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1、ShiinArchitecture:TheEfficacyofTraditionalChineseDoorsQiZhuDissertationsubmittedtothefacultyoftheVirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversityinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofDoctorofPhilosophyInArchitectureandDesignResearchDr.Paul
2、F.Emmons,ChairDr.MarcoFrascari,Co-ChairDr.MarciaF.FeuersteinProf.JaanHoltDr.StanislausFungthMarch25,2008Alexandria,VirginiaKeywords:Shi,Chinesearchitecture,Chinesehousedoors,Chinesegardensdoors,advantageousshi,authoritativeshi,self-so-doingshi,amulet
3、,Confucianrites,doororientations,cosmology,propensity,Fengshui,dooramulets,Huizhou,YinYuTang©2008byQiZhuShiinArchitecture:TheEfficacyofTraditionalChineseDoorsQiZhuABSTRACTThisdissertationexplorestheconceptofshimanifestedintraditionalChinesearchitectu
4、rebyexaminingtheefficacyofthetraditionalChinesehousedoors.ThreeconnotationsoftheconceptofshiderivedfromdifferentphilosophicalschoolsofthoughtduringtheWarringStatesPeriod:theadvantageousshi,theauthoritativeshiandtheself-so-doingshi,arere-engagedasthet
5、heoreticalframeworkforthisstudy.Thethreecategoriesofshicorrespondinglyshedlightontheunderstandingofthecraftinessinarchitecturalconstructions,theembodiedculturalmeaningsinbuildingelementsandtheaestheticsachievedbytheartfularrangementofbuildingelements
6、.ThisstudyalsofurtherrevealstheessentialnatureofshiasweakandamorphousinparallelwiththeweakontologyproposedbyGianniVattimo.Itisthisweakandamorphousnatureofshithatresultsinthecomplexity,diversityandrichnessoftraditionalChinesehousedoors.Thisnewperspect
7、iveofexaminingarchitecturethroughthelensofshialsoprovidesawayforlookingatthefuturedevelopmentofChinesearchitecturebeyondthelimitationsofinternationalismyetwithintherealmofacriticallocalmodernity.DedicationDedicatedtoSammy&JulieiiiAcknowledgementsWrit
8、ingthedissertationhasbeenanimmensejourney.Iamgratefultomymentors,colleaguesandfriendsthathavesupportedmealongtheway.Iwouldespeciallyliketothankmycommitteechair,ProfessorMarcoFrascari,whonotonlypatientlyprovidedguidanceandinsightinmyresearch,butalsoco