Selected Illustrations of Chinese Historical Gardens - Volume 1

Author: Zhao Xueqian (Editor/Annotation), Liu Wei (Illustration)
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Features: This is a comprehensive illustrated collection of Chinese gardens throughout history. The selected texts cover a range of literature related to Chinese gardens from the pre-Qin, Han, Wei-Jin-Northern and Southern Dynasties, and Tang periods (including Southern Tang). The literary genres include classics, historical records, odes, prose, and poetry. Based on extensive reading and comparison, the editor has meticulously selected nearly 160 valuable pieces of literature on this topic, organizing and annotating them. The versions of the selected texts are reliable, and the annotations are concise, systematically reflecting the historical process of the origin, formation, development, and perfection of classical Chinese gardens.