H-Asia PUB: Liang Sicheng and the Temple of Buddha's Light

Discussion published by Vimalin Rujivacharakul on Thursday, May 7, 2015

Book Announcement

Vimalin Rujivacharakul and Luo Deyin ed. and trans. LIANG SICHENG AND THE TEMPLE OF BUDDHA'S LIGHT. Beijing: Foreign Language Press, bilingual edition co-published with Gale_Cengage Learning. 2015. 352 pages. 158 Figures. With Glossary of Strucutural and Technical Terms in Tang Architectural Studies. ISBN-13: 978-9814441032. First published March 27, 2015, under the auspices of China Classics International Grant. E-book will become available on Cengage E-Book platform at the end of May 2015.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Section 1 Backgrounds

Why the Temple of Buddha’s Light and Liang Sicheng?

Vimalin Rujivacharakul

Liang Sicheng and the Temple of Buddha’s Light

Vimalin Rujivacharakul and Luo Deyin

Section 2 Ji Wutaishan Foguangsi Jianzhu

Notes on Translation

Vimalin Rujivacharakul and Luo Deyin

Notes on the Architecture of the Temple of Buddha’s Light at Mount Wutai

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Liang Sicheng, translated by Vimalin Rujivacharakul and Luo Deyin

Ji Wutaishan Foguangsi Jianzhu (记五台山佛光寺建筑)

Liang Sicheng

List of Structural and Technical Terms

Vimalin Rujivacharakul and Luo Deyin

Section 3 Supplementary Essays

China’s Oldest Wooden Structure 222

Liang Sicheng

Architecture of the Foguang Temple at Mount Wutai 229

Fu Xinian

The Nanchan Temple 241

Chai Zejun and Liu Xianwu

Research on Design Techniques of Traditional Chinese Architecture 248

Fu Xinian

The Tang Architectural Icon and the Politics of Chinese Architectural History 258

Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt

What are Characteristics of Tang Architecture? 282

Guo Qinghua

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

Vimalin Rujivacharakul, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture Department of Art History

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