Literati Gardens: Poetic Sentiment & Picturesque Allure (Bilingual)

Literati Gardens is a collection of diligent 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, indepth work of research into the gardens’ form and content, the discrete biographies of their creators and the individual characteristics that make up the rich history of garden design through time.