Illustrating the Layout of the Forbidden City Before the Forbidden City/6 [1] The Takeover/8 [2] Book of Experiences/18 [3] Direct Models of the Forbidden City in Beijing/26 [4] Zhu Di's Plan/34 The Ideal City/38 [1] ATheory/40 [2] A Set of Grids/51 [3] Calculation and Collation/58 The Vicissitudes of the Ideal City/68 [1] The Young Emperor's Task/70 [2] The Old Man's Foresight/91 My Quatrevingt-treize/104 [1] Structures According to Mr. Zhao/106 [2] Construction According to Another Mr. Zhao/109 The Hall of Supreme Harmony, a Double-eave Principal Hall/114 [1] Two Groups of Troublesome Data/116 [2] ACoincidental Square?/125 [3] Why 7.459 zhang?/129 [4] Liang Jiu's Mistake?/i33 The Hall of Exuberance Flower, a Single-ease Hall/139 [l] 1/4zhang/140 [2] 1/4chi/144 [3] 1/4cun/148 The Pavilion of Embodying Benevolence and the Pavilion of Spreading Righteousness, Iwo Han-style Pavilions/152 [1] ZhangXisheng/156 [2] Zhang Xisheng's Design of Pavilion of Embodying Benevolence/160 [3] Zhang Xisheng didn't Know Much about Pavilion of Spreading Righteousness/166 Pavilion of the Rain of Flowers, a Tibetan-style Pavillion/174 [1] On the Tibetan Style/176 [2] The Structure and Decoration of the Pavilion of the Rain of Flowers/184 The Corner Tower/194 [1] Design Starts from the Plan: Comer Cross/196 [2] The Expression of the Pediment of the Comer Tower/204 From the Old House of Nurgaci to the Palace of Earthly Iranqutlity 222 [1] 1587/224 [2] 1627/228 [3] 1656/230 The Hall of Mental Cultivation 232 [1] The hnperial Kitchen, the Bed Chalnber, the Classroom and the Household Workshop/234 [2] A Place for Industrious Reign/240 [3] The Owner Has the Say/246 ['4] Regency and Emperorhood/251 From Banmu Yuan to Juanqin Zhai 256 [1] Banmu Yuan, the Half-Acre Garden/258 [2] Studio of Esteemed Excellence/263 [3] Juanqin Zhai, the Studio of Exhaustion of Diligent Service/267 Studio of Cleansing Fragrance 272 [1] "The Present Cannot be Compared with the Past"/274 [2] Those Enclosed Small Chalnbers/280 [3] Unveiling the lnterior Theatre/283 Paxvlion of Met Expectations/286 [1] Ambiguity of the "Bright Hail"/288 [2] LiZhiying/294 [3] Handicraft in South China/298 Palace for Nurturing Joy/306 [1] Its Present Conditions/308 [2] The Labyrinth Was Not Built in A Day/312 [3] Not A Labyrinth at First/320 Palace of Peaceful Longevity 1 324 [1] The Forty Happy Years of the Qianlong's Mother/328 [2] The Renovation Long Awaited by Emperor Jiaqing/332 [3] The Owner Reluctant to Move into the Palace/336 From Palace of Eternal Spring to the Palace of Accumulated Purity/342 [1] The Heritage of Emperor Xianfeng/344 [2] The Balance Between the Eastern Palace and the Western Palace/351 [3] The Lost Theatre/354 List of Illustrations/362