| Chinese Architecture and Metaphor: Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual Subjects: Architectural writing -- China -- History; Architecture -- China -- History -- Song-Yuan dynasties 960–1368; Li Jie 1035–1110. Ying zao fa shi; Architecture Chinese -- Early works to 1800; Investigating the historical tradition of Chinese architectural writing from antiquity to the twelfth century, Chinese Architecture and Metaphor reveals significant and fascinating social and cultural phenomena in the most important primary text for the study of the Chinese building tradition. Unlike previous scholarship, which has reviewed this imperially commissioned architectural manual largely as a technical work, this volume considers the Yingzao fashi's unique literary value and explores the rich cultural implications in and behind its technical content. Feng Jiren : Jiren Feng is assistant professor of Chinese at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. |