Through a Forest of Chancellors Read online

  Yan Lugong dazi Magu xiantan ji, p. 9.)

  30

  1.24 Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322). Record of the Miaoyan Monastery, ca. 1309–10.

  Detail of a handscroll, ink on paper, 34.2 × 364.5 cm. Bequest of John

  B. Elliott, Class of 1951 (1998-53). Photo: Bruce M. White. Princeton

  University Art Museum.

  31

  1.25 Lidai tongjian zuanyao. Comp. Li Dongyang (1447–1516) et al. Bejing: Directorate of Ceremonial, 1507, 6: 1a. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 24.2 × 15.8 cm. The East Asian Library and the Gest

  Collection, Princeton University.

  32

  1.26 Zhu Gui (fl. mid-seventeenth century). Preface to Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed

  on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  33

  1.27 Anonymous.

  Sui Yangdi yanshi. Suzhou: Renrui tang, 1631, fanli, 3b–4a.

  Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 23.7 × 14.5 cm.

  C. V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University.

  34

  1.28 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Yuchi Jingde.” Verso of portrait leaf 7 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu

  kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  35

  1.29 Wang Xizhi (303–61). Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection, 353. Tang-period traced copy known as Shenlong version, sometimes attributed

  to Feng Chengsu 馮承素. Handscroll, ink on paper, 24.5 × 69.9 cm.

  (Source: Shodō geijutsu, vol. 1, pl. 41.)

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  1.30 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). Ink Bamboo, 1669. Hanging scroll, ink on silk, 137.8 × 50.7 cm. (Source: Zhongguo meishu quanji, Huihua bian 10, Qingdai huihua, zhong, p. 82, pl. 80.)

  36

  1.31 Su Shi (1037–1101). The Cold Food Festival Poems Written at Huangzhou, ca. 1082. Detail of a handscroll, ink on paper, 33.5 × 118.0 cm. Collection

  of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

  36

  1.32 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). List of contents, in Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669, 2b. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  47

  1.33 Shen Yaozhang ( juren 1636). Poem. Detail of a fan, ink on gold-flecked paper, 17.0 × 51.0 cm. (Source: Mingmo Qingchu shufa zhan, catalogue no. 33.) 47

  1.34 Ji Cheng (fl. late sixteenth–early seventeenth centuries). Cracked Ice Pattern, in Yuanye, 1631–35. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper,

  measurements unavailable. (Source: Ji Cheng, Yuanye, p. 124.)

  48

  1.35 Brushpot with flared rim decorated with plants and masks. Porcelain

  decorated in underglaze blue, height 21.2 cm., diameter at mouth 24.5 cm.

  Visitors of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Reitlinger Gift, 1948

  (EA1978.2092).

  48

  1.36 Anonymous.

  Gray-Blue Waters, Cracked Ice, in Chengshi moyuan, comp. Cheng Dayue (1541–ca. 1616). Xin’an, Anhui: Zilan tang, 1606. Thread-bound

  book, woodblock-printed on paper, 31.3 × 18.3 cm. (Source: Chengshi

  moyuan, 1: 336.)

  49

  1.37 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Fang Xuanling.” Recto of

  portrait leaf 5 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  51

  1.38 Anonymous.

  Gallery That Skims Smoke-like Clouds, in Chengshi moyuan,

  comp. Cheng Dayue (1541–ca. 1616). Xin’an, Anhui: Zilan tang, 1605–10.

  Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 31.3 × 18.3 cm.

  (Source: Chengshi moyuan, 1: 348.)

  52

  2.1 Anonymous.

  Meritorious Ministers of the Lingyan Gallery, Northern Song

  period, late eleventh century. Detail of an ink rubbing from a stele

  originally erected in Linyou, Shaanxi province, now lost. (Source: Zhongguo meishu quanji, Huihua bian 19: Shike xianhua, p. 67, pl. 58.) 63

  2.2 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Yu Shinan.” Recto of portrait leaf 20 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669.

  Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  64

  2.3 Anonymous.

  Portrait of Zhu Guan, Northern Song period, mid-eleventh

  century. Leaf from the album The Five Old Men of Suiyang, ink and color on silk, 40.6 × 33.0 cm. Yale University Art Gallery, Hobart and Edward

  Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore,

  1953.27.11.

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  2.4 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Yu Shinan.” Detail of recto of

  portrait leaf 20 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  66

  2.5 Anonymous.

  Supplementary Cage-Kerchief ( jia longjin 加籠巾), in Sancai tuhui, comp. Wang Qi (fl. 1565–1614) and Wang Siyi. Nanjing, 1609, yifu 衣服

  2.22b. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.4 × 14.7 cm.

  The East Asian Library and the Gest Collection, Princeton University.

  68

  2.6 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Yu Shinan.” Detail of recto of

  portrait leaf 20 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  68

  2.7 Anonymous.

  Nine Ding -Vessels, in Chengshi moyuan, comp. Cheng Dayue (1541–ca. 1616). Xin’an, Anhui: Zilan tang, 1605–10. Thread-bound book,

  woodblock-printed on paper, 31.3 × 18.3 cm. National Library of China,

  Beijing. (Source: Chengshi moyuan, 1: 694.)

