Overview
- The first comprehensive study of Yuanming Yuan in a Western language
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the construction of Yuan Minyuan, including its layout, reconstruction, and its various buildings
- Discusses the destruction of the garden by fire and the hardship that the country experienced through during that period
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: China Academic Library (CHINALIBR)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Architecture
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History
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Back Matter
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About this book
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. Young-tsu Wong’s engaging writing style brings "the garden of perfect brightness" to life as he leads readers on a grand tour of its architecture and history.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Paradise Lost
Book Subtitle: The Imperial Garden Yuanming Yuan
Authors: Young-tsu Wong
Series Title: China Academic Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1881-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore and Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing Co., Ltd 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1880-0Published: 15 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9468-2Published: 30 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-1881-7Published: 25 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2195-1853
Series E-ISSN: 2195-1861
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 222
Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of China, Landscape Architecture, Asian Culture