Part Ⅰ Illustrating the Layout of the Forbidden City

Chapter Ⅰ Before the Forbidden City

【1】The Takeover

【2】Book of Experiences

【3】Direct Models of the Forbidden City in Beijing

【4】Zhu Di's Plan

Chapter Ⅱ The Ideal City

【1】A Theory

【2】A Set of Grids

【3】Calculation and Collation

Chapter Ⅲ The Vicissitudes of the Ideal City

【1】The Young Emperor's Task

【2】The Old Man's Foresight

Part Ⅱ Illustrating Construction

Chapter Ⅳ My Quatrevingt-treize

【1】Structures According to Mr.Zhao

【2】Construction According to Another Mr.Zhao

Chapter Ⅴ The Hall of Supreme Harmony,a Double-eave Principal Hall

【1】Two Groups of Troublesome Data

【2】A Coincidental Square？

【3】Why 7.459zhang？

【4】Liang Jiu's Mistake？

Chapter Ⅵ The Hall of Exuberance Flower,a Single-eave Hall

【1】1/4 zhang

【2】1/4 chi

【3】1/4 cun

Chapter Ⅶ The Pavilion of Embodying Benevolence and the Pavilion of Spreading Righteousness，Two Han-style Pavilions

【1】Zhang Xisheng

【2】Zhang Xisheng's Design of Pavilion of Embodying Benevolence

【3】Zhang Xisheng didn't Know Much about Pavilion of Spreading Righteousness

Chapter Ⅷ Pavilion of the Rain of Flowers,a Tibetan-style Pavilion

【1】On the Tibetan Style

【2】The Structure and Decoration of the Pavilion of the Rain of Flowers

Chapter Ⅸ The Corner Tower

【1】Design Starts from the Plan：Corner Cross

【2】The Expression of the Pediment of the Corner Tower

Part Ⅲ Illustrating Interior Design

Chapter Ⅹ From the Old House of Nurgaci to the Palace of Earthly Tranquility

【1】1587

【2】1627

【3】1656

Chapter Ⅺ The Hall of Mental Cultivation

【1】The Imperial Kitchen,the Bed Chamber,the Classroom and the Household Workshop

【2】A Place for Industrious Reign

【3】The Owner Has the Say

【4】Regency and Emperorhood

Chapter Ⅻ From Banmu Yuan to Juanqin Zhai

【1】Banmu Yuan,the Half-Acre Garden

【2】Studio of Esteemed Excellence

【3】Juanqin Zhai,the Studio of Exhaustion of Diligent Service

Chapter ⅩⅢ Studio of Cleansing Fragrance

【1】“The Present Cannot be Compared with the Past”

【2】Those Enclosed Small Chambers

【3】Unveiling the Interior Theatre

Chapter ⅩⅣ Pavilion of Met Expectations

【1】Ambiguity of the“Bright Hall”

【2】Li Zhiying

【3】Handicraft in South China

Chapter ⅩⅤ Palace for Nurturing Joy

【1】Its Present Conditions

【2】The Labyrinth Was Not Built in A Day

【3】Not A'Labyrinth at First

Chapter ⅩⅥ Palace of Peaceful Longevity

【1】The Forty Happy Years of the Qianlong's Mother

【2】The Renovation Long Awaited by Emperor Jiaqing

【3】The Owner Reluctant to Move into the Palace

Chapter ⅩⅦ From Palace of Eternal Spring to the Palace of Accumulated Purity

【1】The Heritage of Emperor Xianfeng

【2】The Balance Between the Eastern Palace and the Western Palace

【3】The Lost Theatre

List of Illustrations