Inscriptions on the Stone Drums (Eastern Zhou dynasty, 5th century B.C...
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東周 篆書石鼓文 舊拓本|Inscriptions on the Stone Drums (Eastern Zhou dynasty, ...
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Tray with dragon and Chinese characters, Ming dynasty
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Chinese Dung-Chen, copper alloy, Ming dynasty
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Chinese Dung Chen, copper alloy, Ming dynasty
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A Page from the Jie Zi Yuan - Engraving, Public domain image
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Chinese Pipa, 15th century, Ming dynasty
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Chinese Dung-Chen, copper alloy, Ming dynasty
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Chinese Dung Chen, copper alloy, Ming dynasty
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Chinese Pipa (琵琶 ), Ming dynasty
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Landscape in the Style of Yan Wengui and Fan Kuan
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Photo of Shallow dish, Jun-type ware - Public domain dedication
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元/明 趙原 倣燕文貴范寬山水圖 元/明 沈巽竹石 合卷|Landscape
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Shallow dish, Jun-type ware - Public domain photo of museum object
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Photo of Stem Bowl - Public domain dedication
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Sutra Cover with Alternating Rows of Hanging Lanterns with Chinese Cha...
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Sutra Cover with the Chinese Character Shou (Longevity)
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Pyriform vase, possibly an imitation of Song Guan ware
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Pyriform vase, possibly an imitation of Song Guan ware
A blue glaze vase with a white glaze, China, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sutra Cover with Pattern of Lingzhi Fungus topped by the Chinese Chara...
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明嘉靖 剔紅雲龍捧聖紋漆盤|Tray with dragon and Chinese characters
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Chinese Small vase, 17th century, Qing Dynasty
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Drunken Fisherman by a Reed Bank, Ming dynasty
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A Page from the Jie Zi Yuan - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan M...
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Chinese Calligraphy, 16th century, Qing Dynasty
Yu Dongru (Chinese, active Ming dynasty) Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Public domain image related to Chinese history, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chinese Letter to Liang Zhongren, Ming dynasty
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Chinese Poem on Lanzhou, Ming dynasty
Xing Tong (Chines, 1551–1612) Ming dynasty (1368–1644) Public domain photograph of Ming dynasty archaeological object, China, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miscellaneous Studies, Ming dynasty, China, Ming dynasty
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明/清 陳洪綬 橅古圖 冊|Miscellaneous Studies
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明/清 陳洪綬 準提佛母法像圖 軸|Bodhisattva Guanyin in the Form of the Buddha Mot...
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Bodhisattva Guanyin in the Form of the Buddha Mother
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Rock, Tiger Lily and Orchid, Ming dynasty
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Rock, Tiger Lily and Orchid, Ming dynasty
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Chinese Guqin (古琴 ), Ming dynasty
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Chinese Qin, 17th century, Ming dynasty
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Sleeve vase, Chinese Porcelain, Rijksmuseum.
In the mid-17th century the Dutch East India Company took great pains to buy vases painted in clear blue tints with scenes full of trees and rocks alternating with Chinese figures. This ware is known as ‘Transi... More
Wine Bottle with Chinese Character Reading Treasure (Japanese, takara)
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Anlanyuan zhi Jianshan qi zuo dao li tu shuo : di san zhan.
Covers from Anlan Yuan of Haining Zhou in Zhejiang Sheng to Jian Shan in the east coast. The road is ca. 81 kilometers in length. Shows section of road in Haining Zhou, possibly constructed in Ming Dynasty and ... More
Chinese Censer, bronze, 18th century, Qing Dynasty
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Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo da di tu /, Ming dynasty
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Chinese family ease themselves down the steep incline on a portion of ...
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The Chinese Yang qin: Zhentian Zhang and the Boston Chinese Youth Dulc...
Zhentian Zhang has been one of the the prominent performers of the yang qin in America, a hammered dulcimer introduced to China from Persia in the Ming Dynasty. Zhang has taught for the Youth Dulcimer Ensemble... More
A tall tower with a clock on top of it. Tourist Attraction - Pagoda ch...
