Bonsai Shari Sidiao (Vol 1: Manual Sidiao)
Preface
Introduction
1. Embrace Nature: The Journey to Inspect the Ecology of Junipers sqyanata Lamb.var.in Jade
Mountain
   1.1 Observing the Shari and Determining the Factors of its Formation on Snow Mountain
   1.2 Environment Affects the Formation of Shari
   1.3 The Process of Shari’s Decay
2. Analysis of the Main Factors of the Formation of Shari on Each Part of Tree
   2.1 The Formation of Root Shari
   2.2 The Formation of Solid Trunk Shari
   2.3 The Formation of Hollow Trunk Shari
   2.4 The Formation of Multiple Trunk Shari
   2.5 The Formation of Sacrifice Trunk Shari
   2.6 The Formation of Solid Knot Shari
   2.7 The Formation of Hollow Knot Shari
   2.8 The Formation of Limb Shari
   2.9 The Formation of Branch End Shari
   2.10 The Formation of Twig Shari
   2.11 The Natural Foliage Distribution of Junipers
   2.12 The Decay Process of Shari of Artificially Planted Juniperus chinensis
3. Aesthetics of Lines
   3.1 Visual Effects of Lines
   3.2 The 3D Concepts of Bonsai
   3.3 The Concepts of Balance of Bonsai Art
   3.4 The Concepts of Carving a Three-dimensional Style with the Shari Si-Diao Process
4. The Introduction and Safety Rules of the Unique Manual Si-Diao Tools
5. Si-Diao Techniques of Juniper Carving
   5.1 Analysis of Materials and Work Process
   5.2 Hollow Sacrifice Trunk Shari
   5.3 Hollow Knot Shari
   5.4 Palace-Three Dimensions of Diverse Layers and Chinese Ancient Buildings
"   5.5 Changing to a Better Species, and Arranging the Style into Big Bends"
   5.6 Hollow Trunk Shari
   5.7 Knot Shari with Sparse Hollows and Forked Branches
   5.8 Hollow Limb Shari
   5.9 Hollow Knot Shari on Large Sacrifice Trunk
   5.10 Solid Flattened Trunk Shari
   5.11 Solid Sacrifice Trunk Shari
   5.12 Core Shari in Hollow Knot
   5.13 Solid Knot Shari
   5.14 Si-Diao of the Hollow Knot Shari with Small Forked Branch
   5.15 Cheap Material for Si-Diao DIY
   5.16 Cheap Material for Si-Diao DIY
   5.17 The Beauty of Bonsai Landscape
   5.18 Discovering the Potential Beauty
   5.19 Turning the Angle and the Philosophy of Making Compromise
   5.20 Challenge of the Creation on Dull Straight Trunk
   5.21 Transforming Mediocrity into Brilliance
   5.22 Grafting the Leaves to the Juniperus chinensis from North-east Japan
   5.23 Air Layering
   5.24 Si-Diao of Juniperus formosana
   5.25 The Creative DIY Carving
   5.26 Work Selection
   5.27 Bonsai Landscape-the Beauty of Chamaecyparis formosensis
6. Embrace Nature: Understanding the Ecology of Pine
   6.1 Strange Pines in the Yellow Mountains
   6.2 The Pine of Six Dynasties in Tai Mountain
7. Si-Diao Techniques: Pine
   7.1 Si-Diao of Pine
   7.2 Alteration of Pinus densiflora
   7.3 Alteration of the Thick-Trunk Pinus parviflora