<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31472908</termId><termName>zhāqiān</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ According to the Yingzao fashi, zhaqian refers to cross beams that span one rafter (Liang 1983, 142). Zhaqian usually only serves to connect two members, but is not load-bearing. In extant buildings in southeast China, a similar component--called shuiliang 水梁 in Zhejiang and Jiangsu, shumu 束木 in southern Fujian, and shuishu 水束 in Guangdong--structurally combines zhaqian, chashou 叉手, and tuojiao 托腳. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 21:07:16</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31472909</termId><termName>one-rafter beam</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31472910</termId><termName>pinpricking connector</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31459153</termId><termName>tie beams</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>