Selected Illustrations of Chinese Historical Gardens. Issue 4

Author: Yang Guanghui Compiler and Annotation
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Publishing Date: 2001-01-05
Features: This issue includes the complete work of Ji Cheng, a renowned Ming Dynasty landscape architect, titled Yuan Ye (Treatise on Garden Making); Volume 1 of Chang Wu Zhi by Wen Zhenheng (Room and); Volume 3 of Chang Wu Zhi (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 the world of landscape architecture." If Yuan Ye is a masterpiece of landscape architects, then Chang Wu Zhi directly reflects the landscape design philosophy of Ming Dynasty scholars, while Xian Qing Ou Ji embodies the garden design concepts of literati. Especially Xian Qing Ou Ji, it can be said to be another world-renowned classic in landscape architecture following 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.