The pagoda is a temple built in the style of the ming dynasty / A chinese pagoda in the city of hangzhou / Public domain stock photo.
Zhi shi nü fu ren chan bao bai wen : er juan. Chan bao za lun : yi jua...
Preface written by Wang Jin in 1127; the title "Chan yu bao qing ji" is given in the contents, however the main contents differ from "Chan yu bao qing fang" as found in the "Yongle da dian"; it is likely that t... More
Yu di quan tu : bu fen juan - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Ms. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. May 28, 1941 606381. (明)佚名撰. Ming Dynasty; anonymous. 兩軸一函. Two scrolls in one case. 明末懷茲堂寫繪本 長卷 無版匡欄格 内葉高27.8公分 長度待量. 補：此本卷端題《輿地全圖》，旁鈐"懷... More
Tianshun qi nian hui shi lu : yi juan
In case. Also available in digital form. 明天順間刻本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1463 or 1464. 行字不等. Number of lines and characters per line varies. 天順七年會試錄，彭時序；錢浦後序. Record of national examination in 1463; ... More
Huang hua ji : er juan - Chinese rare book collection, LOC
The work 'Shi dong ri ji', included in the 'Si ku cun mu', states that this book included poems written by Dong Yue and others while serving as Chinese envoys during their official visit to Korea. In case. Also... More
Gu jin lei ya : san shi yi zhong
Ming Dynasty woodblock print, based on the Song Dynasty Bai chuan xue hai version printed by Mr. Hua of Fuxi. The names of the compiler and printer are not recorded. Preface by Xie Fangde is dated 1249, but the... More
Hongzhi liu nian hui shi : er juan
In case. Also available in digital form. Title on spine of case: 弘治六年會試錄. 明弘治間刻本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1493. 九字不等. Number of lines and characters varies. 明李東陽陸簡主試。李東陽序；陸簡後序。 Record of National exam... More
Xin kan tong ren zhen jiu jing : qi juan. Yang sheng dao yin fa : yi j...
Printed by Pingyan Fu, Shanxi Sheng, during the Zhengde Period of the Ming Dynasty (1506-1521), and later reprinted by Wang Qixiao in Changzhou; a similar collection "Baosheng Xinjian" preserved in Jing chu tan... More
Liezi yan zhai kou yi : er juan
According to Shao Yichen's "Si ku biao zhu", Zhou Xingyi stated that the edition printed in the Yuan Dynasty had a preface by Liu Xiang at the beginning of the first chapter, of "Tian rui pian", distinguishing ... More
Bei yue bian : san juan, juan dao yi juan
Details the research value of stone tablets. In case. Also available in digital form. 明嘉靖間刻本。三卷. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1532. 九行十八字 小字雙行同. 藍印墨淡, 宜加強表現藍色素. Eight lines, with eighteen characters per li... More
Tao gong huan jin shu : yi juan
In the preface the author, Tao Zhi, refers to himself as "Qi wan", the Emperor's relative; this implied that his research into Daoism was carried out in the Emperor's name during the Jiajing Period (1522-1566 A... More
Jiajing er shi wu nian Guizhou xiang shi lu : yi juan
In case. Also available in digital form. 明嘉靖間刻本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1546-1566. 行字不等. Number of lines and characters varies. 嘉靖二十五年貴州鄉試錄. Record of the National Examination in Guizhou Province in ... More
Wang shi shi ji : bu fen juan - Chinese rare book collection, LOC
Composed by Wang Huohui, the seventy-eighth generation grandson in the Wang family; he wrote the preface in 1550; later prefaced by Wang Daokun in 1551. In case. Also available in digital form. 明嘉靖間刻本. Ming Dyn... More
Jiajing san shi su nian Yunnan xiang shi lu : yi juan
In case. Also available in digital form. 明嘉靖間刻本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1522-1566. 行字不等. Number of lines and characters varies. 嘉靖三十四年雲南鄉試錄。王文貢序；韋可學後序. Record of the National Examination in Yunnan Pr... More
Guang yu tu : er juan - Public domain vintage map
