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In its published form in 1815, Tao lu comprised ten chapters, presenting detailed

information on porcelain production, literary references, and Jingdezhen guilds under the

following ten headings:

• juan 1. Illustrated Annotations (Tu shuo)
• juan 2. Commemoration of the Imperial Porcelain Center of the Venerable
[Qing] Dynasty (Guochao yuyaochang gongji)
• juan 3. Index of Ceramic Affairs (Taowu tiaomu)
• juan 4. Overview of Ceramic Making (Taowu fanglue)
• juan 5. Kiln Ware Styles of Jingdezhen throughout the Various Dynasties
(Jingdezhen lidai yaokao)
• juan 6. Old Kiln Wares Styles Reproduced in the Town (Zhen fang guyao kao)
• juan 7. Old Kiln Ware Styles (Gu yaokao)
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• juan 8. Compiled Comments on Ceramics Part One (Taoshuo zabian shang)
• juan 9. Compiled Comments on Ceramics Part Two (Taoshuo zabian xia)
• juan 10. Additional Discussion on Ceramics (Taolu yulun)

Chapter One, accompanied by maps and images, deals with the history of

Jingdezhen and the imperial kiln. It gives a revised account of the manufacturing process

that is in part taken from Tang Ying's Taoye tushuo (ௗзྡႭExplanations of the

Illustrations of Porcelain Manufacture) and illustrated by woodcut images. Chapter Two

describes the imperial kiln production center, its establishment and staff, and the

development and origins of various styles of wares made in Jingdezhen at the time of the

text’s authorship. Chapter Three enumerates in great detail the division of types of work,

workers, styles, glaze colors, pigment compositions necessary to the production of ceramics

at Jingdezhen. In the fourth chapter there is more detail about the location of raw materials

and the actual dynamics of business and guilds in Jingdezhen. Chapters Five, Six, and

Seven give an account of pottery and porcelain made in Jingdezhen throughout the town's

history, and include descriptions of ancient kilns and reproductions of famous antique wares

in fashion at the time of writing. Chapters Eight and Nine together contain a total of 129