Abstract:Zhi Garden was a private garden built in Changzhou in the late Ming Dynasty. It was the place where its owner, Wu Liang, kept out of officialdom and settled down. The garden featured beautiful waterscape, well-spaced buildings and abundant plants. In order to explore historical landscape of Zhi Garden, based on the study of the garden restoration, this paper analyzes the floristics and plant functions of viewing, playing, separation and productivity through the related literature, poetry and paintings on the garden. It summarizes the aesthetic of plants in four aspects: ideal of seclusion, Buddha-worship, refined taste of literati and pastoral interest.
