Xiang Cheng, Volume 25: Buddhist Formulas and Myriad Wondrous Incenses V
A volume-by-volume interpretation of Zhou Jiazhou's Xiang Cheng, Volume 25, "Buddhist Formulas and Myriad Wondrous Incenses V."
Volume 25 · Buddhist Formulas and Myriad Wondrous Incenses V
Brings together famous ancient formulas (Huang Taishi Qingzhen Incense, Jiangnan Li Zhu's Tent Incense, Xuezhong Chunxin, etc.), serving as the main basis for modern recreation of ancient formulas.
Its Place in Xiang Cheng
The twenty-eight volumes of Xiang Cheng are divided into six major sections: evaluation of incense materials (volumes 1-5), religious and court use of incense (volumes 6-7), allusions to incense matters (volumes 8-16), incense prose and poetry (volumes 17-20), incense formulas (volumes 21-25), and literati offerings and blended floral incenses (volumes 26-28). This volume is one link in the chain, connecting the complete incense culture(香学) genealogy of "texts—allusions—formulas."