Xiang Cheng, Volume 25: Incense Formulas V · Daitang Incense
Daitang Incense — Original text (compiled and edited), with vernacular translation and annotations.
Volume 25 · Incense Formulas V · Daitang Incense
Original Text (compiled and edited)
Daitang Incense: agarwood, sandalwood, clove, and borneol in equal parts, blended with rose water and pine pollen, made into incense and burned; its scent resembles daitang.
Vernacular Translation
Daitang Incense: all incenses in equal parts, blended with rose water and pine pollen; its scent resembles daitang flowers. Capturing the floral charm into incense is the Song dynasty method of "condensing floral scents."
Annotations
- Rose water: rose dew
- Daitang: a yellow-flowered shrub
- Equal parts: same quantity
Editorial Notes · Editions and Compilation Notes
Edition basis:The transmitted text of Xiang Cheng (香乘) traces its ancestry to the Ming Chongzhen-era printed edition; extant today are the Wenyuan Pavilion Siku Quanshu edition, the Siku Huiyao edition, and various Qing manuscript copies. This compilation uses the commonly circulated collated edition as its base text and cross-checks it against the Siku edition.
Collation for this volume:Records new and ingenious flower incense formulas such as ditang incense; the formulas come from Song-dynasty genealogies cited in Xiang Cheng.
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