Wang Qijun, born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, in 1954, is a Chinese-Canadian scholar and a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He studied at Nanjing University of the Arts, Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering, and the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University, earning master's and doctoral degrees. He once moved to Canada and later returned to China to teach. His research and writing focus on traditional Chinese architecture. The two books listed here, Savoring Ancient Chinese Architecture in the Rain of Spring Trees (Second Edition) and Daily Readings on Ancient Architecture, both take ancient buildings as their theme, combining reliable knowledge with an enjoyable, readable approach for general readers. Public information is limited, but he has been praised as a "scholar-painter" and has received the Taiwan Golden Tripod Award and the National Book Award. His works include Chinese Vernacular Dwellings, An Illustrated Dictionary of Chinese Architecture, and The Complete Series of Ancient Chinese Architecture, showing a long engagement between architecture and fine art, with an emphasis on the interplay of text and images and on direct visual experience; he has had a broad influence in popularizing knowledge of traditional architecture.
