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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. Publishers’ URL links http://en.fltrp.com/bookexpo/7960 http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=4294918211+109&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=66270 48297275089371544386192029797594&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial 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 Citation: Vimalin Rujivacharakul. PUB: Liang Sicheng and the Temple of Buddha's Light. H-Asia. 05-07-2015. https://networks.h-net.org/node/22055/discussions/69335/pub-liang-sicheng-and-temple-buddhas-light Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-Asia 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 Citation: Vimalin Rujivacharakul. PUB: Liang Sicheng and the Temple of Buddha's Light. H-Asia. 05-07-2015. https://networks.h-net.org/node/22055/discussions/69335/pub-liang-sicheng-and-temple-buddhas-light Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2 H-Asia University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716, USA Citation: Vimalin Rujivacharakul. PUB: Liang Sicheng and the Temple of Buddha's Light. H-Asia. 05-07-2015. https://networks.h-net.org/node/22055/discussions/69335/pub-liang-sicheng-and-temple-buddhas-light Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 3.