Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of Illustrations ix
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Note to Readers xvii
7. Map 1
8. Introduction: Historicizing the Early Qing Landscape 3
9. Part I: Recovering the Kangxi Landscape
10. Excerpt from “ Record of Traveling at the Invitation of the Emperor” 15
11. 1. Reconstructing Kangxi 20
12. Part II: Allegories of Empire
13. 2. Mountain Veins 59
14. “ Record of the Mountain Estate to Escape the Heat” by the Kangxi emperor 79
15. 3. Only Here in Rehe 81
16. Part III: Space and Pictoriality
17. 4. Painting and the Surveyed Site 105
18. 5. Paper Gardens 151
19. Part IV: The Metonymic Landscape
20. 6. Touring the Rear Park 191
21. Conclusion: The Landscape of the Emperor 225
22. Glossary 231
23. Notes 235
24. Bibliography 247
25. Index 261