Subject: China--Description and travel--1644-1912

Hongxue yinyuan tuji 鴻雪因緣圖記
AuthorLinqing 麟慶, 1791-1846Wang Chunquan 汪春泉, 19th cent.
PlaceBeijing 北京
PublisherBeijing guji chubanshe 北京古籍出版社
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageChinese 中文
TypeBook
Series
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberDS709.L6 1984
Description3 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
NoteHongxue yinyuan tuji 鴻雪因緣圖記 / Linqing zhu wen 麟慶著文 ; Wang Chunquan deng huitu 汪春泉等繪圖.
Reprint. Originally published: Hongxue yinyuan 鴻雪因緣. Yangzhou 揚州, l847. With punctuation added.

Linqing 麟慶, Hongxue yinyuan tuji 鴻雪因緣圖記 (autobiography) in which he described 240 incidents in his life, each illustrated with a drawing by his artist secretaries. The work is divided into three sections, each beginning with a portrait of the author, followed by 80 illustrations ... the woodcuts, carefully executed and rich in literary and historical allusions, are treasured by collectors. Most of the drawing were made by Chen Jian 陳鑒, who also sponsored the printing. [Portrait by He Shikui 賀世魁] ...etc.
References : Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period, p. 506-507.
Includes reproductions of original illustrations by Chen Jian 陳鑒 and He Shikui 賀世魁.

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