Xiang Cheng, Volume 28 · Incense Formulas VIII · Postface: Zhou Jiazhou's Author's Preface
Zhou Jiazhou's Author's Preface — Original text (compiled and edited), with vernacular translation and annotations.
Volume 28 · Incense Formulas VIII · Postface · Zhou Jiazhou's Author's Preface
Original Text (Compiled and Edited)
Zhou Jiazhou's Author's Preface to Xiang Cheng: I have always been fond of incense, and have collected incense products, incense matters, and incense formulas from ancient and modern times, organizing them into twenty-eight volumes, titled Xiang Cheng. Thus those who love incense may have something to consult.
Vernacular Translation
Zhou Jiazhou's Author's Preface: Fond of incense by nature, he compiled incense products, incense matters, and incense formulas from ancient and modern times into twenty-eight volumes, titled Xiang Cheng, so that those who love incense may have something to rely on for reference. This translation and annotation of the twenty-eight volumes is based on this collection.
Annotations
- 厘: to organize
- 庶几: perhaps; may
- 帙: book volume
Editorial Notes · Editions and Compilation Notes
Edition basis:The transmitted editions of Xiang Cheng trace their origin to the Ming Chongzhen-era printed edition; extant today are the Wenyuan Ge Siku Quanshu edition, the Siku Huiyao edition, and various Qing manuscript copies. This compilation takes the commonly circulated modern compiled edition as its base text and cross-checks it against the Siku Quanshu edition.
Collation for this volume:Zhou Jiazhou's own preface, recounting the origins of the compilation and its hardships; the preface appears at the end of the Ming printed edition, and the text is transcribed here following the original preface.
Facsimile comparison:The "original text" on this page is a compiled transcription (punctuated and paragraphed according to modern conventions), not a facsimile of the original book; for character-by-character collation, please consult authoritative public-domain editions:Full text of Xiang Cheng (twenty-eight volumes) from the Siku Quanshu edition on Wikisource、Facsimile scans of Xiang Cheng on Wikimedia Commons (PDFs including the National Library of China copy). This site does not fabricate ancient book layouts, and therefore substitutes links to authoritative public-domain facsimiles.