Yuan-ye; Yüan-yeh

Japanese: 園冶 - えんや（英語表記）Yuan-ye; Yüan-yeh

A Chinese book on landscaping techniques. 3 volumes. Written by Ji Cheng in the late Ming Dynasty. Published in the 7th year of the Chongzhen era (1634). This book is divided into 10 sections: site preparation, foundation, building, decoration, gates and windows, walls, pavement, stonework, selection of stones, and borrowed scenery. It is explained with many illustrations and can be considered an important reference book for landscape gardening research. Ji Cheng's name was Mu Fu, and he was from Wujiang County, Jiangsu Province.

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Japanese:

中国の造園技術書。3巻。明末の計成の撰。崇禎7 (1634) 年刊。本書は相地，立基，屋宇，装折，門窓，墻垣 (しょうえん) ，鋪地，てっ石，選石，借景の 10項目に分れ，多くの図を挿入して説明しており，造園研究の重要な参考書といえる。計成は字は無否，江蘇省呉江県の人。

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