An essay on landscape painting
By: by Kuo Hsi; translated by Shio Sakanishi; a foreword by L. Cranmer-Byng.
Contributors: Sakanishi, Shio, 1899- tr.
Series: The wisdom of the East series
Publisher: J. Murray
Published: 1935
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; chi
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Landscape painting -- China.; Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Lin ch'üan kao chih.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 20.
"The essay falls into four sections: Comments on landscapes; The meaning of painting; Rules for painting; a supplement to the Rules for painting ... In the present translation the fourth section has been omitted ... The translation is based on the two Chinese editions of the ʻLin ch'üan kao chih': in the Wang shih hua yüan and the Mei shu ts'ung shu; and a short extract in the Hua hsüeh hsin yin."--Pref.