石铮

Shi Zheng: publicly available information is limited, and no confirmed details about the author's life, nationality, dates of birth and death, or similar facts are available. Judging from the four works held in the collection, the author's writing centers on the fields of design and culture, with a particular focus on traditional architecture and domestic culture. *Home in Ancient Style: Ancient Building Materials and Domestic Art* examines ancient building materials and the art of the home, while *Models of Shrines and Temples: The Most Culturally Distinctive Ancestral Shrines* focuses on shrine architecture rich in local cultural character. The two books address closely related subjects and both belong to the genre of popular works on traditional culture aimed at general readers. Their approach emphasizes the connections among building components, decorative arts, and ritual spaces, combining design knowledge with cultural context in plain language that helps readers understand the formal features of traditional construction and sacrificial spaces. The available materials are not sufficient to outline the author's career or academic background, and readers may treat these works as introductory reading on ancient domestic art and shrine culture.