The second chapter discusses plant motifs in the Springwell Period (pre-imperial to Han dynasty).

第二章论述滥觞期(远古至汉代)植物纹样。

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The summer Palace is the largest and the best pre - served of the imperial gardens in China.

颐和园是中国最大也是保存得最好的皇家花园。

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In pre-modern China, emperors demonstrated their dominance by re-creating rival territories within their own: Sprawling imperial parks, which featured flora and fauna assembled from remote lands, buttressed rulers' authority by showing their ability to both create and possess an elaborate facsimile of the known universe.

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With the exception of the imperial offspring of the Ming dynasty and the dauphins of pre-Revolutionary France, contemporary American kids may represent the most indulged young people in the history of the world.

NEWYORKER: Spoiled Rotten