Chinese gardens [Zhongguo yuanlin 中國園林. English] / Lou Qingxi 樓慶西, trans. by Zhang Lei 張蕾 and Yu Hong 于紅.

Chinese ed. published in the same year.

The garden art of China = [Zhongguo zaoyuan yishu中國造園藝術] / by Chen Lifang and Yu Sianglin.
Includes index.

Gardens in China / Peter Valder.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-394) and index.

Through Western Eyes -- The Centre -- The North -- The South -- The East -- The West -- Table of Chinese Dynasties.

"With their distinctive characteristics, the gardens of China are amongst the most fascinating in the world. Many excellent books have been written about them but, on the whole, they have dealt only with the surviving imperial gardens and a selection of those of retired officials. Rarely are the fascinating courtyards and gardens of temples mentioned, nor the evocative enclosures of ancient burial grounds and imperial tombs - to say nothing of the public parks, botanical gardens and arboreta, most of which have sprung up since 1949." "In this book Peter Valder describes over 200 gardens in China which he has visited, including representatives of all types. In order to introduce them, he looks at how over the years Western visitors have perceived and come to understand Chinese gardens, and for each site provides notes on its location, history and plants." "Gardens in China contains over 500 colour photographs, many of them depicting gardens not previously illustrated in any Western publication, as well as reproductions of illustrations of historical interest."--Jacket.

On Chinese gardens = Shuo yuan 說園 / Chen Congzhou 陳從周.
Text in Chinese and English.
1988 printing.
"Cover painting of the Sui Garden in Nanjing, Jiangsu, by Wang Rong of the Qing dynasty.
Illustrations: paintings of the Xu Garden (Xu Yongyi's Garden) in Haiyan, Zhejiang, Qing dynasty."--English table of contents.