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Chinese Literature
Scientific or practical treatises (pulu 譜錄)
The type of scientific treatises (pulu lei 譜錄類) is a sub-category to the literary category of masters and philosophers (zibu 子部) in the collectaneum Siku quanshu 四庫全書. The section has been divided into three parts, firstly tools and objects (qiwu 器物, 25 books) including research on antiques, the objects of the study, money, machines, and so on (the most famous of which are Kaogutu 考古圖, Qiqi tushuo 奇器圖說 and the Tiangong kaiwu 天工開物, the latter not being included in the Siku quanshu); secondly eating and drinking (yinxuan 飲饌, 10 books), like the book Chajing 茶經; and thirdly studies on plants and animals (caomu qinyu 草木禽魚, 21 books). The scientific treatises section in the Siku quanshu includes 56 books.

書名 Title Composer(s)
器物之屬 qiwu Tools and objects
古今刀劍錄 Gujin daojian lu (Liang) 陶弘景 Tao Hongjing
鼎錄 Dinglu (Chen) 虞荔 Yu Li
考古圖 Kaogutu (Song) 呂大臨 Lü Dalin
文房四譜 Wenfang sipu (Song) 蘇易簡 Su Yijian
硯史 Yanshi (Song) 米芾 Mi Fu
硯譜 Yanpu (Song) Anon.
墨經 Mojing (Song) 晁貫之 Zhao Guanzhi
香譜 Xiangpu 1) (Song) 洪芻 Hong Chu; 2) (Song) 陳敬 Chen Jing
欽定錢錄 (Qinding) Qianlu (Qing) 梁詩正 Liang Shizheng, 蔣溥 Jiang Fu (et al.; imp. ord.)
奇器圖說 Qiqi tushuo (Ming) 鄧玉函 "Deng Yuhan"; 王徵 Wang Zheng (transl.)
天工開物 * Tiangong kaiwu (Qing) 宋應星 Song Yingxing
飲饌之屬 yinxuan Eating and drinking
茶經 Chajing (Tang) 陸羽 Lu Yu
茶錄 Chalu (Song) 蔡襄 Cai Xiang
酒譜 Jiupu (Song) 竇蘋 Dou Pin
糖霜譜 Tangshuangpu (Song) 王灼 Wang Zhuo
草木禽魚之屬 caomu qinyu Plants and animals
相貝經 * Xiangbeijing (Han) 朱仲 Zhu Zhong (?)
洛陽牡丹記 Luoyang mudan ji (Song) 歐陽修 Ouyang Xiu
揚州芍藥 譜 Yangzhou shaoyao pu (Song) 王觀 Wang Guan
劉氏菊譜 Liushi Jupu (Song) 劉蒙 Liu Meng
史氏菊譜 Shishi Jupu (Song) 史正志 Shi Zhengzhi
(范村)梅譜 (Fancun) Meipu (Song) 范成大 Fan Chengda
范村菊譜 Fancun Jupu (Song) 范成大 Fan Chengda
金漳蘭譜 Jinzhang lanpu (Song) 趙時庚 Zhao Shigeng
海棠譜 Haitangpu (Song) 陳思 Chen Si
荔枝譜 Lizhipu (Song) 蔡襄 Cai Xiang
橘錄 Julu (Song) 韓彥直 Han Yanzhi
竹譜 Zhupu (Jin) 戴凱之 Dai Kaizhi (?)
筍譜 Sunpu (Song) 贊寧 Zanning
菌譜 Xunpu (Song) 陳仁玉 Chen Renyu
竹譜 Zhupu > treatises on art (Yuan) 李衎 Li Kan
御定佩文齋廣群芳譜 (Yuding) Peiwenzhai guang qunfangpu (Qing) 汪灝 Wang Hao; 張逸少 Zhang Yishao (et al.; imp. ord.)
禽經 Qinjing (Zhou) 師曠 Shi Kuang (?); (Jin) 張華 (comm.)
蟹譜 Xiepu (Song) 傅肱 Fu Hong

* not contained in the Siku quanshu
Chinese literature according to the four-category system

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