany.
Its Place in Xiang Cheng
The twenty-eight volumes of Xiang Cheng are divided into six major sections: appraisal of incense materials (Volumes 1–5), religious and court incense use (Volumes 6–7), incense lore and anecdotes (Volumes 8–16), incense prose and poetry (Volumes 17–20), incense formulas (Volumes 21–25), and literati pure offerings and blended floral scents (Volumes 26–28). This volume is one link in that chain, connecting the complete incense culture(香学) genealogy of "texts—lore—techniques."