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The Elegant Life of The Chinese Literati - From the Chinese Classic, 'Treatise on Superfluous Things', Finding Harmony and Joy in Everyday Objects (Hardcover)
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The Elegant Life of The Chinese Literati - From the Chinese Classic, 'Treatise on Superfluous Things', Finding Harmony and Joy in Everyday Objects (Hardcover)
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The Elegant Life of the Chinese Literati is the first complete
translation of a classic 17th century Chinese guide to the ordinary
objects of everyday life from trees and birds to windows and tea.
Similar to Feng Shui, the principles laid out in this book describe
how to find harmony among these ordinary objects to bring peace to
your life. With annotations by Chen Zhi, a well known modern
scholar of Chinese garden design, readers gain insight into the
historical and cultural context of instructions such as, The wooden
cross-piece of the door frame should have a strip of speckled
bamboo nailed horizontally across it either with two or four nails,
never six. Lavishly illustrated with famous Chinese paintings and
photographs of Chinese gardens, furniture, and objets d'art,
readers can immerse themselves in Chinese culture, history, and
values, and perhaps even learn to appreciate the everyday objects
in their own lives. With the pace of modern life, we often don't
stop to appreciate the little things in life. Everyday objects go
unnoticed and are continuously underappreciated. However, these
individual elements come together to form a larger picture one that
defines our lifestyle.
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