CONTENTS

8	Foreword by Jonathan Spence
10	Part One
	THE ARCHITECTURE OF
	THE CHINESE HOUSE
52	Part Two
	THE CHINESE HOUSE
	AS LIVING SPACE
98	Part Three
	CHINA'S FINE
	HERITAGE HOUSES
100	A Beijing Courtyard House
	Mei Lanfang's Siheyuan
	Beijing
112	Northern Mountain Houses
	Chuandixia Village
	Mentougou, Beijing
120	Jiangnan Canal Houses
	Homes in Yangzi Delta Watertowns
	Jiangnan
132	An Educator's Residence
	Shen Family Home
	Luzhi, Jiangsu Province
140	A Scholar's Study
	Xu Wei's Green Vine Studio
	Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province
146	A Millionaire's Home
	Kang Family Manor
	Henan Province
156	A Three-Story Ming Dynasty House
	Wang Ganchen's "Swallow's Wing Hall"
	Chengkan, Anhui Province
166	A Merchant's Residence
	Wang Dinggui's "Hall of Inheriting Ambition"
	Anhui Province
176	The Five Phoenix Mansion
	Lin Family's "Fortune in Abundance Tower"
	Fujian Province
184	Round Fortress Ramparts in Fujian
	"Inspiring Success Tower" and "Like a Sheng Tower"
	Fujian Province
192	Hakka Encircling Dragons
	De Xing Tang and Ning'an Lu Weilongwu
	Guangdong Province
202	A Mandarin's Mansion in Hong Kong
	Man Chung-luen's Residence
	Hong Kong, SAR
210	A Country Farmhouse
	Mao Zedong's Boyhood Home
	Hunan Province
220	A Landlord's Village Home
	Liu Shaoqi's Boyhood Home
	Hunan Province
228	Urban Dwellings in Northern Sichuan
	Ma and Feng Family Residences
	Langzhong, Sichuan Province
240	A U-Shaped Farmhouse
	Deng Xiaoping's Boyhood Home
	Sichuan Province
248	A Grand Qing Manor and a
	Simple Ming Courtyard House
	Qiao Family Manor and Ding Family Village
	Shanxi Province
256	The Manor of a Bean Curd Maker
	Wang Family Manor
	Jingsheng, Shanxi Province
264	Walled City Residences
	Fan Family Courtyard
	Pingyao, Shanxi Province
274	Cave Dwellings of the North
	Subterranean Adaptations
	Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi Provinces
282	Bibliography
284	Index
287	Acknowledgments