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103 Cards in this Set
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Zhou Dynasty
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1045-256 BCE
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Qin Dynasty
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221-206 BCE
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Western Han
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206 BCE-9 CE
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Xin Dynasty
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9-23 CE
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Eastern Han
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25-220 CE
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Period of Division
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220-589 CE
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Sui Dynasty
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581-618 CE
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Tang Dynasty
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618-907 CE
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5 Dynasties
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901-960 CE
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Liao Dynasty
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916-1125 CE
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Song Dynasty
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960-1279 CE
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Yuan Dynasty
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1260-1368 CE
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Ming Dynasty
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1368-1644 CE
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Palace 1 at Xianyang
Qin |
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Western Han Chang'an
Xi'an vicinity, Shaanxi |
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Weiyang Palace
Western Han Chang'an |
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Que Tower
Chendu, Sichuan Han |
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Main Hall of Weiyang
Western Han |
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Eastern Han Luoyang
Henan |
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Dark Warrior
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North
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Red Phoenix
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South
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Green Dragon
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East
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White Tiger
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West
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Hun
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Soul which ascends to heaven
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Po
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Soul which stays with remains
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Bracket set
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combination of bearing blocks and brain arms that sit on top of a column and support the roof
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gong
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bracket arm
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dou
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bearing block
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wadang
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roof tile ends
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tai liang construction
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post & lintel (trabeated)
columns & beams usually joined across column tops or through a bracket set |
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lou
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multi-storied building
tower |
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Boshlanu Censor from tomb of Liu Sheng
W. Han |
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Excavated Plan of Mingtang (Bright Hall & Jade Disk Moat)
Chang'an, Qin Dynasty |
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Excavated plan of Mingtang (Bright Hall & Jade Disk Moat)
Chang'an, Qin Dynasty |
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Luoshu Writing from Luo River
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Hetu Diagram from the Yellow River
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Roof Tile Ends
Animals of 4 Directions Chang'an Han |
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Bright Hall (Mingtang)
Reconstruction Chang'an, Xi'an vicinity Qin Dynasty |
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Bright Hall (Mingtang)
Reconstruction Chang'an, Xi'an vicinity Qin Dynasty |
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Gateway to Heaven
Line Drawing of Bronze Plaque E. Han Dynasty |
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Tomb at Anping
Eastern Han Dynasty |
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House from Tomb at Anping
East Han |
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Xiaotangshan Offering Shrine
Stone example of timber framing E. Han |
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"Gao Yi" Que Tower
E. Han |
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Wall Tile from Chengdu Sichuan
E. Han design showing buildings: timber frame work & watch tower |
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Model of multistory Watchtower
E. Han |
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"Great Departure"
Cave 6, Yungang grottos Period of Division |
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9-story pagoda from Shaanxi province
Period of Divison |
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Yongning Monastery
excavation plan N. Wei pagoda in center, eaves, looks like main audience hall repeated |
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Songyue Monastery Pagoda
N. Wei Dengfeng 12-8 sides --> season-directions |
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Buddha from Cave 20
Yungang Grottos Period of Division joint holes suggests previous timber framing |
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Cave 10
Yungang Grottos Period of Division Small housings (inverted roofs & bracket sets) housing present & future Buddhas |
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Paradise of Amitabha
Cave 217, Mogao Grottos Tang Dyansty EA Buddha in local setting but dressed in SA clothing |
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Nanchan Monastery Plan
Tang |
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Foguangsi East Hall
Foguang Monastery Tang |
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Nanchan Monastery Main Hall
Tang |
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Foguang Monastery
Tang |
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Yang Jian
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First Sui Dynasty Emperor
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Taizong, Li Shimin
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Second Tang Emperor
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Gaozong, Li Zhi
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Third Tang emperor (husband of Wu Zetian)
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Wu Zetian
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First "emperor" of Zhou Dynasty
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Ye (3rd-6th century)
Capital of Wei, Hebei |
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Luoyang
capital of N. Wei |
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Daxing Chang'an
capital of Sui & Tang Dynasties |
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Daminggong
Chang'an capital of Sui & Tang Dynasties |
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Hanyuandian, Daminggong
Chang'an Sui/Tang |
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Great Wild Goose Pagoda
Ci'en Monastery Tang |
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Longxing Monastery
N. Song |
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Moni Hall
Longxing Monastery N. Song |
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Revolving Sutra Cabinet
Longxing Monastery N. Song |
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Baoguo Monastery Front Facade
Zhejiang Song |
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Baoguo Monastery eaves bracketing
Zhejiang Song |
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Timber Monastery
Fogong Monastery, Yingxian Liao |
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Zhenguo Pagoda
Kaiyuan Monastery, Fujian S. Song |
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diantang
palatial hall uniform column height, ceiling, 4 horiz layers, porches are optional, larger |
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tingtang
mansion hall different column heights, smaller, doesn't accomodate ceiling |
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Kaifeng plan
N. Song |
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Spring Festival on the River
Zhang Zeduan N. Song |
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Kublai Khan
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Grandson of Genghis Khan
founder of Yuan dynasty |
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Liu Bingzhong
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ritualist expert & advisor for Kublai Khan
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Araniko
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Nepalese craftsmen & architect for White Pagoda of Miaoying monastery
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Bottle-shaped monastery
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dagoba
resembles a stupa associated with tantric buddhism in Nepal & Tibet |
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Perfect Realization Daosim
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first celibate Daoist order
popular in north china from 12th-21st centuries |
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Yuan Dadu plan
Yuan dynasty |
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Imperial Garden of Great Within
Yuan-Qing |
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White Pagoda of Miaoying Monastery
Yuan |
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Hall of Three Pure Ones
Yongle Gong Yuan |
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Zhu Yanzhang
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Hongwu emperor
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Zhu Di
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Yongle Emperor
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Nanjing
Ming dyansty |
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Beijing
late Ming & Qing |
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damuzuo
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great carpentry
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xiaomuzuo
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fine carpentry
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jinxinzao
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fill-heart bracket step
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touxinzao
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stolen-heart bracket step
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diantang
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palatial hall
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tingtang
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mansion hall
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final dharma
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age of decline in buddhis law
recalculated to commence in 1052 |
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fengshui
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wind & water
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dili
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land patterns or geography
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kanyu
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cover and support
metaphor for world as we know it as a carriage where the earth is the square carriage box & sky is circular canopy above it |
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ancestral hall method
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placement of buildings based on analysis of trigrams
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jiangxi/intuitive method
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placement of buildings on analysis of landforms
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