Work
Yingzao Fashi 營造法式
Explore in the Atlas →Oldest extant Chinese technical manual on architecture.
Tectonics Type Knowledge
Details
- Type
- Text
- Location
- Kaifeng (Northern Song)
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- ReasonAncestry
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Highly codified
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawingApprenticeship
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- East asian
Connections
- articulates Yingzao Fashi Building Standards
- articulates Cai-fen Modular System
Referenced by
- Li Jie 李誡 authored
Sources
- Cambridge Architectural History. n.d.. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/architectural-history/article/abs/yingzao-fashi-twelfthcentury-chinese-building-manual/0DF2D645F318E926B9A7C409795D5012.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Yingzao Fashi 營造法式." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-yingzao-fashi/. Accessed July 17, 2026.