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Craft Of Gardens: The Classic Chinese Text On Garden DesignStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionJi Cheng's great work on garden design, the "Yuan Ye" or "Craft of Gardens," was originally published around 1631 and is the earliest manual of landscape gardening in the Chinese tradition. This is the first complete English translation of Ji Cheng's seminal work. Reviews"This book offers a view into a strange and delightful world with characteristics worth emulating." - "The Atlantic" "[Ji Cheng's] delightful "how-to-do-it" manual, published around 1631, is here put in historical context by Maggie Keswick in her foreword, while Alison Hardie provides an accurate and readable translation, a scholarly preface and a wealth of necessary endnotes based on the work of the modern Chinese editors." - "Times Literary Supplement" "Ji Cheng's book, beautifully translated and illustrated, gives a wonderful insight into the Chinese concept of what a garden should be and shows how, in the late Ming dynasty, the planning and ownership of a garden was a way of life. Alison Hardie's excellent notes lead you through this exquisite back door into the high culture of 17th century China." - "The Garden: Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society" |