Woodblock print. Shows the Great Wall of China, the defense sturctures of the military towns along the border and the coast. Also shows the number of soldiers and horses stationed in the border towns, and ethni... More
Chong bian shi Liuqiu lu : er juan
According to volume 223 of "Ming shi" (History of the Ming Dynasty), Guo Rulin and Li Jichun wished to appoint Shangyuan to be King of the Liuqiu (Ryukyu) Islands in 1557; however, they were prevented from doin... More
Ji guang jing : san juan - Chinese rare book collection, LOC
In case. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) woodblock print. Also available in digital form. 十六行十八字. Sixteen lines with eighteen characters per line. 原題:「還初道人自誠甫次」，馮夢禎序稱為:「洪生自誠氏」，因知為洪應明撰也。卷一為西竺佛祖十九人，卷二卷三為中華佛祖四十二人。人為一圖像，各... More
Jiu bian lun, Ming dynasty - Chinese rare book collection, LOC
Contents include maps and records of the Northern Territories during the Ming Dynasty; prefaces and postscripts dated 1538. In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. 不分卷. 有嘉靖十... More
Da Ming lü fu li : san shi juan
Shu Hua, Head of the Ministry of Punishment, coordinated with other ministries to review and edit Wen xing tiao li (Questions about punishment guidelines), which resulted in this text, which was presented to th... More
Wang Yuyi ji : ba juan - Chinese rare book collection, LOC
Prefaces by Chen Lü and Wang Shizhen (1579), Wu Ziyu (1580), Liu Feng and Wang Daokun (1586); postscript by Liu Feng (1583). In case. Also available in digital form. 十行十八字. Ten lines, with eighteen characters ... More
Xin qie fa lin jin jian lu : san juan
Each section includes detailed regulations which were excerpted from the Ming Dynasty Law. In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. August 18, 1948 9567G. 佚名撰. Anonymous. 明萬曆... More
San guo zhi yan yi tu - Chinese rare book collection, LOC
Printer Huang Chengzhi probably lived in the late Ming Dynasty, but Sun Kaidi and Ma Lian believed printing was done in the Qing Dynasty. The first illustration has the seal of Huang Cheng of Xinan; the seal of... More
Chan bao bai wen : wu juan - Chinese rare book collection, LOC
Five chapters, with preface by Wang Kentang; in the table of contents, there is an inscription saying that the book was compiled by Zhu Zhenheng Yanxiu of the Yuan Dynasty, in Danxi in Jinhua Prefecture, and ve... More
Yu ming tang zhai ping Wang Yanzhou xian sheng yan yi bian : shi yi ju...
The illustrations in the "Yan yi shi er tu" portion show twelve beautiful ladies following Luoshen, the deity of beauty; the quality of the illustrations show the skills of the printers; a red seal inscription ... More
Zang fu zheng zhi tu shuo ren jing jing : ba juan, fu lu er juan
Original author unknown; however, this edition, with preface by Hong Qirui, was probably written by Qian Lei; the title is also that of a work by Wang Zongquan, a well-known doctor at the time; the names of the... More
Xi Tai zou shu : er juan, Ming dynasty
Two chapters; because a title is lacking, one cannot know whether this compilation of memorials to the throne represents a complete record. Memorials recorded herein date from August 1616, when the author, Wang... More
Xin kan gu jin lei shu zuan yao : san juan
Preface by Shen Jifei states that author Ju Kunyu did not pass the Imperial Examination, and lived in a rural area of Zhejiang Province until his death. In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of... More
Zhi fang wai ji : liu juan, juan shou yi juan
This version differs from the one in the collection 'Si ku quan shu'; the summary states that it was written by Western scholar Giulio Aleni in the year 1623; the preface states that it was a supplement based o... More
Kuaiji Fanchuan Chen shi zong pu : wu juan
The surname of Chen family originated with Hu Gongman at the time when King Wuwang defeated the Yin Dynasty; Hu Gongman is in the first generation, and Fusi is in the eighty-first generation. Ms. In case. Also ... More
