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 | | According to what the famous literary man Yuan Hongdao (1568 - 1610) said in his A Record of Gardens, the East Garden at that time "has magnificent multi-storey front houses and rear halls, and a range of awe-inspiring stone mountains built by the well-known master Zhou Bingzhong, resembling a long scroll of landscape painting." |
 | | Later the garden belonged to the Lius in the 59th year of the reign of Qianlong (1794 A.D.) and was expanded, repaired, and renamed "the Hanbi Villa", while popularly known as "Liu Garden". |
 | | In the 12th year of the reign of Tongzhi (1873 A.D.), it was purchased, expanded and repaired by the Shengs, who gave it a new name "Garden for Lingering In", since "lingering" in Chinese sounds similar to "Liu", the surname of the former owner. |
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