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A Jesuit garden in Beijing and early modern Chinese culture
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- Creator
- Hui Zou
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1557535833, 1283101866, 1612491898, 9781557535832, 9781612491899, 9781612491769, 1612491766, 9781283101868
- OCLC
- ocn811247264, ocn670480796
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- A theoretical and historical introduction to the Chinese garden -- The Chinese garden and the concept of the virtue of round brightness -- The Chinese garden and the concept of the vision of jing -- The Chinese garden and Western linear perspective -- The Chinese garden and the concept of the line method -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Kangxi's record of the Garden of Uninhibited Spring -- Appendix 2: Kangxi's record of the Mountain Hamlet for Summer Coolness -- Appendix 3: Qianlong's later record of the Mountain Hamlet for Summer Coolness -- Appendix 4: Qianlong's record of the Village of Ten Thousand Springs -- Appendix 5: Qianlong's record of Kunming Lake by Longevity Hill -- Appendix 6: Qianlong's record of the Garden of Clear Ripples on Longevity Hill -- Appendix 7: Qianlong's record of the Best Spring of China on Jade-Spring Hill -- Appendix 8: Qianlong's record of the Garden of Tranquil Pleasure
Subjects
- Kangxi, Emperor of China, 1654-1722.
- Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-1799.
- Jesuits -- China -- Beijing -- History -- 18th century.
- Historic gardens -- China -- Beijing.
- Gardens, European -- China -- Beijing -- History -- 18th century.
- Gardens -- China -- Beijing -- Design -- History -- 18th century.
- Gardens -- Social aspects -- China -- Beijing -- History -- 18th century.
- Landscape gardening -- China -- Beijing -- History -- 18th century.
- Yuan Ming Yuan (Beijing, China) -- History.
- China -- Civilization -- 1644-1912.