This is a collection of scholarly writings by Chen Congzhou, one of the most preeminent scholars in the field of garden history. It provides a fascinating look into various aspects of traditional Chinese garden design and culture and represents a serious, in-depth work of research into the gardens’ form and content, the discrete biography of their creators and the individual characteristics that make up the rich history of garden design through time. It provides both the garden enthusiasts and specialists with an accessible introduction to the essentials of traditional Chinese garden design and historic landscape restoration, as well as a scholarly view of this great tradition.
About the AuthorPreface前言
Notes from the Translator译者絮语
Part One Gardens Wrought in Spitten Images of Heaven 虽由人作，宛自天开
Suzhou Gardens: An Overview苏州园林概述
Master-of-Fishnets Garden, Suzhou苏州网师园
Dark Blue Waves Pavilion, Suzhou苏州沧浪亭
Retreat and Reflection Garden, Tongli同里退思园
Yangzhou Gardens and Dwellings扬州园林与住宅
Small-Rock Mountain Abode扬州片石山房—石涛叠山作品
Qiao’s Garden, Taizhou 乔园
A Note on Rebuilding Water-Inked Garden 重修水绘园记
Gratification Garden, Inner Garden, Shanghai上海的豫园与内园
Shen’s Garden, Vernal Waves Bridge, Shaoxing绍兴的沈园与春波桥
West Lake Gardens, Hangzhou西湖园林风格漫谈
Slender West Lake, Yangzhou瘦西湖漫谈
South-and-North Lake, Haiyan 南北湖
Notes on Prince Gong’s Mansion恭王府小记
Summer Palace, Beijing颐和园
Mountain Summer Resort, Outlying Temples, Chengde避暑山庄
Part Two Garden-Making Precepts and Aesthetic 造园准则与美学
On Gardens 1 说园
On Gardens 2续说园
On Gardens 3说园三.
On Gardens 4说园四.
On Gardens 5 说园五
Gardens South and North Differ in Scenery园林分南北 景物各千秋
Poetry, Prose and Craft of Gardens中国诗文与中国园林艺术
Gardens and Landscape Painting 园林与山水画
Gardens and Kunqu Opera: Beauty’s Tour de Force园林美与昆曲美
Joy of Daily Rambling of Gardens园日涉以成趣
View Borrowing in Garden Architecture建筑中的“借景”
Country Dwellings and Gardens 村居与园林
Chen Congzhou Timeline 陈从周生平
Bibliography 参考书目
Glossary 附录
