Article ID: CBB000933497

On the Form of Gongxian and Liaoli in Yingzao Fashi (2007)

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Qiao, Xunxiang (Author)


Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Volume: 26
Pages: 523--536


Publication Date: 2007
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Language: Chinese

Yingzao Fashi(Architectural Methods), a very important technological work in Song dynasty, consists of four parts: rules of operation, Gongxian (standards of manpower), Liaoli (standards of material) and illustrations. First, the form of the text is studied, and the method of decomposition and quantative change is found to be important. Moreover, quantative change is researched in detail. Second, the relation of the form and the operation order is discussed and the meaning of operation order is explained. Finally, the evolution of the form of gongxian and liaoli is inspected in order to demonstrate its characteristics and achievements.

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Authors & Contributors
Han, Jishao
Feng, Jiren
L. U. Mingxin
Ari Daniel Levine
Ronald Egan
Joseph Dennis
Journals
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Lishi yuyan yanjiuso jikan (Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica)
East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Science in Context
Revue de Synthèse
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Publishers
University of Hawai'i Press
Brown University
Concepts
East Asia, civilization and culture
Technology
Architecture
Alchemy
Primary literature (historical sources)
Tea and tea industry
People
Sima, Guang (1019-1086)
Guo, Yong (1091-1187)
Li, Ye
Li, Rui
Time Periods
Song Dynasty (China, 960-1279)
Tang dynasty (China, 618-907)
Han dynasty (China, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Medieval
Ancient
Places
China
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