Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Clothing
三才圖會(六十四)
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No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches in scholarly catalogs (UNESCO, Brill, etc.), Open Library, and Google Books for 'Sancai Tuhui' and its authors Wang Qi and Wang Siyi yielded no results for a published English translation of the work or its specific section on clothing. While the 'Sancai Tuhui' is a seminal Ming Dynasty encyclopedia frequently cited and excerpted in academic studies of Chinese material culture and art history, no standalone or complete translation of the 'Clothing' (Yifu) volumes has been identified in bibliographic databases.
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Explore the rigid social architecture and profound ritual landscapes of the Ming Dynasty through this illustrated encyclopedia. From the ornate pheasant robes of court ladies to the raw hemp of a grieving son, this text reveals how every stitch of clothing and choice of tool defined one’s place in the Confucian cosmos.
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