Table of contents : Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Historical Tradition of Writing on Architecture: From Antiquity to the Mid-Tenth Century 2. From the Mujing to the Yingzao Fashi: The Rise of Building Manuals and the Construction of Architectural Knowledge 3. The Yingzao Fashi: The Making of Widespread Legitimated Building Knowledge 4. The Yingzao Fashi Architectural Terminology (I) Bracketing Likened to Flowers, Branches, and Foliage: Architectural Metaphors and Conceptualization in Tenth to Twelfth Century China 5. The Yingzao Fashi Architectural Terminology (II): The Interplay of Literature, Arts, and Craftsmanship Conclusion Appendix 1. Previous Scholarship on the YZFS Appendix 2. Architectural Types Glossed in the Erya and in the Shiming Appendix 3. Structural Elements Glossed in the Erya and in the Shiming Appendix 4. Entries on Architecture in the Taiping Yulan Appendix 5. Quotations of Classical Texts for Gong in the Erya Shu, the YZFS, and the Taiping Yulan Appendix 6. Architectural Terms in the Terminology Section of the YZFS as Compared with the Taiping Yulan and the Yiwen Leiju Appendix 7. Classics and Historical Sources Cited in the YZFS Notes Bibliography Index About the Author