Engel, David H. Creating a Chinese Garden . Focuses on the characteristics of the Chinese garden, contrasts it with those of the Japanese garden, and describes form and composition and design and construction techniques. A concise historical survey with bibliography. The Rock in Chinese Art . China Institute in America, 1985.
Rocks are one of the main components in a Chinese garden.
Translation of Zhongguo wenhua yu yuanlin yishu, the book discusses the garden as art, but also emphasizes Confucianism and Daoism as the source of Chinese garden aesthetics. Describes various designs of Chinese gardens. A Study and Analysis of the Spatial Design of the Chinese Private Garden . Cambridge University Press, 1991. An English architect, the author reviews some forty gardens, mainly in Jiangsu Province and Shanghai.