The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting : : A Facsimile of the 1887-1888 Shanghai Edition / / ed. by Mai-mai Sze.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• HerausgeberIn: Sze, Mai-mai,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Bollingen Series (General) ; 197
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (648 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Publisher's Note --; Contents --; Traditional Chronology --; Introduction --; Preface to the Shanghai (1887—88) Edition --; Part I --; Preface to the First (1679) Edition --; The Fundamentals of Painting --; Book of Trees --; Book of Rocks --; Book of Jên-wu --; Part II --; Preface to Parts II and III of the First Complete Edition (1701) --; Book of the Orchid --; Book of the Bamboo --; Book of the Plum --; Book of the Chrysanthemum --; Part III --; Book of Grasses, Insects, and Flowering Plants --; Book of Feathers-and-Fur and Flowering Plants --; Concluding Notes on the Preparation of Colors --; Summary of the Chieh Τzŭ Yüan Hua Chuan --; Appendix: Analysis of Basic Terms --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400866830; 9783110649680; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400866830
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Mai-mai Sze.

Originally published as Volume 2 of The Tao of Painting, this is the first English translation of the famous Chinese handbook, the "Chieh Tzu Yüan Hua Chuan" (original, 1679-1701). Mai-mai Sze has translated and annotated the texts of instructions, discussions of the fundamentals of painting, notes on the preparation of colors, and chief editorial prefaces.