A Typical Example of a Chinese Classical Private Garden:Fisherman’s Garden

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2003-02-12
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<正>TheFisherman’sGardenwasconstructedduringtheSungDynastyandwasrebuiltatthetimeoftheQingDynastyin1766.Thisgarden’snamecamefromastorywhichhappenedintheChuKingdomwhenChinawassplitintoseveralsmallerkingdomsduringtheWarringStatesperiod(475-221BC).BeingaseniorconsultanttotheKingofChu,thefamouspoet,writerandesthete,QuYuan(340-277BC)wasfinallysentintoexile.Beforehecommittedsuicideinariver,hemetwithanoldfishermanwhoaskedaboutthereasonwhyhewassentintoexilefromthecapitalcityforlife.QuYuanreplied: