Chapter II: Preface: By the Translator 5

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE BY LAURENCE BINYON 7

INTRODUCTION 15

PART ONE. TECHNIQUE

I. EQUIPMENT OF THE PAINTER 21

II. REPRESENTATION OF FORMS 26

III. DIVISION OF SUBJECTS 33

IV. INSPIRATION 38

PART TWO. THE EVOLUTION OF CHINESE PAINTING

I. ORIGINS 45

II. BEFORE THE INTERVENTION OF BUDDHISM 46

III. THE INTERVENTION OF BUDDHISM 54

IV. THE T'ANG PERIOD--7TH TO 10TH CENTURIES 58

V. THE SUNG PERIOD--10TH TO 13TH CENTURIES 72

VI. THE YUeAN PERIOD--13TH AND 14TH CENTURIES 92

VII. THE MING PERIOD--14TH TO 17TH CENTURIES 114

VIII. THE CH'ING PERIOD--17TH TO 20TH CENTURIES 131