"Every king or sovereign has to have a garden where he can promenade and where his eyes and mind can have a rest after the daily audiences are over and his public duties have been duly carried out. If there is such a place his mind feels fresh again and his temper well-balanced. Elsewise sensual desires would take hold of him and weaken his willpower." quotation of the young Qianlong king about Chinese landscape gardens like the summer palace (yiheyuan, 颐和园)
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