Chinese Architecture and Metaphor: Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual 9780824861162
Investigating the historical tradition of Chinese architectural writing from antiquity to the twelfth century, Chinese A
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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
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
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