Ten thousand things: module and mass production in Chinese art

Abstract

Acknowledgments vi Introduction 1 1 The System of Script 9 2 Casting Bronze the Complicated Way 25 3 A Magic Army for the Emperor 51 4 Factory Art 75 5 Building Blocks, Brackets, and Beams 103 6 The Word in Print 139 7 The Bureaucracy of Hell 163 8 Freedom of the Brush? 187 Notes 215 Bibliography 229 Glossary of Chinese Terms 252 Index 256 Picture Sources 264