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Treatises on art (yishu 藝術)


The type of treatises on art (yishu lei 藝術類) is a sub-category to the literary category of masters and philosophers (zibu 子部) in the collectaneum Siku quanshu 四庫全書. The section has been divided into four parts: Painting and calligraphy (shuhua 書畫, 71 books), musical notes and books to the zither (qinpu 琴譜, 4 books), seal carving (zhuanke 篆刻, 2 books), and miscellaneous arts (zaji 雜技, 4 books), including books on Chinese chess. The part on the zither has been separated from other books on music, which are integrated in the Classics section. The books on seal carving and seal script characters have also relationship to the books on glyphology belonging to the "minor teachings" (xiaoxue 小學) in the Classics category. The most important books are Gu huapin lu 古畫品錄, Qinshi 琴史 and Qijing 棋經.

書名 Title Composer(s)
書畫之屬 shuhua Painting and calligraphy
古畫品錄 Gu huapin lu (Southern Qi) 謝赫 Xie He
書品 Shupin (Liang) 庾肩吾 Yu Jianwu
續畫品 Xu huapin (Chen) 姚最 Yao Zui (?)
書譜 Shupu (Tang) 孫過庭 Sun Guoting
歷代名畫記 Lidai minghua ji (Tang) 張彥遠 Zhang Yanyuan
唐朝名畫錄 Tangchao minghua lu (Tang) 朱景玄 Zhu Jingxuan
五代名畫補遺 Wudai minghua buyi (Song) 劉道醇 Liu Daochun
宋朝名畫評 Songchao minghua ping (Song) 劉道醇 Liu Daochun
書苑菁華 Shuyuan jinghua (Song) 陳思 Chen Si
竹譜 Zhupu (Yuan) 李衎 Li Kan
琴譜之屬 qinpu Music (zither)
琴史 Qinshi (Song) 朱長文 Zhu Changwen
篆刻之屬 zhuanke Seal carving
學古編 Xuegubian (Yuan) 吾丘衍 Wu Qiuyan
雜技之屬 zaji Miscellaneous arts
羯鼓錄 Jiegulu (Tang) 南卓 Nan Zhuo
棋經 Qijing (Song) 晏天章 Yan Tianzhang
棋訣 Qijue (Song) 劉仲甫 Liu Zhongfu

* not contained in the Siku quanshu

Chinese literature according to the four-category system

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