1. Apricot Trees Sprinkled with Dew
(Matching tags: calligraphy,painting,poetry,Qing dynasty,Fu Ssu-Nien Library)

Qing painting book. A 107-page collection of paintings and calligraphy poems by southern Chinese scholar-officials from period of the Qing dynasty  ......

2. Tun-chiao Chi (Collection of Works Exchanged with Friends)
(Matching tags: poetry,Yuan dynasty,rare books)

This book (敦交集) was written in the Yuan Dynasty. It is considered rare and precious. ......

3. Chu Tung-p'o Hsien-sheng Shih (Annotated Poetry of Su Tung-p'o)
(Matching tags: poetry,Song dynasty,rare books)

This book (註東坡先生詩) is an edition made by the Huai-Dong office in the 6th year of the Song Dynasty’s Jia-ding period (1213). ......

4. A Thousand, Thousand Churning Waves- The Legendary Red Cliff Heritage
(Matching tags: art,calligraphy,painting,poetry,Battle of Red Cliff,literature)

The Battle of Red Cliff, one of the most famous campaigns in Chinese history, is a prime example of how ingenious tactics can result in a brilliant victory out of an outnumbered situation. From the initial ...

5. New Revised Imprint of Tu Fus Poetry with Annotations
(Matching tags: National Palace Museum,Tu Fu,Tang dynasty,poetry,Sung dynasty)

Tu Fu (712-770) was one of the greatest poets in Chinese history. Witnessing the An Lu-shan rebellion and the restoration of imperial rule in the mid-8th century, he lived through one of the most tumultuous ...

6. The Du Xiang-guo Collection
(Matching tags: documents,Du Xiang-guo,poetry)

This is a poem by the Taiwanese poet Du Xiang-guo (1893-1947) for a literary gathering called “bowl-hitting recitation.” In such activities, the judges reviewed participants’ works and ...

7. Illustrated Love Poems from the Shijingshan Studio
(Matching tags: art,poetry)

This is an illustration of a poem. The introduction to the book states: “The illustrations are all by renowned artists. They imitated the ancients to meticulously evoke the sentiments of the poetry, ...