回答题。 Relationship between Morals and ArchitectureThere is a closer relationship betwe

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Relationship between Morals and Architecture

There is a closer relationship between morals and architecture and interior decoration 51 we suspect. Huxley has pointed out that Western ladies did not take frequent baths 52 they were afraid to see their own naked bodies, and this moral concept delayed the 53 of the modern white-enameled bathtub for centuries. One can understand 54 in the design of old Chinese furniture there was so little consideration for human 55 only when we realize the Confucian atmosphere in which people moved about. Chinese redwood furniture was designed for people to sit 56 in, because that was the only posture approved by society.

Even Chinese emperors had to sit on a (n ) 57 on which I would not think of 58 for more than five minutes, and for that matter the English kings were just as badly off. Cleopatra went about 59 on a couch carried by servants, because 60 she had never heard of Confucius. If Confucius should have seen her doing that, he would certainly have struck her shins with a stick, as he did 61 one of his old disciples, Yuan Jiang, when the latter was found sitting in an 62 posture. In the Confucian society in which we lived, gentlemen and ladies had to 63 themselves perfectly erect, at least on formal 64 , and any sign of putting one&39;s leg up would be at once considered a sign of vulgarity and lack of 65

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