梁孝王营建的东苑是西汉时期最具代表的私家园林。因园主的身份和地位，其也是当时唯一可以与皇家园林上林苑相媲美的诸侯苑囿。对历史辞赋、现存遗迹、文献记载和前人的研究进行综述，结果表明，东苑中运用了“苑中苑”的造园手法，土石并用、叠石造山；引水为池、师法自然，个中建设无不精巧，且初现了园林的诗画意境；其中植物种植搭配收四时之烂漫，动物种类繁多纳四海之惊奇，美学与实用并重。

The Eastern Garden built by Prince Liang Xiao was the most representative private garden in the Western Han Dynasty. As the special status of garden owner, the Eastern Garden was the only prince’s palace that can be comparable to the Shanglinyuan in the imperial garden. This article summarizes the research of historical vocabulary, existing relics, documents and predecessors, and the results show that one of the most notable characteristics of gardening techniques is garden in garden. Piling up rocks and hills with soil and rocks, combination of stone and water were all constructed with exquisite skills. And the artistic conception of painting and poetry of the garden had initially appeared. Planting layouts displayed the brilliance of four seasons and the variety of animals was amazing, laying equal stress on aesthetics and practicality.

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