Comparative Analysis On The History Of China's Gardening And The History Of Ancient Chinese Gardens

Under the globalization background,how to reflect the characteristics of Chinese local landscape architecture has always been an important concern in the industry, the inheritance and innovation of traditional theory of Chinese landscape architecture is also a matter of priority. The History of China's Gardening and The History of Ancient Chinese Gardens are the representative treatises of Chen Zhi and Wang Juyuan, who were the two key figures within the process of the start-up period of landscape architecture in China.The two books are the most important research works in the field of the history of landscape architecture, and are the necessary foundation of the inheritance and innovation of Chinese landscape architecture and the construction and development of the theory of Landscape Architecture. There have many similarities in the writing background and the publishing process of the two books, but there are also great differences in the structure of the text, the length of the space and the arrangement of the chapters between the two books, that is the embodiment of the differences of academic thought between the two masters. Through a comprehensive comparative analysis of the two monographs, on the one hand, it can be a more overall understanding of the study of Chinese ancient gardens after the founding of new China, on the other hand, it also can have a better comprehending of the typical works and of the older masters' academic thought.Based on the study of The History of China's Gardening, The History of Ancient Chinese Gardens and the relative literatures, taking the methods of literature analysis, comparative study, case study, inductive and abductive, this paper try to analysis the research background, research content, text structure and the case study about the history of the garden of the two monographs.After a thorough comparative study of The History of China's Gardening and The History of Ancient Chinese Gardens, the main differences between the two monographs will be summarized as the following points: 1. Research background difference—Mr. Chen Zhi and Mr. Wang Juyuan's educational experience and academic experience were the key factors affecting their academic thoughts. 2. Research content difference—the two master's different understanding about the subject range and the connotations and denotations of the discipline affect the research content of the two books. 3. Text structure difference—the differences between Mr. Chen Zhi and Mr. Wang Juyuan's research route and the writing purpose affect the text structure of the two monographs. 4. Research methods and research perspectives difference—the differences of the case study between the two monographs reflect the differences of the research methods and research perspectives of the history of the two predecessors.