Chen Dasou: Literati
Chen Dasou (Song Dynasty), one of the key figures in the history of Chinese incense culture(香学).
Chen Dasou · Song
Identity:Literati
Representative incense works / incense practices:Xiangpu (Yunlin Tang)
Chen Dasou's Xiangpu is appended to the Yunlin Tang Collection of Dietary Regulations and records methods such as "yinxiang" and "sanxiang," emphasizing the refined pleasures of literati offerings. Its incense formulas are simple and elegant, running parallel with the Chen Family Xiangpu, and offer a glimpse of Song-dynasty aesthetics of daily life.
And Chinese incense culture(香学)
Seen through Chen Dasou, Chinese incense culture(香学) is not an isolated craft, but a process in which generations of literati and artisans continually documented, systematized, and spiritualized olfactory experience. Only by understanding these pioneers can one understand the weight of the wisp of incense in one's hand today.
Representative incense formulas · incense poems · incense discourse
Incense DiscoursesXiangpu (Treatise on Incense)(Yunlin Qingshang)
Written by Chen Dasou of the Song DynastyXiangpu (Treatise on Incense)(recorded in Yunlin Qingshang), divided into "Grades of Incense, Suitability of Incense, Matters of Incense," recording the famous incenses and the suitable occasions for burning incense of Han Weigong, Huang Taishi, Zhu Wengong and other masters.
Incense Formula ·Yuhua Sobering Incense
Chen DasouXiangpu (Treatise on Incense)Records "Yuhua Sobering Incense," made by scenting agarwood and sandalwood with osmanthus and jasmine, taking its clear fragrance to refresh the spirit, burned after drunkenness at banquets and gatherings.