Famous Kilns of the Song Dynasty
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Collectors and learners with a strong interest in ancient Chinese ceramic history, especially Song dynasty porcelain
- Students and researchers in art history, archaeology, cultural heritage and museum studies, and related fields
- Professionals in cultural and creative design and arts and crafts seeking inspiration from traditional making
- General readers with some humanistic literacy who wish to gain a deeper understanding of Song material culture and aesthetic spirit
Not a good fit for
- Purely utilitarian readers seeking quick appraisal tips or market investment guides
- Readers looking for大量 legendary tales or curious anecdotes rather than rigorous academic discussion
Reading tips
- Readers are advised to first read the introduction and Chapter One to establish the temporal and spatial framework and basic concepts of Song porcelain production
- While reading, consult the high-resolution plates and focus on descriptions of body, glaze, crackle, and forms to build intuitive understanding
- For chapters on craft technology, taking notes to outline processes may help in understanding the causes of their distinctiveness
About the publisher
Jilin Literature and History Publishing House is a professional publisher specializing in literature, history, and social science titles, with publishing areas covering culture, theory, historical reading, military affairs, classical poetry, and medicine. Its list includes historical and military works such as National History 001: The Tragedy of the Southern Ming and Naval Battles 006: The Russian Navy before and after the Russo-Japanese War, as well as the "Chinese Culture Knowledge Reader" series, which covers Sun Tzu and military thought, ancient tea ware and Zisha art, Song Huizong Zhao Ji's contributions to painting, the Book of Songs, and Hai Rui. Medical works such as How a Famous Doctor Diagnoses Patients are also represented. Authors include Jin Kaicheng, Yang Liang, Zha Youyin, Luo Dalun, Zhiwen Fenghuo Studio, and Theodore Dodge. The press combines the popularization of literary and historical knowledge with focused research, forming a publishing profile centered on traditional culture readers and balancing academic and general reading.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 《中国文化知识读本》编委会
- 关于《中国文化知识读本》
- 一 陶瓷概述
- 二 宋代陶瓷简介
- 三 汝窑
- 四 钧窑
- 五 官窑
- 六 哥窑
- 七 定窑
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About the author
Li Xin was born in 1952 in the Tsinghua Garden area of Beijing, with ancestral roots in Linshui, Sichuan, and graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Wuhan University in 1982. He has long worked in publishing, serving as an editor at People's Literature Publishing House and as editor-in-chief of both Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) and SDX Joint Publishing Company, and is the author of books including On Making Books, A Lifetime of One Thing, and A Century of Family Matters. His interests as a writer are broad: the fourteen works held here span world history, documentary writing, medicine, computer applications, popular science, and modern poetry. They range from a narrative history of Iran over five centuries to a family memoir tracing four generations of the Li family of Linshui against the backdrop of their times, alongside specialized titles on clinical trials of hematology drugs, SPSS statistical analysis, and data virtualization, as well as popular science such as a panoramic animal encyclopedia and a bilingual reading of the Thousand Poets' Anthology. His writing balances professional expertise with readability.
