ABSTRACT
THE Chinese garden is more than just flowers and rocks and pavilions; it stands as amonument of triumph of man's effort to find his place in nature and to remain happy in it. The Chinese garden was at first added to the house as a subsidiary unit but later grew in importance and beauty to become its rival. In some cases the garden even surpasses the house in beauty and in importance. This evolution is not accidental, but the flowering of a civilization which cherishes the ideal of fellowship between nature and man. This understanding is fundamental to our appreciation of the Chinese garden, for without such understanding we might erroneously look upon the garden either a's man's effort to bring nature to his feet, or as man's total sinking into insignificance in the face of her grandeur and beauty.
