title: On Chinese Gardens (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)
author: Chen Congzhou
description: Chen Congzhou (1918-2000), Professor of Architecture at Tongji University, Shanghai, was the leading Chinese garden historian of his generation, and also a practicing landscape architect involved in the restoration of historic gardens. He served as an advisor to I. M. Pei &amp; Associates and was made an honorary member of the Japanese Garden Society. He is widely referenced and quoted by specialists on Chinese gardens, and is considered one of the most preeminent thinkers and scholars in this field.
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  # Table of Contents
  
  
  [Title Page](section-0001.xhtml)
  
  
  [Copyright](section-0002.xhtml)
  
  
  [Author’s Note](section-0003.xhtml)
  
  
  [Dedication](section-0004.xhtml)
  
  
  [Prologue](section-0005.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 1: Green Leaf City](section-0006.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 2: Green Leaf Academy](section-0007.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 3: Zhou Li](section-0008.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 4: Cultivation Technique](section-0009.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 5: The White Brush](section-0010.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 6: Qi Condensation](section-0011.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 7: One Man’s Trash](section-0012.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 8: Monthly Arena Battle](section-0013.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 9: Second Level, First Place](section-0014.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 10: Five Fingers](section-0015.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 11: Seventy-Two Transformations](section-0016.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 12: The Power of Names](section-0017.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 13: Wang Jun](section-0018.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 14: Soul Pearl Manifestation](section-0019.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 15: The Bloody Rosary](section-0020.xhtml)