明嘉靖朝北京太庙改建规划方案生成之始末

Ming Emperor Jiajing’s Reconstruction of the Ancestral Temple in Beijing

嘉靖十年(1531),明世宗发起了一场对北京太庙庙制的改革,旨在将同堂异室格局改造为都宫别殿格局。明世宗作为工程决策者亲自制定规划原则,其辅臣团队提交多轮设计方案并接受皇帝的审定,才最终深化形成见诸史册的九庙设计方案与实践。这一过程被夏言等朝臣的奏疏详尽记载。对此决策过程进行分析,不仅有助于加深对北京太庙沿革的认识,更有助于理解中国古代建筑工程的运作模式与其中的建筑师角色。

In 1531(the tenth year of his reign), emperor Jiajing launched the reconstruction of the Ancestral Temple in Beijing with the aim of transforming the ritual space from one hall with separated rooms to several separated halls. Jiajing, who headed the project,determined the main parameters for the design, while a team of ministers, in several rounds of presentation and discussion, refined the design before the emperor finally approved it. An analysis of this decision-making process will not only help deepen our understanding about the Ancestral Temple but also discover the role of the architect in the building process in imperial China.