Work

Yingzao Fashi 營造法式

1103
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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

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Sources

  1. 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.