Lecture 11

Question 1

Piece-mold casting

Answer 1

A clay model was made first and eventually molten bronze would be poured in
- arose independently in China and attained a high level of sophistication

Question 2

Ding

Answer 2

A ceremonial cooking vessel used in
- Shang rituals
- Buried in Shang tombs

Question 3

Guang

Answer 3

A ritual pouring vessel

Question 4

Mausoleum

Answer 4

A monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or peoples

Question 5

Bracketing System

Answer 5

1. A type of bearing system
2. An interesting feature of early Chinese housing which supports the broad eaves of its tiled roofs

Question 6

Confucianism

Answer 6

A rational political philosophy that emphasizes propriety, deference, duty, and self discipline

Question 7

Daoism

Answer 7

An intuitive philosophy that emphasizes individualism, nonconformity, and a return to nature

Question 8

Importance of the tomb model of a house and tower?

Answer 8

Much of ancient Chinese architecture as not survived, so models provide insight into how the architecture may have looked

Question 9

What “arrived” during the time of the Six Dynasties? What occurred as a result?

Answer 9

1. Buddhism
2. Confucianism loses influence, Daoism still persisted

Question 10

The restoration and maintaining of architecture becomes a regular practice during which dynasty?

Answer 10

Tang Dynasty

Question 11

In Asian countries, what did the pagoda evolve from?

Answer 11

The stupa

Question 12

Primary and secondary texts that form Daoism? How did they come together?

Answer 12

1. Daodejing (the way and its power) by Laozi and Zhuangzi by Zhuangzi
2. Laozi Is said to have been a contemporary of Confucius, and later on, Zhuangzi took up many of the same ideas in his book.
   - Together the texts formed a body of ideas which crystallized into a school of thought during the Han period