• Drama:
Tan Hua Ji, ("The Story of Udumbara") • Drama:
Cai Hau Ji, ("A Tale of Colorful Feather") about the Tang dynasty poet
Li Bai 李白 • Poems:
Bai Yu Ji, ("White Elm Collection") He was a notable author of the
xiaopin, a form of short literary essay. Tu Long is best known internationally for his work on the art of living:
Kao Pan Yu Shi, (考槃余事, "Desultory Remarks on Furnishing the Abode of the Retired Scholar"), first published in 1606.
Desultory Remarks has fifteen treatises: 1. Calligraphy and books 2. Rubbings 3. Paintings 4. Paper 5. Ink 6. Brushes 7. Inkstones 8.
Qin ("
zithers") 9. Incense 10. Tea 11. Potted plants 12. Fish and birds 13. Mountain studio 14. Necessities of life and dress 15. Utensils of the studio The art historian Craig Clunas suggests that the
Desultory Remarks is essentially a compendium, gathered from other existing sources, such as
Gao Lian's
Eight Treatises on the Nurturing of Life, (for which Tu Long wrote a preface). Whether or not this is the case, Tu Long's discourses certainly had greater immediate recognition and influence; they were much more widely cited in later collections, and were a primary source for
Wen Zhenheng's
Treatise of Superfluous Things. ==References==