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A bi-monthly column of scholarly research on the history of landscape culture, selected and edited by me. 12 issues, 2009-11.
The column of "Flora of Landscape Thought 山水百傢言" is published in the journal of Landscape Architecture / 风景园林 (Shenzhen, the official journal of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture). In many non-Western cultures, such as China and India, traditional ways of living is being erased during rapid modernization in a break-neck speed. In this age of globalism, it is important to think about the specificity of each culture's view of landscape and relationship to nature that are indispensable parts of the tradition. To understand the differences and diversity of human being's sense of environment is essential in our shared efforts in shaping a sustainable future. The column has received generous supports from some of the most insightful sinologists and historians in the world. It is our shared hope that designers and students in and out of China will benefit from the new perspectives opened up by these advanced researches, and start to re-evaluate the unique heritage of landscape culture and tradition.
The main purpose of this column is to present to Chinese academia, students and readers outstanding Western scholarship in the historical studies of landscape culture, focusing on China and East Asia (also theoretical studies from other parts of Asia, Europe and the Americas). Each issue will present one selected article by an established scholar, which will be fully translated into Chinese and published (or reprinted) in bilingual format. All translations are by Chinese translators, and reviewed and corrected by the authors. As the column's host, I write a detailed introduction--《导读》--about the author and his/her ideas at the beginning of each issue.
Bilingual, texts in Chinese and English.
2009
no.01 General Introduction 总序 (by Xin WU 吴欣）
no.02 Nature and Ideology in Western Descriptions of the Chinese Garden (by Craig CLUNAS, Oxford University)
西方对中国园林描述中的自然与意识形态 （作者：柯律格，牛津大学，英国）
no.03 The Politics of Gensture in Chinese Gardens (by Martin POWERS, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, USA)
中国园林中的政治几何学（作者：包华石，密歇根大学，美国）
no.05 Petrophilia and Its Anxiety: Tai-hu Rock in Tang-Song Peotry (by Xiaoshan YANG, Uni. of Notre Dame)
石癖及其形成的忧虑： 唐宋诗歌中的太湖石（作者：杨晓山，圣母大学，美国）
no.06 Transmitting a Qing Imperial Garden: Kangxi’s 36 Views of Bishu shanzhuang and Their Journey to the West
(by Richard E. STRASSBERG, University of California LA, UAS)
一座清代御苑之传播：康熙避暑山庄三十六景及其在西方的传播历程（作者：石听泉，加州大学洛杉矶分校）
2010
no.01 Insights into Chinese Traditional Botanical Knowledge
(by Georges MÉTAILIÉ, CNRS / Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France)
探析中国传统植物学知识 （作者： 梅泰理，国家自然历史博物馆，法国）
no.03 Daguan yuan: A Botanical Kingdom of Belles / Blossoms (by XIAO Chi, National University of Singapore)
作为女儿和鲜花庇护所的大观园 （作者： 萧驰，新加坡国立大学）
no.04 Gardens as Cultural Memory (by Xin WU, Southwestern University, USA)
花园作为文化的记忆（作者：吴欣，西南大学，美国）
no.05 The Transition in Garden Style in Late-Ming China (by Alison HARDIE, University of Leeds, UK)
明代晚期中国园林设计的转型 （作者： 夏丽森，利兹大学，英国）
no.06 The Spirit of A Landscape (by François JULLIEN, Paris Diderot University, France)
风景的性灵（作者： 弗朗索瓦· 朱立安，巴黎迪特罗大学，法国）
2011 Closing Remark 結語 (by Xin WU 吳欣)
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