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Feng Chia Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

pp.45-78 , No.13, Dec. 2006
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Feng Chia University

Study of Chens Xiangpu Version

Ching-Ming Liu*

Abstract

The usage of Xiang is very broad, and its practical functions range from clearing
the head and mind, scaring the devil away, deodorizing, appraising smell, to
appreciating aromas at the spiritual level. In the Song Dynasty a Xiang culture was
developed and appreciated by people of both refined and popular tastes. According to
Chens Xiangpu, Xiang was widely used in daily life, such as the inkpad of the stamp,
an accessory of clothing, and anointment. The storage of the Xiang substances and
the production methods of Xiang products, such as Xiang teas and Xiang beads, were
very complete. In the meantime, Chens Xiangpu also collected the poems on the
topic of Xiang which were recited and written by some scholars and refined persons
to express their feelings.
With the development of the Xiang culture, books on the use of Xiang and other
related things became popular. As Si Ku Quan Shu Zong Mu Ti Yao comments,
Chens Xiangpu collected about eleven Xiangpus produced after Shen Li, Hong Chu.
This Xiangpu has been considered the greatest Xiangpu of all the Xiangpus in the
Song Dynasty.
In the Yuan Dynasty, Chens Xiangpu was reproduced by copying and recarving.
The remaining copies we have found today are of both good and bad quality. Each
copy also has some shortcomings. The four volumes of Chens Xiangpu of Si Ku
Ben, and the two volumes of Shin Tsuans New Xiangpu collected by Tie Chin Tong
Jian Lo of Shih Yuan Book Collection are the main versions widely used. Till now
only very few scholars have studied the traditional usage of Xiang, and the study on

*
Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of History and Historical Relics, Feng Chia University.
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Chens Xiangpu has not been done yet. Besides elaborating on the wide spread of
various copies of Xiangpu, this article mainly discusses Chens Xiangpu of Si Ku Ben
with Shin Tsuans New Xiangpu of Shih Yuan Book Collection as a supplementary
source, and with Xiang Cheng in the Ming Dynasty as a reference, in order to obtain a
complete version that can be used for successive research.

Keywords: Chen Jing, Xiangpu, Shin Tsuans New Xiangpu, version, Xiang culture