Chapter 1 Wood, a Favor with Man Entrance to the East Wooden Houses Worship of a Single Log Wood as the Foundation Chapter 2 Carpenters Lun Bian and His Carriage Master Carpenter Lu Ban Carpenters in Folklore Chapter 3 Traditional Buildings The Earliest Use of Wood Characteristics of Ancient Buildings Timber for Official Buildings Structural Carpentry Folk Arts and Crafts Chapter 4 Visits to Palaces Epang and Weiyang Palaces A Glimpse of Major Palaces Traditional Roofs Height, Colors and Grades Big Trees Chapter 5 Memories of Quadrangular Residential Compounds Quadrangular Residential Compounds and Hutong Under the Same Roof Patriarchal Clan Rules and the Clan System Retrogressing Individuals Chapter 6 The Mean in the Wood Doctrine of the Mean Happiness of the Rational Chinese Buddhism The Taoist Spirit Chapter 7 The Corbel Bracket as an Example Oriental Structure The Main Beam Dismembering of Corbel Bracket Chapter 8 The Arc of the East Perfection of the Facade Man as an Integral Part of Nature Primitive Forms of Worship Graceful Curves Chapter 9 Garden Aesthetics Strolling in Garden Garden of the Creator Borrowing Scenes Wangchuan Garden Chapter 10 Furniture of the East Looking for Sandalwood Grains and Painting Mortise and Tenon Joints Furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasties Chapter 11 Chopsticks as the Fulcrum Lengthened Fingers Chopsticks vs. Knife and Fork Taboos and Superstition Chapter 12 The Final Lodging Mystery of Cliff Coffins Outlook on Death in the East Chapter 13 Wood Artistry Wood Carving Legend of the Pear Garden Traditional Musical Instruments Chapter 14 Vessels on the Sea Sail on a Raft Zheng He''s Voyages to the West Maritime Exclusion Chapter 15 Eternal Fields Living in the Fields Return to Han and Tang Dynasties The Laws of Nature Appendix: Reference Books
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