Difference from New Chinese Style: Not Literati, but Compradors

A hybrid and worldly space. Furniture is not Ming-style horseshoe-back armchairs and long narrow tables, but Western sofas paired with Eastern mother-of-pearl inlaid cabinets, and celadon jars next to leather armchairs. On the walls hang calendar girl paintings instead of ink wash paintings. The lifestyle involves drinking foreign liquor, listening to records, and wearing qipaos, not burning incense and playing the guqin. Avoid: replacing all furniture with Ming-style hardwood, hanging ink wash paintings and calligraphy, pursuing elegance and blank space, making the space appear ascetic and restrained.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個混血而世俗的空間。家具不是明式的圈椅與條案,而是西式沙發配東方的螺鈿櫃、皮革扶手椅旁放青花瓷缸;牆上掛的是月份牌美人畫而不是水墨。生活方式是喝洋酒、聽唱片、穿旗袍,不是焚香撫琴。避免:把家具全部換成明式硬木、掛上水墨與書法、追求清雅與留白、讓空間顯得禁慾克制。