With over hundreds of exquisite illustrations in full color the book Treatise on Superfluous Things perfectly presents the outlandish inclination and life pictures of the ancient Chinese scholars and also radiantly interprets the aesthetics of the Ming Dynasty It provides both the original text and the vernacular translations as well as the experts explanations thus presenting the reader with an opportunity to easily apprehend the thought provoking nature and ingenuity of the refined pleasure of poetic minds Treatise on Superfluous Things