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	Architectural Encounters with Essence and Form in Modern China Author: Peter G. Rowe and Seng Kuan Publisher: MIT Press Year: 2002 ISBN 026218219X
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An exploration of attitudes toward architecture in China since the opening of the Treaty Ports in the 1840s. Central to the discussion are the concepts of ti and yong, or "essence" and "form," defining the proper arrangement of what should be considered modern and essentially Chinese.

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