<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">dǒugǒng</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>dǒukē</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>pūzuò</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>áng</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>brackets</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>dogongs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dou-gongs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dougong</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dougongs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>tou-kong</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>toukong</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Dougong refers to a unit consisting of a number of mortised bearing blocks (dou 斗), arms (gong 栱), tie-beams (fang 枋) and inclined beams (ang 昂). They are often used under the eaves, on beams, or on the tops of pillars.The first use of the term dougong as a compound word can be traced to the Sui dynasty translation of the Yaoshi rulai benyuan jing (Dharmagupta trans. 616 CE, Taishō 449): “The city-gate towers, walls and parapets, doors and windows, halls and pavilions, pillars and beams, blocks and bracket arms (dougong 斗拱), surrounding like a net, are all composed of the seven jewels.” After the Sui dynasty, dougong gradually became a set technical term and can be found in a number of different textual sources. The earliest known material evidence for dougong is the dragon-phoenix table-base excavated from the Warring States Period Zhongshan royal necropolis in Pingshan, Hebei province (ca. 310 BCE; ZHONG Xiaoqing, 2010：113-119). From the Han dynasty onward we have many extant examples of dougong in the visual record. ]]></note></mads>