Chronology of Chinese Dynasties and Map of China

Steinhardt, Nancy S.

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Chronology of Chinese Dynasties and Map of China

Nancy S. Steinhardt

Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays

Chronology of Chinese Dynasties

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Nancy S. Steinhardt

PublisherPrinceton University Press

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Chronology of Chinese Dynasties and Map of China

ca. 2070–1600 BCE ca. 1600–1046 1046–221	Xia Dynasty Shang Dynasty Zhou Dynasty Western Zhou 1046–770 Eastern Zhou 770–221 Spring and Autumn Period 770–476 Warring States Period 475–221
221–207	Qin Dynasty
206 BCE–220 CE	Han Dynasty Western Han 206 BCE–9 CE Xin Dynasty (Wang Mang Interregnum) 9–23 Eastern Han 25–220
220–280 CE	Three Kingdoms Wei 220–265 Shu 221–263 Wu 222–280
265–420	Jin Dynasty (the Western and Eastern Jin Dynasties together with the Southern Dynasties are referred to as the Six Dynasties) Western Jin 281–316 Eastern Jin 317–420
304–439	Sixteen Kingdoms
386–581	Northern Dynasties Northern Wei 386–534 Eastern Wei 534–550 Western Wei 535–557 Northern Qi 550–577 Northern Zhou 557–581
420–589	Southern Dynasties Liu Song 420–479 Southern Qi 479–502 Liang 502–557 Chen 557–589
581–618	Sui Dynasty
618–907	Tang Dynasty
907–979	Five Dynasties Later Liang 907–923 Later Tang 923–936 Later Jin 936–947 Later Han 947–950 Later Zhou 951–960
902–979	Ten Kingdoms Wu 902–937 Wu-Yue 902–978 Jingnan or Nanping 907–924 Shu 907–925 Southern Han 907–971 Min 909–945 Chu 927–951 Later Shu 935–965 Southern Tang 937–978 Northern Han 951–979
907–1125	Liao Dynasty
960–1279	Song Dynasty Northern Song 960–1127 Southern Song 1127–1279
1038–1227	Western Xia Dynasty
1115–1234	Jin Dynasty
1271–1368	Yuan Dynasty
1368–1644	Ming Dynasty
1644–1911	Qing Dynasty

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BOOKTraditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays

Fu Xinian, Nancy S. Steinhardt (Editor), Alexandra Harrer (Translator)

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00358

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23690

Fu Xinian (b. 1933) is considered by many to be the world’s leading historian of Chinese architecture. He is an expert on every type of Chinese architecture from every period through the nineteenth century, and his work is at the cutting edge of the field. Traditional Chinese Architecture gathers together, for the first time in English, twelve seminal essays by Fu Xinian. This wide-ranging book pays special attention to the technical aspects of the building tradition since the first millennium BC, and Fu Xinian’s signature drawings abundantly illustrate its nuances.

The essays delve into the modular basis for individual structures, complexes, and cities; lateral and longitudinal building frames; the unity of sculpture and building to create viewing angles; the influence of Chinese construction on Japanese architecture; and the reliability of images to inform us about architecture. Organized chronologically, the book also examines such topics as the representation of architecture on vessels in the Warring States period, early Buddhist architecture, and the evolution of imperial architecture from the Tang to Ming dynasty. A biography of Fu Xinian and a detailed Chinese-English glossary are included.

Bringing together some of the most groundbreaking scholarship in Chinese architectural history, Traditional Chinese Architecture showcases an uncontested master of the discipline.

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Fu Xinian, Nancy S. Steinhardt (Editor), Alexandra Harrer (Translator)

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Print publication date May 2017 (in print)

Print ISBN 9780691159997

EISBN 9780300274073

Illustrations 159

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