Selected Illustrations of Chinese Historical Gardens (Volume 4)

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Features: This issue includes the complete work of Yuan Ye by the famous Ming Dynasty landscape architect Ji Cheng, Volume 1 of Chang Wu Zhi by Wen Zhenheng (Room and), Volume 3 (Water and Stone), as well as Xian Qing Ou Ji. Ji Lu Bu by Li Yu, all of which discuss landscape architecture. Yuan Ye is China's earliest and most systematic work on landscape design and has been revered by Japanese scholars as the "oldest classic in world landscape architecture." If Yuan Ye is a masterpiece by landscape designers, then Chang Wu Zhi directly reflects the landscape design philosophy of Ming Dynasty scholar-officials, while Xian Qing Ou Ji embodies the landscape design concepts of literati. Especially Xian Qing Ou Ji, it can be said to be another world-renowned classic in landscape architecture after Yuan Ye. This issue systematically reflects the landscape design ideas of China in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, serving as a reference book for understanding and researching classical Chinese gardens.