② Influence: It is of great significance to study the position and value of China's ancient geomantic theory in architecture and gardening.
(2) Shen Kuo's Meng Qian Bi Tan. ① Content: The book covers design fields such as drawing, architecture and metallurgy. For example, the design and manufacturing technology of the south guide car was first described in detail in Meng Qian's Bi Tan. ② Influence: This book is regarded as a coordinate work of China's ancient design theory.
(3) Li Jie's Architectural Style. ① Content: This book is the most complete and theoretical architectural design classic among China's ancient books; The book systematically discusses the design, specification, engineering technology and production management of buildings; ② Features: The modular system is formulated and adopted for the first time, which advocates standardization and ensures the flexibility of design.
(4) Wang Qi's "three stories". Contents: The book covers a wide range of topics, ranging from astronomical phenomena to geography, Chinese characters, exquisite etiquette, music, classics and history, and is called "the most interesting little encyclopedia" by Needham; ② Influence: The three story sets were the first large-scale image collection in ancient China.
(5) Planned landscape and metallurgical engineering. ① Content: China's monograph on ancient gardening is also the first monograph on garden art theory. This book discusses the principles and concrete methods of building gardens and villas, reflects the achievements of ancient gardening in China, and summarizes the experience of gardening. It is an important book for studying ancient gardens.
(6) Song Ying Xing's Heavenly Creations. ① Content: A comprehensive scientific and technological work in ancient China, the first comprehensive work on agriculture and handicraft production in the world; ② Features: Illustrated with pictures and texts, it pays attention to reality and practice, and is praised by European scholars as "17th century craft encyclopedia"; (3) Influence: The book has been widely circulated and caused a sensation in the whole European continent. Similarly, the design behavior and thoughts of the East and the West can no longer exist independently.