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Original Hardcover. Publisher: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis | Utg. 2008 | Original Hardcover | 270 p. ; ill., tab. ; 25 cm | This book is brand new. | Series: Gothenburg studies in art and architecture | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: Zheng Qiao (1104-1162) was a Chinese historian who lived during the Song dynasty (960-1279), and the author of the comprehensive history of China Tong zhi (General history), which includes a special treatise on images called Tu pu lüe (Treatise on images and tables). Image-related comments and practices can also be found in several other parts of Tong zhi, as well as in other remaining texts of Zheng Qiao. This study focuses on Zheng Qiao s thought on images. His image-related texts are translated, commented, and analysed; his life and works are outlined; the influence of his thought on images in Chinese history is exemplified; and his concerns on images and the study of images are connected to traditional Chinese thought, as well as to… Read More