Although the current the Humble Administrator's garden is not quite the same as the one in zhengde Period of Ming Dynasty, it is still serves as a good example of ancient Chinese private garden.

虽然现在的拙政园与明代正德时期的拙政园并不完全相同，但它仍被列为古代中国私家园林的优良典范。

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Thus in the eyes of Chinese ancient literati, the biggest psychological difference between man-made garden and real landscape lies in the short duration of garden and the eternity of landscape.

由此在中国文人的眼里，人造的园林与真山真水之间，其最大的心理不同是园林的短暂与真山真水的永恒。

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But then I read a passage in an ancient Chinese painting manual—the Mustard Seed Garden manual of painting—which made the situation clear to me.

当时，当我读到一本中国绘画古籍《芥子园画谱》时，我的心中豁朗起来。

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At the northern end of the Forbidden City is the Imperial Garden, a classical Chinese garden with 7, 000 sq metres of fine landscaping, including rockeries, walkways, pavilions and ancient - carbuncular and deformed - cypresses.

BBC: Beijing's once Forbidden City