Kêng tschi tʻu ...
Subtitle: Ackerbau und Seidengewinnung in China : ein kaiserliches Lehr- und Mahn-Buch
By: aus dem Chinesischen übersetzt und mit Erklärungen versehen von O. Franke ; mit 102 Tafeln und 57 Illustrationen im Text.
Contributors: Kangxi, Emperor of China, 1654-1722.; Jiao, Bingzhen, fl. 1680-1720, ill.; Lou, Shou, 1090-1162.; Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-1799.; Franke, Otto, 1863-1946.
Series: Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstituts ;; Bd. 11
Publisher: L. Friederichsen & Co.
Published: 1913
Place of publication: Hamburg
Language: ger
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Agriculture -- China -- Pictoral works.; Silkworms -- China -- Pictoral works.; Silk industry -- China -- Pictoral works.; Art, Chinese -- Pictoral works.
Genres: Pictoral works.
Notes: Most of the plates are mounted.
Plates (Pts. I and II) are preceded by half-titles not included in collation.
Originally pub. in 1210 by Lou Shou and consisted of 21 pictures descriptive of agriculture and 24 pictures descriptive of weaving, the pictures were accompainied by verses. In 1696 the work was remodeled by Emperor Kangxi, new pictures made by Jiao Bingzhen and new verses added to those of Lou Shou, several translations of this edition have been made. In 1739 the work was republished by Emperor Qianlong, new verses and prose descriptions added to the verses of Kangxi, nothing of the original work being left but the titles of the pictures.
This ed. includes the Chinese text and translation of the Chʻien Lung editions and reproductions of the original 45 plates taken from a Japanese reprint of 1462, and reproductions of the 46 plates of the Qianlong edition.
Table of contents: title: 1. Einleitung: Ackerbau und Seidengewinnung als ethische und religionsbildende Elemente. Ackerbau und Seidengewinnung in Literatur und Kunst. Das Kêng tschi tʻu und seine Geschichte. Das Kêng tschi tʻu Kʻien-Lung's; title: 2. Text des Kêng tschi tʻu: Vorwort des Kaisers Kʻang Hi. Vorwort des Kaisers Kʻien-Lung. Nachwort der sieben Literaten. I. Beschreibung des Ackerbaus. II. Beschreibung der Seidengewinnung. Anmerkungen. Verzeichnis der chinesischen Namen für Geräte usw. des Ackerbaus und der Seidengewinnung. Index.