Selected Illustrations of Chinese Historical Gardens (Volume 4)

Author: Yang Guanghui (Editor and annotator)
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This issue includes the complete work of Ji Cheng, a renowned Ming Dynasty landscape architect, "Yuan Ye" (The Art of Landscape Gardening); Volume 1 of "Chang Wu Zhi" by Wen Zhenheng, titled "Shi Lu" (Houses and Residences); and Volume 3, "Shui Shi" (Water and Stones), as well as Li Yu's "Xian Qing Ou Ji. Ji Lu Bu" (On Delicate Emotions Incidentally Noted: Part on Dwelling), which are all discussions on landscape architecture. "Yuan Ye" is China's earliest and most systematic work on landscape gardening and has been revered by Japanese scholars as "the oldest classic in the world of landscape gardening." If "Yuan Ye" is a masterpiece by landscape architects, then "Chang Wu Zhi" directly reflects the landscape gardening ideas of Ming Dynasty scholars-officials, while "Xian Qing Ou Ji" embodies the gardening concepts of literati. Especially "Xian Qing Ou Ji," it can be said to be another world-renowned classic in landscape gardening after "Yuan Ye." This issue systematically reflects the landscape gardening ideas of China during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, serving as a reference book for understanding and researching classical Chinese gardens.