[347] Voyage à Péking, Vol. II., p. 173.
[348] It is said that when Ghengis in his invasion of China took a city, his soldiers immediately set about pulling down the four walls of the houses, leaving the overhanging roofs supported by the wooden columns—by which process they converted them into excellent tents for themselves and their horses.—Encyclopædia Britannica: Art. China.
[349] James Fergusson, History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, p. 687; compare also Mémoires Concernant les Chinois, where Chinese architecture is treated of in almost every volume.
[350] The foreign literature upon this subject is as yet scant and unimportant. Compare the rare and costly Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, etc., from Originals drawn in China by Mr. Chambers, London, 1757, folio; J. M. Callery, De l’Architecture Chinoise, in the Revue d’Architecture; Wm. Simpson, in Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1873-74, p. 33; Notes and Queries on China and Japan.
[351] Wanderings in China, p. 98.
[352] Compare pp. [76] and [167].
[353] Chinese Repository, Vol. X., p. 473.
[354] Travels in China, p. 96.
[355] Life in China, p. 453.
[356] Voyages à Peking, Tome II., p. 79; Davis’ Sketches, Vol. I., p. 213; Fergusson, Indian and Eastern Architecture, 1876, p. 695; Milne’s Life in China, p. 429 seq.; Chinese Repository, Vol. XIX., pp. 535-540.