ISBN0691159998 (hardcover)
9780691159997 (hardcover)
数量xxxii, 390 pages : ; 25 cm.
寄与者Fu Xinian ; edited by Nancy S. Steinhardt ; translated by Alexandra Harrer.
一般注記Preface -- Editor's note -- Chronology of Chinese dynasties -- Biography of Fu Xinian -- Representations of architecture on vessels of the Warring States period -- Reconstruction of Northern dynasties buildings based on relief sculpture and murals in cave-temples at Maijishan -- Early Buddhist architecture in China -- The development of timber-frame architecture during the two Jins and the Northern and Southern dynasties -- 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 -- Hanyuan Hall at Daminggong in Tang Chang'an -- The module in Tang architecture -- Imperial architecture of Tang through Ming and its relation to other architecture -- The problem of pillar displacement with respect to the characteristics of Song construction -- Song architecture in South China and its relation to Japanese Great Buddha-style architecture of the Kamakura period -- Northern Song architecture in the painting A thousand Li of rivers and mountains by Wang Ximeng -- Typical design features of Ming palaces and altars in Beijing -- Glossary.
Translated from the Chinese.