Extreme Aesthetics: the Elegance of Southern Scholars in the Late Ming Dynasty
by Zhao Baitian
About This Novel
This is a history of the elegant life of southern scholars in the late Ming Dynasty. The book takes time as the warp and characters as the weft. Through a large number of interesting historical materials and notebooks, the book connects up and down, left and right, more than thirty extraordinary people with different destinies in the late Ming Dynasty. They put their spirit on the utensils, integrated elegance into their daily life, and obtained the nourishment of life from a painting, a square of ink, a cup of tea, and a burner of incense, showing the ultimate aesthetic taste and life pursuit of the ancient Chinese. Although the people and events written in the book are from ancient times, they can soothe people's confusion and anxiety today, enrich and stabilize our hearts, and allow us to live a free and romantic life.
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Official(1)Scraped 11d ago
To quote the author's words at the end of the book, "I hope it is secular and has the flavor of daily life. At the same time, it should also become a bridge built on the history of art and the history of life. No matter what era life is, it cannot be without the light of art and humanities." In the life of Jiji Yingying, don't forget to enjoy the spiritual pleasure of art and humanistic aesthetics.
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Official(1)Scraped 11d ago
To quote the author's words at the end of the book, "I hope it is secular and has the flavor of daily life. At the same time, it should also become a bridge built on the history of art and the history of life. No matter what era life is, it cannot be without the light of art and humanities." In the life of Jiji Yingying, don't forget to enjoy the spiritual pleasure of art and humanistic aesthetics.