Zhejiang Shanyin Baiyutan Zhang shi zu pu : liu juan
This record of the Zhang family was revised four times during the Ming Dynasty; volumes 1-2 show family trees; volumes 3-4 give biographies of family members; volume 5 concerns Imperial orders; volume 6 include... More
Jiao zei tu ji : yi juan - Chinese rare book collection, LOC
An account of suppression of bandits, covering the period from March 1633 to April 1635; preface dated 1634. In case. Also available in digital form. 明刻孤本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1634-1644. Possibly ... More
Miao yi zhai yi xue zheng yin zhong zi bian : si juan
Advice on medicine and treatment for the birth of baby boys. In his postscript, Yue Yuluan, said the book "Yi xue zheng yin", written by his father, consisted of more than one hundred chapters. Title from capt... More
Xin ke Ren rui tang Ding bu quan shu bei kao : san shi si juan
Title from caption. In case. Also available in digital form. 明崇禎間刻本。自序，崇禎十四年. Ming Dynasty woodblock print; preface dated 1641. 十二行，上欄十五字、下欄十七字. Twelve lines with fifteen characters in the upper column and seve... More
Ming chao xiao shi : shi ba juan
Relates the history of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. 清初刻本 四周單欄 白口 無魚尾 匡高19.0寬11.1公分. 八行二十字. Eight lines, with twenty characters per l... More
Da Qing lü ji jie fu li : san shi juan, fu Ti ding zai ru lü tie tong ...
Preface states that this work was created under Imperial order, a compilation of Ming Dynasty laws and statutes that became the legal system of the Qing Dynasty. Also available in digital form on the Library of... More
Xing cun lu : yi juan, Ming dynasty
Originally consisted of eight sections, but only five sections remain: "Guo yun sheng shuai zhi shi" (Prosperity and decline of the nation); "Men hu da lue" (Strategy of development of the nation); "Men hu za ... More
Shuo meng : liu juan - Chinese book
Ms. In case. Also available in digital form. 疑清何焯鈔本。無版匡，文字部分高16.8公分，寬10.0公分. 九行二十一字. Nine lines, with twenty-one characters per line. 附：高斗樞：宦歷漫記 1卷，守鄖紀略 1卷；吳偉業：綏寇紀略節錄 線裝 1函4冊. 鈐印5：孫印完川灯白文方印，白澂賞之灯 白文長方印，木原艸堂珍藏灯朱... More
Da Qing Kangxi liu shi er nian sui ci gui mao shi xian li : yi juan
Preface reads, "National calendar almanac, made by the Astronomy Officer under the order of the Emperor; anyone making an unauthorized copy will be decapitated; one who reports transgression to the official wil... More
Jin gu yu di tu : bu fen juan - Chinese book
Likely written in 1739 or 1740; includes 58 maps with red marks; the majority of the maps and introductions were based on those by Wu Guofu; only the map called "Da Qing yi tong tu" was newly added; some of the... More
Nan bu xin shu : shi juan, bu yi yi juan
Qing manuscript handwritten by Cao Yan in 1776, based on a Ming Dynasty woodblock print; postscript by Qingyinlaoren written between 1368 and 1398. 清乾隆四十一年曹炎鈔藏明洪武間清隱老人跋本 左右雙欄 線黑口 黑單魚尾 原本版匡高18.5寬13.4公分. 十一行二十二字... More
Ke yi guan wu Lü zi yi guan : san juan
Preface by Xue Sanxing in the front of this book; then, the first half of the book is incomplete; it appears that chapter 3 was not completed; several reference sources cite the title being complete in six chap... More
Ming Jiajing jin shen lu : yi juan
Manuscript. Title from cover. In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. July 20, 1951 0705K. (明) 佚名撰. Ming Dynasty; author anonymous. 民國二十一年吳廷燮鈔本 左右雙欄 上下黑口 黑雙魚尾 版匡高24.0寬16.4公分... More
Fen men ji zhu Du Gongbu shi : juan di shi si zhi juan di shi liu can ...
Contains several inscriptions indicating the rarity of this edition, and seals from the Ming Dynasty; chapters 14-16 were printed near the end of the Southern Song Dynasty; likely purchased from Fu's in Jiang'a... More
Zhi shi nü fu ren chan bao bai wen : er juan. Chan bao za lun : yi jua...
