FIRST PREFACE
SECOND PREFACE
AUTHOR'S PREFACE TEN YEARS AT CHUNZAI
INTRODUCTION THE AGE OF CULTURAL CREATIVITY
1 THE REINVENTION OFA GOLDEN ERA
CHINESE CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE DESIGN
THE RESOLVE TO DESIGN
2 THE VALUE OF CULTURE
DISCOVERIES IN CLASSICAL CHINESE FURNITURE
THE INHERITANCE AND RENEWAL OF CULTURE
EIGHT CORE VALUES IN MING-STYLE FURNITURE
3 THE AWAKENING OF CULTURE IN DESIGN
DESIGN CONSCIOUSNESS
PHILOSOPHY IN FURNITURE
FROM UTILITY TO FUTILITY-THE UNIQUE IMPLICIT
EXPRESSIONISM OF TRADITIONAL SCHOLARS
A BYGONE ERA OF REFINEMENT
4 AN ERA OF CREATIVITY
AN ERA OF DESTRUCTION
THE PURPOSE OF FURNITURE
TEN PRINCIPLES FOR THE SUCCESS OF
CHINESE DESIGN
5 THE INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF
FURNITURE DESIGN
THE FREEDOM OF FEARLESSNESS
THE DISCOVERY OF DECONSTRUCTION
RETURNING TO NATURE AND ORGANIC MATERIALS
TO CREATE A NEW ERA
ERGONOMICS AND HUMAN IMPRESSIONS
THE EFFICACY OF FURNITURE DESIGN AS WORKS OF ART
FROM TRANQUILITY TO REALITY
TWELVE CRITERIA FOR CULTURAL INNOVATION
6 THE POSSIBILITY OF SHAPING AN ERA WITH CREATIVITY
BEYOND MING STYLE: AN AESTHETICISM FOR THE PRESENT
CHALLENGING THE WEST: REFLECTIONS ON A HUNDRED
YEARS OF WESTERN FURNITURE DESIGN
A NEW BEGINNING FOR DESIGN, A RENEWAL OF CULTURE
ON COLLABORATING WITH JOHN PAWSON
7 FLUIDITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN SPACE AND TIME
--A STUDY IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE FURNITURE DESIGN
IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY
THE DISCOVERY OF STARTLING BALANCE
IN PRAISE OF RECTITUDE SERIES, 2002
THE SIMPLEST LINES EMBODY A VAST MOMENTUM AND FORCE
GRAND VIEW SERIES, 2006
THE QUIET SOUNDS OF BAMBOO
IN PRAISE OF BAMBOO SERIES, 2007
IMMORTALITY AND REBIRTH
TIRELESS SERIES, 2009
POEMS IN NATURE