  69

  2.8 Shu Si 戍嗣 ding-vessel, late Shang era, eleventh century bce. Bronze, height 48.0 cm, diameter at mouth 39.5 cm. Excavated in 1959 at Hougang

  後岡, Anyang, Henan province. (Source: Zhongguo meishu quanji, Gongyi meishu bian 4: Qingtong qi, 1: 49, pl. 53.)

  69

  2.9 Zhou

  Danquan

  周丹泉 (fl. late sixteenth–early seventeenth centuries).

  Two-handled, tripodal ding-vessel decorated with animal masks and floral motifs, ca. sixteenth–seventeenth centuries. Bright yellow porcelain with

  burnished gold, height 16.8 cm, diameter at mouth 13.3 cm. The Collection

  of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China,

  guci 17809.

  70

  2.10 Anonymous. “Fang Xuanling,” in Lidai guren xiangzan, 1475. Butterfly-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.5 × 21.5 cm. (Source:

  Zhongguo gudai banhua congkan, 1: 131.)

  71

  2.11 Anonymous. “Du Ruhui,” in Lidai guren xiangzan, 1475. Butterfly-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.5 × 21.5 cm. (Source: Zhongguo

  gudai banhua congkan, 1: 133.)

  71

  2.12 Anonymous. “Du Ruhui,” in Sancai tuhui, comp. Wang Qi (fl. 1565–1614) and Wang Siyi. Nanjing, 1609, renwu 人物 6.4a. Thread-bound book,


  woodblock-printed on paper, 25.4 × 14.7 cm. The East Asian Library

  and the Gest Collection, Princeton University.

  72

  2.13 Anonymous.

  Picture of Clarity and Excellence, in Sancai tuhui, comp. Wang Qi (fl. 1565–1614) and Wang Siyi. Nanjing, 1609, shenti 身體 7.10a. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.4 × 14.7 cm. The East

  Asian Library and the Gest Collection, Princeton University.

  74

  2.14 Anonymous. “Yuchi Jingde,” in Lidai guren xiangzan, 1475. Butterfly-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.5 × 21.5 cm. (Source:

  Zhongguo gudai banhua congkan, 1: 139.)

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  2.15 Anonymous.

  Picture of Intimidating Ferocity, in Sancai tuhui, comp. Wang Qi (fl. 1565–1614) and Wang Siyi. Nanjing, 1609, shenti 身體 7.9a. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.4 × 14.7 cm. The East

  Asian Library and the Gest Collection, Princeton University.

  75

  2.16 Anonymous. Fengjian mizhi 風鑑秘旨 (Secret principles of physiognomy)

  [ upper register] and Xiangfa men 相法門 (Introduction to physiognomic models) [ lower register], in Xinke tianxia simin bianlan Santai wanyong zhengzong, comp. Yu Xiangdou (fl. 1588–1609). Jianyang, Fujian: Shuangfeng tang,

  1599, 30.1a. Tōyō bunka kenkyūjo, Tokyo University, 仁井田文庫, 子,

  N 3079.

  76

  2.17 Anonymous.

  Noses from Fengjian mizhi [ upper register], in Xinke tianxia simin bianlan Santai wanyong zhengzong, comp. Yu Xiangdou (fl. 1588–1609).

  Jianyang, Fujian: Shuangfeng tang, 1599, 30.19a. Tōyō bunka kenkyūjo,

  Tokyo University, 仁井田文庫, 子, N 3079.

  77

  2.18 Anonymous.

  Physiognomic Diagram of Lonely Bitterness from Xiangfa men

  [ lower register], in Xinke tianxia simin bianlan Santai wanyong zhengzong, comp. Yu Xiangdou (fl. 1588–1609). Jianyang, Fujian: Shuangfeng tang,

  1599, 30.9a. Tōyō bunka kenkyūjo, Tokyo University, 仁井田文庫, 子,

  N 3079.

  77

  2.19 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Chai Shao.” Recto of portrait

  leaf 14 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669.

  Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  78

  2.20 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Wei Zheng.” Detail of recto

  of portrait leaf 4 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  79

  2.21 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Tang Jian.” Detail of recto of portrait leaf 22 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  79

  2.22 Anonymous. Physiognomic Diagram of Extended Long Life from Xiangfa men [ lower register], in Xinke tianxia simin bianlan Santai wanyong zhengzong, comp. Yu Xiangdou (fl. 1588–1609). Jianyang, Fujian: Shuangfeng tang,

  1599, 30.6b. Tōyō bunka kenkyūjo, Tokyo University, 仁井田文庫, 子,

  N 3079.

  79

  2.23 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Yuchi Jingde.” Detail of recto of portrait leaf 7 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  80

  2.24 Anonymous. Physiognomic Diagram of Frightening Badness from Xiangfa men

  [ lower register], in Xinke tianxia simin bianlan Santai wanyong zhengzong, comp. Yu Xiangdou (fl. 1588–1609). Jianyang, Fujian: Shuangfeng tang,

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  1599, 30.10b. Tōyō bunka kenkyūjo, Tokyo University, 仁井田文庫, 子,

  N 3079.

