A solitary traveler in the long night : Tong Jun, the later years 1963-1983 / written by Zhang Qin ; translated by Howard Goldblatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Qin (Architectural historian), author.

Contributor:

Goldblatt, Howard, 1939- translator.

Standardized Title:

Chang ye de du xing zhe. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Tong, Jun, 1900-1983.

Tong, Jun.

Architects--China--Biography.

Architects.

China.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

249 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Tong Jun, the later years 1963-1983

Place of Publication:

Australia : Images Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

Tong Jun was an outstanding architect and architectural educator in contemporary China. He was widely considered an all-round talent in theory, creation, writing, and painting in Chinese architecture. He had a deep foundation in ancient Chinese literature and studied Chinese classical poetry since childhood. While studying at the University of Pennsylvania, he won many awards in the national architectural student design competition. He has left behind many works and manuscripts on landscape, architecture, architectural history, and the history of sculpture and painting that have enlightened and educated many generations. However, there are few records about him. This book recollects the last 20 years of his life and introduces the reader to the very real and vivid practitioner that was Tong Jun.

Tong Jun was an outstanding architect and architectural educator in contemporary China. He was widely considered an all-round talent in theory, creation, writing and painting in Chinese architecture. He had a deep foundation in ancient Chinese literature, and studied Chinese classical poetry since childhood. While studying at the University of Pennsylvania, he won many awards in the national architectural student design competition. He has left behind many works and manuscripts on landscape, architecture, and architecture history, sculpture history, and painting history that have enlightened and educated many generations. However, there are few records about him. This book recollects the last 20 years of his life, and introduces the reader to the very real and vivid practitioner that was Tong Jun.

Contents:

Preface

Foreword

Chapter one : "Out, out, brief candle"

Chapter two : The chime clock

Chapter three : A last visit to Tsinghua

Chapter four : Revered friend Yang Tingbao

Chapter five : Eyes like a camera

Chapter six : A remembrance of Liang Sicheng and Wilma Fairbank

Chapter seven : Are you still alive?

Chapter eight : A reunion of three brothers

Chapter nine : Under the scorching sun

Chapter ten : A little page boy

Chapter eleven : Jiangnan yuanlin zhi

Afterword

Notes

Chronicle of Tong Jun's life

Family tree

List of key individuals

Index.

Notes:

Translation of: Chang ye de du xing zhe.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-205) and index.

ISBN:

186470943X

9781864709438

OCLC:

1493169013