Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Preface xv
Editor’s Note xvii
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties xxi
Map of China xxiii
Biography of Fu Xinian xxv
1 Representations of Architecture on Vessels of the Warring States Period 1
2 Reconstruction of Northern Dynasties Buildings Based on Relief Sculpture and Murals in Cave-Temples at Maijishan 31
3 Early Buddhist Architecture in China 79
4 The Development of Timber-Frame Architecture during the Two Jins and the Northern and Southern Dynasties 97
5 Architectural Features of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Sui and Tang Periods in China as Reflected in Japanese Architecture of the Asuka and Nara Periods 140
6 Hanyuan Hall at Daminggong in Tang Chang’an 167
7 The Module in Tang Architecture 209
8 Imperial Architecture of Tang through Ming and Its Relation to Other Architecture 226
9 The Problem of Pillar Displacement with Respect to the Characteristics of Song Construction 253
10 Song Architecture in South China and Its Relation to Japanese Great Buddha–Style Architecture of the Kamakura Period 273
11 Northern Song Architecture in the Painting A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains by Wang Ximeng 296
12 Typical Design Features of Ming Palaces and Altars in Beijing 315
Glossary 349
Index 375
