《北京紫禁城(英文版)》
part i illustrating the layout of the forbidden city
chapter i before the forbidden city
[1] the takeover
[2] book of experiences
[3] direct models of the forbidden city in beijing
[4] zhu di's plan chapter ii the ideal city /38
[1] atheory /40
[2] a set of grids
[3] calculation and collation chapter iii the vicissitudes of the ideal city
[1] the young emperor's task
[2] the old man's foresight
part ii illustrating construction chapter iv my quatrevingt-treize
[1] structures according to mr. zhao
[2] construction according to another mr. zhao chapter v the hall of supreme harmony, a double-caveprincipalhall / i14
[1] two groups of troublesome data
[2] acoincidental square?
[3] why 7.459 zhang?
[4] liang jiu's mistake? chapter vi the hall of exuberance flower, a single-eavehall
[1] 1/4zhang /140
[2] 1/4 chi
[3] 1/4cun chapter vii the pavilion of embodying benevolence and thepavilionof spreading righteousness, two han-stylepavilions
[1] zhangxisheng
[2] zhang xisheng's design of pavilion of embodyingbenevolence
[3] zhang xisheng didn't know much about pavilion of spreadingrighteousness chapter viii pavilion of the rain of flowers, atibetan-stylepavilion
[1] on the tibetan style
[2] the structure and decoration of the pavilion of the rain offlowers chapter ix the corner tower
[1] design starts from the plan: comer cross
[2] the expression of the pediment of the comer tower
part iii illustrating interior design chapter x from the old }louse of nurgaci to the palace f earthlytranquility
[1] 1587 /224
[2] 1627 /228
[3] 1656 /230chapter xi the hall of mental cultivation
[1] the imperial kitchen, the bed chamber, the classroom and thehousehold workshop
[2] a place for industrious reign
[3] the owner has the say
[4] regency and emperorhood
chapter xii from banmu yuan to juanqin zhai
[1] banmu yuan, the half-acre garden
[2] studio of esteemed excellence
[3] juanqin zhai, the studio of exhaustion of diligentservice chapter xiii studio of cleansing fragrance
[1] \the present cannot be compared with the past\
[2] those enclosed small chambers
[3] unveiling the interior theatre
chapter xiv pavilion of met expectations
[1] ambiguity of the \bright hall\
[2] lizhiying
[3] handicraft in south china chapter xv palace for nurturing joy
[1] its present conditions
[2] the labyrinth was not built in a day
[3] not a labyrinth at first chapter xvi palace of peaceful longevity
[1] the forty happy years of the qianlong's mother
[2] the renovation long awaited by emperor jiaqing
[3] the owner reluctant to move into the palace chapter xvii from palace of eternal spring to thepalace ofaccumulated purit3
[1] the heritage of emperor xianfeng
[2] the balance between the eastem palace and the westernpalace
[3] the lost theatre
list of illustrations