In 1103 Emperor Huizong ordered the publication of the Yingzao Fashi, the technical building manual Li Jie had completed around 1100, to provide architectural standards for builders, architects and the engineering agencies of the central government. A second edition followed in 1145, and it remains the earliest Chinese technical building manual to survive intact. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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China's earliest surviving technical building manual, ordered published in 1103.
A technical building manual completed by the Song dynasty official Li Jie around 1100 and ordered published by Emperor Huizong in 1103, providing architectural standards for builders, architects and the engineering agencies of the central government. A second edition followed in 1145, and it remains the earliest Chinese technical building manual to survive intact.
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