Classical Aesthetics
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In Search of Fragrance
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2019
In Search of Fragrance is a collection of cultural essays by the writer Fan Wan (born Fan Hongxin), published by Guangxi Normal University Press in 20…
Traces of Time · Pure Joys
China Overseas Publishing House · 2013
If you have read May You Be Safe and Well, My Sunshine and are familiar with Bai Luomei's clear, gentle, slightly Zen prose, this book shows another s…
Chinese Imagery: A Return to the Most Beautiful Antiquity
上海市华文创意写作中心 · 2014
Chinese Imagery: A Return to the Most Beautiful Antiquity is a collection of Chinese-style prose essays by the writer Zhou Yu. Taking "imagery" as its…
A Portrait of Shunkin
Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2016
A Portrait of Shunkin is a novella published in 1933 by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, a leading author of Japanese aestheticist literature, and one of his most…
Xishan Qin Kuang & Sixteen Methods of Qin Sound (Complete Text, Annotations, and Translation)
Zhonghua Book Company · 2021
This volume, part of Zhonghua Book Company's "Complete Texts, Annotations, and Translations of Chinese Classics" series (known as the "Three Complete"…
The Fine Arts Reduced to a Single Principle
The Commercial Press · 2024
The Fine Arts Reduced to a Single Principle was first published in Paris in 1746. The book holds major significance in the history of art and aestheti…
Learning Soft Furnishings from Cao Xueqin
Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Press · 2021
This book distills the interior and exterior décor and furnishings found in Dream of the Red Chamber. Following the route into interior spaces from ou…
Thoughts on Jests
Project Gutenberg · 2019
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Analysis of Beauty
Project Gutenberg · 2019
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Hill of Venus
Project Gutenberg · 2019
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Poetic Gaze: The Aesthetic Space of the Category of Thickness
Sino-Culture Press · 2026
This book is one of the theoretical foundations of the "Poetic Life Aesthetic Education Series." Taking the category of "thickness" (hou)—which is clo…
Raphael, Sage of Renaissance Painting
Yuanfang Publishing House · 2026
Raphael was an outstanding Italian painter who, together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, is counted among the three great masters of the Rena…
A Close Reading of Poetic Remarks in the Human World (2 Volumes)
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026
The viral hit from Bilibili—a writing companion and a master's guide to the most exquisite ci poetry. Su Ying, a master of ci appreciation, brings his…
Slanting Moon Shadows
Wenxin Publishing House · 2026
Drawing on the cognitive characteristics of primary, secondary and teenage readers, this series selects poems by the key images that appear most frequ…
The Fox Woman
Sichuan Science and Technology Press · 2025
In the late Heian period, Azao, the daughter of an impoverished samurai, lives alone with her father. Though the family is poor, Azao leads a quiet an…
The Profound Meaning of Chinese Painting
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025
Chinese Painting and Its Deep Meanings is a classic work by the Japanese sinologist Miyazaki Noriko on the interpretation of Chinese painting. The aut…
Collected Works of Zhang Shaokang, Volume 2: Essays on Classical Literary and Artistic Aesthetics
Peking University Press · 2025
Grounded in a combined approach of modern interpretation and historical restoration, this book analyzes the connotations and contemporary value of sev…
I Am a Melancholy Guest in the Human World: Nalan Xingde's Love and Ci
· 2025
Nalan Xingde's deep affection in his ci poetry earned him the later title of "the greatest lover of the Qing Dynasty," and his short life, like his ve…
Chinese Fiction: The Wisdom of Understanding Human Nature
Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2024
Fiction is a bright lamp that lets us see through to human nature and transcend the limits of our lives. In Chinese Fiction: The Wisdom of Seeing Thro…
On Dongpo's Ci
· 2025
Gu Sui, pen name Kushui and alternate name Tuoan, was a renowned literary theorist and aesthetic critic of the Republican era. After graduating from N…