The book about China's incense culture is "Medicinal Prescriptions".
"Prescription Notes" is a little-discussed cursive script among Huang Tingjian's calligraphy works. The seemingly random recipe for baby incense actually contains Huang Tingjian’s selection of incense materials, fragrance methods, and scent appreciation. It reflects the literati’s views on incense at that time, including its practical functions such as avoiding miasma, deodorizing, and refreshing the mind. , elevated to the spiritual level of smell, smell evaluation, and even nose observation.
The "Medicine Prescription Tie" is written in cursive script and contains a book about medicinal prescriptions. It records the names and combination methods of preparing Yingxiang Fragrance Prescriptions. It is also called "Preparation of Yingxiang Fragrance Prescriptions" and is included in the third page of "Song Xian Shu Han Volume" , on paper, 28.7 cm in length and 37.7 cm in width. There are 9 lines, each line has a different number of words, ***81 words.
Huang Tingjian was demoted twice in his life and had a bumpy career in politics. However, he made extraordinary achievements in literature and art. His knowledge and articles were innate and his poetic style was widely adopted by future generations. He was the leader of the Jiangxi Poetry School. In terms of calligraphy, Xing, Cao and Kaifa are all outstanding and unique. Together with Su Shi, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang, they are known as the Four Calligraphy Masters of the Song Dynasty.
In the fields of literature, poetry and calligraphy, Huang Tingjian has already had countless followers and researchers. Not only that, he is also a perfume addict who is good at identifying and tasting scents. For Huang Tingjian, incense is the best companion in life and the support for chanting things and expressing feelings; the process of smelling the smell of incense is also the purification and cultivation of life. Just as Yan Bowen, the author of "History of Fragrance" in the Song Dynasty, said: It is not only for fumigation and cleansing, but also for nourishing the nose and enlightening the mind.