Song culture in the Yingzao fashi building manual /
Jiren Feng
[Hong Kong] :
Hong Kong University Press,
c2012
xiv, 304 p. :
ill. ;
27 cm
Spatial habitus
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-295) and index
The historical tradition of writing on architecture : from antiquity to the mid-Tenth century -- From the Mujing to the Yingzao fashi : the rise of building manuals and the construction of architectural knowledge -- The Yingzao fashi : the making of widespread legitimated building knowledge -- The Yingzao fashi architectural terminology (I)-bracketing likened to flowers, branches, and foliage : architectural metaphors and conceptualization in Tenth to Twelfth century China -- The Yingzao fashi architectural terminology (II) : the interplay of literature, arts, and craftsmanship