Traces of the Sage - Monument, Materiality, and the First Temple of Confucius

Informationen zum Autor James A. Flath is professor in the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Klappentext The Temple of Confucius (Kong Temple) is the definitive monument to the world's greatest sage. Traces of the Sage is the first comprehensive account of the history and material culture of Kong Temple. Following the temple's development, it relates architecture to the practice of Confucianism, explains the temple's phenomenal perseverance, and explores the culture of building in China. Zusammenfassung The Temple of Confucius (Kong Temple) is the definitive monument to the world's greatest sage. Traces of the Sage is the first comprehensive account of the history and material culture of Kong Temple. Following the temple's development! it relates architecture to the practice of Confucianism! explains the temple's phenomenal perseverance! and explores the culture of building in China.

Product details

• Authors: James A Flath, James A. Flath
• Assisted by: Ronald G Knapp (Editor), Ronald G. Knapp (Editor), Xing Ruan (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9780824853709
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-5370-9
• Series: Spatial Habitus: Making and Me; Spatial Habitus: Making and Meaning in Meaning in Asia's Architecture; Spatial Habitus: Making and Meaning in Meaning in Asia's Architecture; Spatial Habitus: Making and Me
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture