Wong King Chi, Kenneth. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 197-206). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Chapter 1.0 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Issue and Scope --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Modern Studies of Gardens in Yangzhou: 'A Mixed Tradition of North and South' and 'The Qianlong Style' --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- An Alternative Reading --- p.4 / Chapter 2.0 --- Scholar Garden: A Convention or Invention? --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Wenren yuan 文人園:A Problematic Term --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Garden and Eremitism: Taohua Yuan 桃花源 and Wangchuan Bieye 輞川別業 --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Discourses on Garden: The Authority of Yuan Ye 園冶 --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3 --- A Material Culture / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Xianqing Ouji 閑情偶寄 and the Popularization of Gardens in Late Ming --- p.18 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Recent Studies on the Material Aspect of Ming Gardens --- p.22 / Chapter 3.0 --- Yangzhou in the Oing dynasty: Social and Intellectual Climate --- p.28 / Chapter 3.1 --- A City of Fame and Prosperity --- p.28 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Culture of Salt Merchants --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Extravagance --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Gardens Mania --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Patronage to Artists and Scholars --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Response of the Literati --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Elegance and Vulgarity --- p.38 / Chapter 4.0 --- Yangzhou Gardens in the Time of Kangxi (1662-1722) and Qianlong (1736-1795) --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1 --- Famous Yangzhou Gardens --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Gardens of the Zheng's Brothers: Ying Yuan 影園 and Xiu Yuan 休園 --- p.41 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Grand Project: Shou Xihu Gardens 痩西湖 --- p.44 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Qianlong's Southern Tour --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Shou Xihu Gardens in Yangzhou Huafanglu 揚州畫舫錄 --- p.46 / Chapter 4.3 --- The New City's Gardens --- p.48 / Chapter 5.0 --- Ge Yuan --- p.50 / Chapter 5.1 --- Historical Background --- p.50 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Record of the Garden: Ge Yuan ji 個園記 --- p.51 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Planning --- p.53 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Garden Layout --- p.54 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Touring Paths --- p.56 / Chapter 5.3 --- Rockeries of the Seasons: A Query --- p.58 / Chapter 6.0 --- Jixiao Shanzhuang --- p.63 / Chapter 6.1 --- Historical Background --- p.63 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Jixiao and Tao Qian --- p.64 / Chapter 6.2 --- The Plan --- p.65 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Touring Paths --- p.67 / Chapter 6.3 --- Theater in the Garden --- p.68 / Chapter 7.0 --- Spatial Reading One: A Scholar's Hut Amongst Immortal's Mountain --- p.70 / Chapter 7.1 --- Rockery and Garden Building --- p.70 / Chapter 7.2 --- The Influence of Shitao 石濤 --- p.72 / Chapter 7.3 --- Wandering and Dwelling --- p.74 / Chapter 7.3.1 --- Keyou keju 可游可居 in Landscape Paintings --- p.74 / Chapter 7.3.2 --- Prospect and Refuge --- p.77 / Chapter 7.3.3 --- yuan 遠 and shen: 深 Reading of Space and Place in Garden --- p.78 / Chapter 8.0 --- Spatial Reading Two: Shuttling between Mundane and Transcendent Worlds --- p.82 / Chapter 8.1 --- The Western and Eastern Portions --- p.82 / Chapter 8.1.1 --- The Influence of Yuan Jiang's Painting of Dong Yuan 東園 --- p.85 / Chapter 8.1.2 --- The Lands of Immortals --- p.87 / Chapter 8.1.3 --- Inversion --- p.91 / Chapter 8.1.4 --- Smallness and Largeness --- p.93 / Chapter 8.1.5 --- Jiejing 借景 --- p.95 / Chapter 8.2 --- Symbols of Continuity --- p.98 / Chapter 8.2.1 --- Entrance Sequence --- p.98 / Chapter 8.2.2 --- A Bridge Across Two Realms --- p.98 / Chapter 8.2.3 --- "Pavilion, ting 亭" --- p.100 / Chapter 8.2.4 --- Boat-like Hall --- p.100 / Chapter 8.2.5 --- Twin-corridor --- p.103 / Chapter 8.2.6 --- Walls and Windows: Cave Openings --- p.103 / Chapter 8.3 --- Shuttling --- p.106 / Chapter 9.0 --- Spatial Reading Three: A Pursuit of Elegance --- p.108 / Chapter 9.1 --- Bamboo: A Symbol of Gentleman --- p.108 / Chapter 9.1.1 --- The Influence of Zheng Xie 鄭燮:Bamboo and qinggao 清高，Loftiness --- p.109 / Chapter 9.1.2 --- The Invention of Taste: From ziran 自然 to ya 雅 --- p.111 / Chapter 9.2 --- Gardens of the Ma's Brothers: Xingan 行庵 and Xiaolinglong Shanguan小玲瓏山館 --- p.115 / Chapter 9.2.1 --- "The Metaphor of kanshan 看山,Seeing Mountain" --- p.118 / Chapter 10.0 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.121 / Illustrations --- p.123 / Bibliography --- p.197