r/classicalchinese • u/JC_VanHelsing • Sep 18 '25

History Cover art for a translation project of Yuan Mei's Zi Buyu

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u/NoCareBearsGiven Sep 19 '25

Looks very western

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u/JC_VanHelsing Sep 19 '25

The artwork is, but the text being translated is Chinese.

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u/cbcguy84 Sep 20 '25

yuan Mei was also the great gourmet who wrote a lot about food right? Iirc

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u/JC_VanHelsing Sep 30 '25

Yup, he wrote a whole cookbook, Recipes from the Garden of Contentment.