China from Orchid Press

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2006. The great Song Dynasty poet and artist, Mi Fu (1051-1107), wrote treatises on painting and calligraphy, in addition to the present work on inkstones, translated here by the eminent Dutch diplomat and Sinologist, Dr. R H van Gulik. In the case of the first two works, the subjects of Mi Fu's deliberations have long since disappeared.… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2007. Compiled in the 13th century, the Tang-Yin-Pi-Shih is a record of 144 criminal and civil court cases judged in the courts of ancient China, spanning some 1,400 years of the country's history, commencing about 300 BC. During this period, China's judiciary was chosen from among the ranks of the country's scholar-officials, who, dispatched to various parts… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2006. The great Song Dynasty poet and artist, Mi Fu (1051-1107), wrote treatises on painting and calligraphy, in addition to the present work on inkstones, translated here by the eminent Dutch diplomat and Sinologist, Dr. R H van Gulik. In the case of the first two works, the subjects of Mi Fu's deliberations have long since disappeared.… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2005. Eastern Tibet, including the historic territories of Kham and Amdo, may rightfully claim to be the cradle of Tibetan culture. As early as the first millennium of our era, Eastern Tibet was of international relevance, as three branches of the Silk Road passed through its borders. A result of its role as a crossroad and meeting… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2007. Compiled in the 13th century, the Tang-Yin-Pi-Shih is a record of 144 criminal and civil court cases judged in the courts of ancient China, spanning some 1,400 years of the country's history, commencing about 300 BC. During this period, China's judiciary was chosen from among the ranks of the country's scholar-officials, who, dispatched to various parts… Read more about this item

Washington: Orchid Press/Freer, 2003. Subtitle : Paintings and Calligraphy by Bada Shanren. Bada Shanren, the enigmatic, eccentric monk-painter also known as Zu Da, created a wealth of beautiful and important paintings and calligraphy over the course of his life (1626-1705?). A princely descendent of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) imperial house, Bada Shanren developed a distinctive, evolving individual style of painting… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2006. The Shu Hua Shuo Ling--a treatise on painting and forgery--was written in the eighteenth century by the relatively obscure Chinese scholar, Lu Shih-hua. It might have vanished from the landscape of Asian art history, had the eminent Sinologue, RH van Gulik, not recognized its essential value to our modern understanding of Chinese connoisseurship. Its worth lies… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2001. The monumental cave complexes of the Baodingshan site at Dazu, in Sichuan Province, and their vast treasure trove of Buddhist sculpture and painting have been little studied in past. This is the first English language publication to reveal and explain the incredible artworks hidden in this remote site, dating form the Song dynasty. With brilliant photography… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2006. An exploration of the unique wooden architectural tradition of the Dong minority peoples of the rugged mountainous regions of south-western China-a tradition most likely to disappear in decades to come, as it is overwhelmed by China's current rampant modernization. The author discusses the historic development of Dong architectural techniques as effected by Dong social and physical… Read more about this item

Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. Recounts early migrations into the Tarim Basin from both West and East, followed by a detailed description of archaeological remains of ancient settlements, now submerged in the shifting sands of the Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang Province, China. Based on the author's own expeditions into the region in the 1990's. 166pp., 129 colour and b&w plates, 13 maps,… Read more about this item

Kunming: Yunnan Art Publishing House, 1996. A photographic essay, lavishly illustrated and printed, on the material culture of the Naxi people, descendants of Tibetan nomads who settled in the Lijiang Valley of Yunnan, many centuries ago. The Naxi religion synthesizes Tibetan Lamaism, Daoism and far more ancient shamanistic beliefs, and is maintained by dongba, or shaman priests. Illustrations include the… Read more about this item

Berkeley: California U. Press, 1985. Explores the rich literary heritage of religious Taoism as it existed in 9th century China, a tradition which was subsequently almost lost during the three centuries of Manchu suppression of the Qing Dynasty. Through elegant translations of medieval poetry, Schafer reveals mystical descriptions of a Taoist heavenly paradise and visions of its denizens, in the… Read more about this item

Washington: Orchid Press/Freer, 2003. Subtitle: Paintings and Calligraphy by Bada Shanren. Bada Shanren, the enigmatic, eccentric monk-painter also known as Zu Da, created a wealth of beautiful and important paintings and calligraphy over the course of his life (1626-1705?). A princely descendent of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) imperial house, Bada Shanren developed a distinctive, evolving individual style of painting that… Read more about this item

Macao: Municipal Council of Macao, 2001. Details the evolution of the map in south China, Hong Kong and Macao over the past 600 years, from the indigenous Chinese maps engraved on stone in the Song Dynasty, through the early colonial maps of the Europeans, the maps of the later Chinese Dynasties, maps of the Japanese occupation forces of WW II… Read more about this item

Macao: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, 2004. A beautifully produced survey of Chinese engraving art, predominantly woodcuts, of the 20th century. Woodblock printing has a 2000 year history in China, and examples from the early 20th century generally followed traditional techniques and subject matter. Commencing in the early 1930's however, a dramatic shift occurred among young graphic artists, as the… Read more about this item

Taipei: Council for Cultural Planning & Development, 1991. A detailed examination of the art of New Year prints, including examples from all of the most famous centers in China and Taiwan at which this art has flourished. Freely drawn and brilliantly coloured, the New Year print has long been a window into the soul of the common folk of China,… Read more about this item