Carpentry and Building in Late Imperial China: A Study of the Fifteenth-Century Carpenter's Manual Lu Ban Jing (Sinica Leidensia, Vol 23) (Hardcover)

by Klaas Ruitenbeek (Author), Pan Lu (Author)

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'"Zusammenfassend dann man sagen, da_ diese Publikation in jeder Hinsicht gelungen ist.'
Th. Thilo, "Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 1994.


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This volume deals with the world of carpenters and joiners in late Imperial China, discussing both the technical and the religious and ritual aspects of building. It uses as its point of departure a unique and hitherto unused source: the fifteenth-century carpenter's manual Lu Ban jing. The first part of the book examines building materials, the life of labourers and craftsmen, and the process of building a house. Subjects included are the choice of favourable measurements, the ritual of raising the ridge pole, and the complete, annotated translation of the Lu Ban jing, preceded by a bibliographic essay. The sections on furniture construction are especially important for the art historian. The book is finely illustrated with more than eighty original drawings and includes a facsimile of the extremely rare, richly illustrated earliest edition of the Lu Ban jing, dating from ca. 1600.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 520 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers; 2 Rev Sub edition (February 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004105298
• ISBN-13: 978-9004105294
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
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