Preface written by Wang Jin in 1127; the title "Chan yu bao qing ji" is given in the contents, however the main contents differ from "Chan yu bao qing fang" as found in the "Yongle da dian"; it is likely that t... More
Yu di quan tu : bu fen juan - Public domain illuminated manuscript
Ms. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. May 28, 1941 606381. (明)佚名撰. Ming Dynasty; anonymous. 兩軸一函. Two scrolls in one case. 明末懷茲堂寫繪本 長卷 無版匡欄格 内葉高27.8公分 長度待量. 補：此本卷端題《輿地全圖》，旁鈐"懷... More
Tianshun qi nian hui shi lu : yi juan
In case. Also available in digital form. 明天順間刻本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1463 or 1464. 行字不等. Number of lines and characters per line varies. 天順七年會試錄，彭時序；錢浦後序. Record of national examination in 1463; ... More
Gu jin lei ya : san shi yi zhong
Ming Dynasty woodblock print, based on the Song Dynasty Bai chuan xue hai version printed by Mr. Hua of Fuxi. The names of the compiler and printer are not recorded. Preface by Xie Fangde is dated 1249, but the... More
Huang hua ji : er juan - Chinese rare book collection, LOC
The work 'Shi dong ri ji', included in the 'Si ku cun mu', states that this book included poems written by Dong Yue and others while serving as Chinese envoys during their official visit to Korea. In case. Also... More
Hongzhi liu nian hui shi : er juan
In case. Also available in digital form. Title on spine of case: 弘治六年會試錄. 明弘治間刻本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1493. 九字不等. Number of lines and characters varies. 明李東陽陸簡主試。李東陽序；陸簡後序。 Record of National exam... More
Xin kan tong ren zhen jiu jing : qi juan. Yang sheng dao yin fa : yi j...
Printed by Pingyan Fu, Shanxi Sheng, during the Zhengde Period of the Ming Dynasty (1506-1521), and later reprinted by Wang Qixiao in Changzhou; a similar collection "Baosheng Xinjian" preserved in Jing chu tan... More
Liezi yan zhai kou yi : er juan
According to Shao Yichen's "Si ku biao zhu", Zhou Xingyi stated that the edition printed in the Yuan Dynasty had a preface by Liu Xiang at the beginning of the first chapter, of "Tian rui pian", distinguishing ... More
Bei yue bian : san juan, juan dao yi juan
Details the research value of stone tablets. In case. Also available in digital form. 明嘉靖間刻本。三卷. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1532. 九行十八字 小字雙行同. 藍印墨淡, 宜加強表現藍色素. Eight lines, with eighteen characters per li... More
Jiajing er shi wu nian Guizhou xiang shi lu : yi juan
In case. Also available in digital form. 明嘉靖間刻本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1546-1566. 行字不等. Number of lines and characters varies. 嘉靖二十五年貴州鄉試錄. Record of the National Examination in Guizhou Province in ... More
Tao gong huan jin shu : yi juan
In the preface the author, Tao Zhi, refers to himself as "Qi wan", the Emperor's relative; this implied that his research into Daoism was carried out in the Emperor's name during the Jiajing Period (1522-1566 A... More
Wang shi shi ji : bu fen juan - Chinese rare book collection, LOC
Composed by Wang Huohui, the seventy-eighth generation grandson in the Wang family; he wrote the preface in 1550; later prefaced by Wang Daokun in 1551. In case. Also available in digital form. 明嘉靖間刻本. Ming Dyn... More
Jiajing san shi su nian Yunnan xiang shi lu : yi juan
In case. Also available in digital form. 明嘉靖間刻本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1522-1566. 行字不等. Number of lines and characters varies. 嘉靖三十四年雲南鄉試錄。王文貢序；韋可學後序. Record of the National Examination in Yunnan Pr... More
Guang yu tu : er juan - Public domain vintage map
Woodblock print. Shows the Great Wall of China, the defense sturctures of the military towns along the border and the coast. Also shows the number of soldiers and horses stationed in the border towns, and ethni... More