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Chapter 1 Wood,a Favor with Man 1

Entrance to the East 2

Wooden Houses 5

Worship of a Single Log 7

Wood as the Foundation 9

Chapter 2 Carpenters 13

Lun Bian and His Carriage 14

Master Carpenter Lu Ban 17

Carpenters in Folklore 20

Chapter 3 Traditional Buildings 25

The Earliest Use of Wood 26

Characteristics of Ancient Buildings 29

Timber for Official Buildings 33

Structural Carpentry 35

Folk Arts and Crafts 39

Chapter 4 Visits to Palaces 41

Epang and Weiyang Palaces 42

A Glimpse of Major Palaces 44

Traditional Roofs 48

Height,Colors and Grades 49

Big Trees 52

Chapter 5 Memories of Quadrangular Residential Compounds 55

Quadrangular Residential Compounds and Hutong 56

Under the Same Roof 58

Patriarchal Clan Rules and the Clan System 61

Retrogressing Individuals 65

Chapter 6 The Mean in the Wood 69

Doctrine of the Mean 70

Happiness of the Rational 73

Chinese Buddhism 75

The Taoist Spirit 79

Chapter 7 The Corbel Bracket as an Example 83

Oriental Structure 84

The Main Beam 87

Dismembering of Corbel Bracket 89

Chapter 8 The Arc of the East 93

Perfection of the Facáde 94

Man as an Integral Part of Nature 96

Primitive Forms of Worship 101

Graceful Curves 104

Chapter 9 Garden Aesthetics 107

Strolling in Garden 108

Garden of the Creator 111

Borrowing Scenes 113

Wangchuan Garden 116

Chapter 10 Furniture of the East 119

Looking for Sandalwood 120

Grains and Painting 122

Mortise and Tenon Joints 124

Furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasties 126

Chapter 11 Chopsticks as the Fulcrum 129

Lengthened Fingers 130

Chopsticks vs.Knife and Fork 132

Taboos and Superstition 134

Chapter 12 The Final Lodging 137

Mystery of Cliff Coffins 138

Outlook on Death in the East 140

Chapter 13 Wood Artistry 145

Wood Carving 146

Legend of the Pear Garden 149

Traditional Musical Instruments 151

Chapter 14 Vessels on the Sea 155

Sail on a Raft 156

Zheng He's Voyages to the West 159

Maritime Exclusion 162

Chapter 15 Eternal Fields 163

Living in the Fields 164

Return to Han and Tang Dynasties 167

The Laws of Nature 172

Appendix:Reference Books 176