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fig. 8 Troating for Deer by Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1768).
Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
ॱՋ 㒢ˠഔ䢮 䢯 Ǘ߂㶏ॱǘǎ ٫̺ᐅ೫ښḵ㡗ⳉި
Shihuangdi (221-207 BC), is thought to have conceived the initial 㒴Ͱ᥅ᥩപϭ⟰㶏㨣䢲㡙̞㶏̃䢲७ˮ㑰ᕖ
design for the Shanglin Park to the west and south-west of the ܍ঃ㐾Ϝⅲଁ⩇₢⫁ǏὊ⏥₢ἄ䢲で⿉/ 5JUMFZ
capital Chang’an (modern Xi’an), and the Upper Grove Park near
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his palace was used partly as a leisure park and partly as a hunting
䢮іᐜ䣀૯⩹ॱᕊ㩉䢲 䢯ǐ㡷ᕧⓧ̣͞ܡ˹
park. The Han dynasty Emperor Wudi (140-87 BC) expanded this
park and had artificial lakes created within it. Some of the pools ᵭຠ䢮ՌԬ ⦰ ໝॼΨ䢯̷ᕍॼ㩾㓅ᨁ㡫
were specifically dug to provide water for the deer, which were
৬૯⧁ॸᕱ䢲ᇅ㐤ⅴ७ᗆ䢲˩ݬ́ॼ७ˮ㨳
among the animals and plants brought to the imperial park from
㶏ǐ٫࿒䢮ՌԬ ⦰ ໝॼΨ䢯ܔូᶥ
all over China (see N. Titley and F. Wood, Oriental Gardens, British
Library, London, 1991, p. 72). The second Sui dynasty emperor ⻯ᑞ㐤७䢲Ւ㟚ഥྼ⩜Շ㨩㨳̞܍Ὂ⏥₢ἄ䢲
(Emperor Yang 㡷ᵭຠ AD 598-618) ordered the construction of Ւˮ˙̆ި܍₢ⅲ㶏ǐॼڙ㓅৬ᖢ䢲ܡ
a similar park outside his capital at Luoyang, into which he too ⅳଦ㐽७䢲⡊Ǘ㪏ۿ᧖⟕㐽〦ǘ̷ᕍዠԬ͞⾾
commanded deer to be brought. The Northern Song emperor
ඩ㑵ᕖˏ૯া७ᗆ䢲७ˮ㨳㶏૨ǐ㶏া⟞
Huizong (AD 1101-26) was another enthusiastic builder of gardens,
and the imperial garden at Kaifeng contained many different types 䢲˞ި૨ូ䢲ᆵ͠⦪Ϝᒶྼ⩇७Շ˙ۿᆘ➚
of deer amongst its varied animal inhabitants. The Southern Song ⅲԬ♘䢲᳦̑ⅴ६ἁዠϭ̞ἁḵǐ
emperors also enjoyed gardens at their capital at Hangzhou, and
Marco Polo’s Travels mentions a large park on the shores of West ᒀॼՆ˹ˮۈ̃ע䢲ᕖ♴❎ⅲẗἁˏ↿ᒶ᭸ᑬᐷ
Lake containing many types of deer in the Yuan dynasty. Deer
٪ⅲ㕵⿀♴ᆓ㒴Ͱǐⅴ૱᜴䢮 ⦰ ໝॼ
became well established in Chinese imperial gardens and parks
Ψ䢯ᒶ❲ئḓޯ㈠̃ྯⅲⓧ̣᪹͞ೣܡ䢲͔ᕍᑞ
for their visual attractiveness and interesting variety, but also to
provide sport for imperial hunting parties. ໝॼ᱙㡫䢮⦪ ໝ㈯ᆓ᳦᭸᪹⻍ᐂˮ࿘䢯
〴⒤६ǐ ໝ䢲͔؝㡣э⻍ẗἁ̃ᐅ䣀Ǚျ
Even prior to their conquest of China, organised hunts were an
ᑽྯಠ⧃ד䢲༵㫡ധ䢲͠ᐇᮗЕǐǚ͔ᕇ㦠
intrinsic part of Manchu culture. In 1630 Hong Taiji (who as
successor to Nurhaci became the second emperor of the Qing 〕䢲⩮⇞᪡⭷⦰䢲ם᪹ೣᭋ̲̃ᑽ̷˙㑐≸䢲で
dynasty 1636-43) established a hunting ground near Shenyang, ⿉ᢜ⒤ע㏽⮏ηǗ&NQFSPS 2JBOMPOH ě 4PO
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