  80

  2.25 Anonymous.

  Eyes from Fengjian mizhi [ upper register] , including Feng -Bird Eye and Monkey Eye, in Xinke tianxia simin bianlan Santai wanyong zhengzong, comp. Yu Xiangdou (fl. 1588–1609). Jianyang, Fujian: Shuangfeng tang,

  1599, 30.12a. Tōyō bunka kenkyūjo, Tokyo University, 仁井田文庫, 子,

  N 3079.

  81

  2.26 Anonymous. Eyebrows from Fengjian mizhi [ upper register], including Sword Brow, in Xinke tianxia simin bianlan Santai wanyong zhengzong, comp. Yu Xiangdou (fl. 1588–1609). Jianyang, Fujian: Shuangfeng tang, 1599, 30.2b.

  Tōyō bunka kenkyūjo, Tokyo University, 仁井田文庫, 子, N 3079.

  81

  2.27 Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). Elegant Gathering, ca. 1646–47. Portion of a handscroll, ink and gold pigment on paper, 29.8 × 98.9 cm. Shanghai

  Museum. (Source: Zhongguo meishu quanji, Huihua bian 8: Mingdai huihua, vol. 3, pl. 187.)

  83

  2.28 Anonymous. Picture of Ancient Weirdness, in Sancai tuhui, comp. Wang Qi (fl. 1565–1614) and Wang Siyi. Nanjing, 1609, shenti 身體 7.10b. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.4 × 14.7 cm. The East Asian

  Library and the Gest Collection, Princeton University.

  84

  2.29 Wu Shenbo (fl. sixteenth–seventeenth centuries). You Yü’s Twelve Emblems, late Ming, sixteenth–seventeenth centuries. Ink-cake, diameter 10.6 cm.,

  1.9 cm. thick. (Source: Kisshō, pl. 181.)

  86

  2.30 Anonymous. Hats, including Square Kerchief, in Sancai tuhui, comp. Wang Qi (fl. 1565–1614) and Wang Siyi. Nanjing, 1609, yifu 衣服 1.22b. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.4 × 14.7 cm. The East Asian

  Library and the Gest Collection, Princeton University.

  88

  2.31 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Prince [Li] Xiaogong.” Recto

  of portrait leaf 2 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  89

  2.32 Diagram of Ming-Period Pao-Robe. (Source: Vollmer, Silks for Thrones and Altars, p. 34.)

  90

  2.33 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Prince [Li] Xiaogong.” Detail of recto of portrait leaf 2 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8

  cm. Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  90

  2.34 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Prince [Li] Xiaogong.” Detail of recto of portrait leaf 2 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 ×

  14.8 cm. Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  91

  2.35 Anonymous.

  Hats, including Juebian, in Sancai tuhui, comp. Wang Qi (fl. 1565–1614) and Wang Siyi. Nanjing, 1609, yifu 衣服 1.17b. Thread-bound This content downloaded from 129.174.21.5 on Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:43:38 UTC

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  book, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.4 × 14.7 cm. The East Asian

  Library and the Gest Collection, Princeton University.

  91

  2.36 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Prince [Li] Xiaogong.” Detail

  of recto of portrait leaf 2 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8

  cm. Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

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  2.37 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Qin Shubao.” Detail of recto

  of portrait leaf 24 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  92

  2.38 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Zhangsun Wuji.” Recto of

  portrait leaf 1 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  93

  2.39 Diagram of Ming-Period Changfu-Robe. (Source: Vollmer, Silks for Thrones and Altars, p. 32.)

  93

  2.40 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Duan Zhixuan.” Recto of

  portrait leaf 10 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  95

  2.41 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Zhang Liang.” Recto of portrait leaf 16 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu

  kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  96

  2.42 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Yuchi Jingde.” Recto of

  portrait leaf 7 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm.

  Kokuritsu kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

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  2.43 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Yin Kaishan.” Recto of portrait leaf 13 from Liu Yuan jing hui Lingyan ge. Suzhou: Zhuhu tang, 1669. Album of 45 leaves, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.0 × 14.8 cm. Kokuritsu

  kōbunshokan, Tokyo.

  96

  2.44 Anonymous. Costume Parts, in Sancai tuhui, comp. Wang Qi (fl. 1565–1614) and Wang Siyi. Nanjing, 1609, yifu 衣服 2.13a–b. Thread-bound book,

  woodblock-printed on paper, 25.4 × 14.7 cm. The East Asian Library

  and the Gest Collection, Princeton University.

  97

  2.45 Anonymous. Hats, in Sancai tuhui, comp. Wang Qi (fl. 1565–1614) and Wang Siyi. Nanjing, 1609, yifu 衣服 1.23a–b. Thread-bound book, woodblock-printed on paper, 25.4 × 14.7 cm. The East Asian Library and the Gest

  Collection, Princeton University.

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  2.46 Liu Yuan (fl. mid-seventeenth century). “Tang Jian.” Recto of portrait