The Magic Square: Cities in Ancient ChinaPresents the development of Chinese urbanism. Equipped with source material and maps, this book applies metrological methods. Including about 300 drawings, it gives an overall view of the urban life and culture that existed in the traditional society of late Imperial China. |
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
The Formative Period of Urbanism | 27 |
The Imperial Court Culture | 111 |
Notes | 421 |
| 427 | |
Common terms and phrases
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