The book is a complete description of the collection of classical painting of China stored in the State Museum of the East. The catalog includes about 400 works dating mainly from the 16th-19th centuries. The history of the formation and study of the collection, the principles of attribution, dating and identification of authenticity are analyzed in detail, the characters and subjects of narrative painting are characterized. The appendix provides a brief biographical dictionary of artists, lists the main artistic directions, schools and groups. Designed primarily for specialists in the field of oriental art.