The Shao Carden of Mi Wanzhong (1570-1628): revisiting a late Ming landscape through visual and literary sources

摘要

Those who have a taste for the wilderness but experience no delight in it are woodsmen and herdsmen; those who let fruit rot without ever getting to taste it are hired gardeners and grocers; those who have flowering trees but cannot enjoy them are the nobility. Of the famous men of olden days, only Tao Qian found his interest held everywhere by mulberry and hemp, by pines and chrysanthemums, by fields and villages. Su Dongpo loved gardening and was able to touch flowers and trees with his own hands. This comes from a person's nature and cannot be forced ....