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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
                                                                        ⧀'   8PPEܐ⮏ⅲǗ0SJFOUBM  (BSEFOTǘ㦓
               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
                                                                        ৬૥૯⧁ॸᕱ䢲ᇅ㐤ⅴ೰७ᗆ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ǘ̷ᕍዠ׍Ԭ͞⾾
               commanded deer to be brought. The Northern Song emperor
                                                                        ᫶ඩ㑵ᕖˏ૯া७ᗆ䢲७ˮ㨳㶏૨␱ǐ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♘䢲᳦̑ⅴ೰६ἁዠϭ̞ἁḵǐ
               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⒤६਽ǐ    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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