Chinese Architecture and Metaphor: Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual

The author also discusses the faithfulness of the text, as the YZFS is a form of historiography. [...]the text, the author argues, had a transit in its production process of translating the past into a selective historical record, eventually being presented as an official ideological standard of aes...

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Published in:Asian studies review Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 301 - 302
Main Author: Lin, Francis Chia-Hui
Format: Book Review Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Nathan Routledge 03.04.2014
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Artisans
Chinese languages
Historiography
Labor process
Metaphor
Popular culture
China
ISSN:1035-7823, 1467-8403
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Summary:The author also discusses the faithfulness of the text, as the YZFS is a form of historiography. [...]the text, the author argues, had a transit in its production process of translating the past into a selective historical record, eventually being presented as an official ideological standard of aesthetic harmony.
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ISSN:1035-7823
1467-8403
DOI:10.1080/10357823.2014.902733