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Some hints on ‘Scholar Gardens’ and plants in traditional China1

Some hints on ‘Scholar Gardens’ and plants in traditional China1 Abstract Various texts, Chinese as well as Western, have given an idealized and unhistorical picture of the ‘Chinese garden’, by identifYing an ideal model based on the gardens of some southern Chinese cities, particularly Suzhou. Maggie Keswick, for example, writes: ‘Like the plans of Gothic cathedrals, Chinese gardens are cosmic diagrams, revealing a profound and ancient view of the world, and of man's place in it.’2 Similarly, R. Stewart Johnston writes: http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes Taylor & Francis

Some hints on ‘Scholar Gardens’ and plants in traditional China1

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Taylor & Francis
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1943-2186
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1460-1176
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10.1080/14601176.1998.10435549
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Abstract Various texts, Chinese as well as Western, have given an idealized and unhistorical picture of the ‘Chinese garden’, by identifYing an ideal model based on the gardens of some southern Chinese cities, particularly Suzhou. Maggie Keswick, for example, writes: ‘Like the plans of Gothic cathedrals, Chinese gardens are cosmic diagrams, revealing a profound and ancient view of the world, and of man's place in it.’2 Similarly, R. Stewart Johnston writes:

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Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes – Taylor & Francis

Published: Sep 1, 1998

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