Chinese Arts For Beauty And Wealth

What is drawn on these pages

Readings of the illustrated pages, in the tradition's own vocabulary. Described by a vision pass; the quoted captions are transcribed from the page itself.

• Folio 9 · diagram — A single large brushed Chinese character 美 (měi, "beauty") in bold semi-cursive calligraphy, filling the leaf, captioned in Thai รูป ๑ ความงาม ("figure 1, beauty"). This opens the Chinese-arts book of see the page →
• Folio 10 · diagram — A single large brushed Chinese character 調 (tiáo, "harmony / attunement") in bold calligraphy, captioned in Thai รูป ๒ ความกลมกลืน ("figure 2, harmony / blending-together"). A lucky-word for concord a see the page →
• Folio 17 · diagram — Two brushed Chinese characters 桃花 (táohuā, "peach blossom") stacked vertically in bold calligraphy, captioned in Thai รูป ๓ ดอกท้อ ("figure 3, peach flower"). Peach blossom is the classic Chinese embl see the page →
• Folio 19 · diagram — Two brushed Chinese characters 勁竹 (jìng zhú, "vigorous / strong bamboo") in bold calligraphy, with a small Thai caption glossing it as bamboo (รูป ๔, ไผ่). Bamboo is the emblem of upright resilience — see the page →
• Folio 28 · diagram — Two brushed Chinese characters 風柳 (fēng liǔ, "wind-willow / willow in the wind") in bold calligraphy, with a faint Thai caption (รูป ๗). The willow bending in the wind is an emblem of grace, supplenes see the page →
• Folio 35 · diagram — A vertical column of brushed Chinese characters read as an auspicious wealth-phrase (小/少 腹 大 富, "small means, great riches"), captioned in Thai รูป ๘ เงินน้อย โชคลาภ ("figure 8, little money — windfal see the page →
• Folio 38 · diagram — A decorative calligraphy plate. Three Chinese characters, brushed in bold black ink and stacked vertically down the centre of an otherwise blank page, read 銀杏葉 ("ginkgo leaf"). Beneath them an italic see the page →
• Folio 42 · diagram — A decorative calligraphy plate. Three Chinese characters brushed in heavy black ink run vertically down the centre of a blank page, reading 高跟鞋 ("high-heeled shoe"). An italic Thai caption below gives see the page →
• Folio 45 · diagram — A decorative calligraphy plate. Four Chinese characters brushed in black ink descend the centre of the page, reading 玉露珠潤 (roughly "jade dew, pearl-lustrous"). Below runs an italic Thai caption: "รูป see the page →
• Folio 46 · diagram — A decorative calligraphy plate. Two Chinese characters brushed boldly in black ink sit centred on a blank page, reading 絲瀑 ("silk cascade / waterfall of silk"). An italic Thai caption beneath gives th see the page →
• Folio 52 · diagram — A decorative calligraphy plate. Two Chinese characters brushed in black ink run vertically down the page, reading 賽雪 (literally "rival snow," i.e. whiter than snow). An italic Thai caption below reads see the page →
• Folio 57 · diagram — A decorative calligraphy plate. Two Chinese characters brushed in bold black ink are centred on the page, reading 似綢 ("like silk / satin"). An italic Thai caption below gives the figure and gloss: "รู see the page →