This book is aimed at readers and researchers who are interested in Chinese garden architecture, the rise and fall of Yuanming Yuan and the history of the Qing dynasty. It is the first comprehensive study of the palatial garden complex in a Western language, and is amply illustrated with photographs and original drawings. Wong Young-tsus engaging writing style brings the garden of perfect brightness to life as he leads readers on a grand tour of its architecture and history.
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1.1 The Rise of Imperial Gardens |
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1.2 The Maturity of the Garden Arts |
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1.3 A Great Synthesis of the Garden Arts |
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2.1 Scenic Structures in the Original Yuanming Yuan |
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2.2 Scenes Surrounding the Lake |
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3.1 The Eternal Spring Garden |
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3.2 The Chinese Versailles |
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3.4 The Variegated Spring Garden |
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4.1 From a Prince Garden to the Imperial Garden |
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4.3 The Macartney Mission |
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5.1 The Garden Administration and Its Services |
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6.1 One Day of Qianlong's Life |
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6.3 Fun and Entertainment |
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7.3 The Burning of the Yuanming Yuan |
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8 Repairs and the Final Blows |
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8.1 A Tour of the Desolated Yuanming Yuan |
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8.2 The Struggle for Renovation |
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8.3 The Rebirth of the Pure Ripple Garden |
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8.4 The Second Blow and Consequences |
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| Epilogue |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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Wong Young-tsu, Ph.D. of History at the University of Washington, Seattle, has been Professor of History at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, visiting scholar at the Australian National University, etc. He is now Director of the Humanities Center of the National Central University (Taiwan) and Honorary Professor at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Experienced historian and noted professor, editor-in-chief of the series Studies in Modern Chinese History; he has published many popular books in terms of the study of Chinese history, such as Search for Modern Nationalism: Zhang Binglin and Revolutionary China (Oxford), Beyond Confucian China and etc.
