21. Exegeses on the Book of Mencius
(Matching tags: National Palace Museum,rare books,Sung dynasty)

The traditional study of the Classics is one of the fountainheads of Chinese culture. A large number of notes and commentaries has been left by many talented scholars over the ages. ......

22. Pictorial Tile with Scene of a Teacher Giving Instruction
(Matching tags: Han dynasty,rare books,picture)

This picture (講學畫像磚) shows the teaching scene of a Confucian classics teacher in the Han Dynasty. ......

23. "Hsien Fu" Ting Ritual Vessel
(Matching tags: vessel,Zhou dynasty,rare books)

A cooking vessel (鮮父鼎) from the Zhou Dynasty. ......

24. "Fu I" Chih Wine Vessel with Cicada Pattern
(Matching tags: Shang dynasty,vessel,rare books)

Zhi is a wine goblet. This zhi (蟬紋父乙觶) was made in the Shang dynasty and inscribed with two characters. ......

25. Shin-chu-chai Shu-hua P'u (Ten Bamboos Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting)
(Matching tags: Qing dynasty,rare books)

This book (十竹齋書畫譜) was printed in the Kangxi reign (1662-1722) of the Qing Dynasty. ......

26. Chin-shih K'un-ch'ung Ts'ao-mu Chuang (Depictions of Metals, Minerals, Insects and Plants)
(Matching tags: Ming dynasty,rare books,herb picture)

This book (金石昆蟲草木狀) contains original color drawings by Ms. Wen Shu (文俶), a great-granddaughter of Wen Zhengming, of the Ming Dynasty. ......

27. Wen-hsin Tiao-lung (The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons)
(Matching tags: Ming dynasty,rare books,literary criticism)

This book (文心雕龍) is a 5-color print made by Ling Yun at Wuxing during the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty’s Wan-li period (1573-1619), ......

28. Hsin-tiao Yun-chai Kuang-lu (Cloud Studio Miscellany)
(Matching tags: rare books,miscellany,Jin Dynasty)

Woodblock-printed books made during the Jin Dynasty are extremely rare; this book (新雕雲齋廣錄) is the only one existing in Taiwan. ......  ...

29. Chin-kung Pan-jo-po-lo-mi-ching (The Diamond or Prajnaparamita Sutra)
(Matching tags: sutra,Yuan dynasty,rare books)

This book (金剛般若波羅蜜經) is a woodblock print by the Zifu Temple on Zhongxing Road in Hubei Province. ......

30. 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. ......  ...

31. 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). ......

32. Japanese Rare Books
(Matching tags: Japanese colonial period,rare books)

The collection features all kinds of publications released by the authorities or by private publishers during the Japanese colonial period. The archived documentation includes books, periodicals, newspapers, ...