The Architecture of Ximen Qing’s Residence. Visualizing the General Layout and Translating it into a European Language and Culture.

Authors

OLIVOVÁ Lucie

Year of publication 2022
Type Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Description This presentation explains how the design and shape of the Ximen residence are presented in the novel Jin Ping Mei, and how they can be made intelligible to readers from a different cultural background living centuries later. It is possible to sketch the rough layout of the mansion, although the information in the novel is incomplete, it is possible to reconstruct a tentative layout of the house and the garden, and note how they interact with the narrative.

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