Chinese architecture and metaphor : Song culture in the Yingzao fashi building manual / Jiren Feng.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-295) and index.

1 The Historical Tradition of Writing on Architecture: From Antiquity to the Mid-Tenth Century 14 -- 2 From the Mujing to the Yingzao Fashi: The Rise of Building Manuals and the Construction of Architectural Knowledge 60 -- 3 The Yingzao Fashi: The Making of Widespread Legitimated Building Knowledge 100 -- 4 The Yingzao Fashi Architectural Terminology (I) - Bracketing Likened to Flowers, Branches, and Foliage: Architectural Metaphors and Conceptualization in Tenth to Twelfth Century China 138 -- 5 The Yingzao Fashi Architectural Terminology (II): The Interplay of Literature, Arts, and Craftsmanship 181

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