The Refined Taste Of Literati In Classical Garden

'The refined taste of literati', is a well-known phrase, what is the meaning of it? Everyone can speak one or two, but they don't know whole of it. Many scholars thought it was interesting, but they just picking at it, few scholars have made systematic study. Based on this, the thesis author has made his research from the following four aspects:The first part is introduction, including the cause of writing, significance of selected topic, history of study. Through the represent of cause and significance, the paper will research into the current significance of the refined taste of literati, and will reveal the academic value through the analysis of the situation of study.The second part mainly deals with the refined taste of literati in six parts. The first are study and private library. Study is very import to literati, the real temper of the literati will be seen from it. The second are inscribed board and couplet what can make the finishing point, the instruction to the garden building. The third are water and stone. Since the saying of Confucius','the ofnye takes pleasure in mountain, the wise takes pleasure in water.'Mountain and water glide into a kind of culture code and has the important meaning to the literati, the garden of Chinese literati is the materialized shape of literati poem and painting. The fourth are grass, tree, bird, animal, worm and fish. Chinese literati always love the animal and plant life and have the feelings of min-bao-wu-yu, according to the teaching of Confucius','knowing much grass, tree, worm and fish.'By the rich in cultural heritage, some animal and plant has become wealthy culture code, feeling carrier of literati and essential factors of garden. The fifth are wine and tea,'the wine emboldens the hero, the tea make the literati think deeply', and the literati in Wei-jin dynasty and before mostly love the wine, tea almost become the thing that the literati can't do without since the Tang dynasty with the popular of tea. The sixth is Kunqu opera, as the comprehensive art, they linked in countless ways:it is worth to make further efforts in it because the former scholars haven't given enough concerns.The third and fourth parts put on emphasis on discussing the paradigm shift and inspiration to the contemporary life of the refined taste of literati. Classical garden is not so much a kind of culture as a kind of the ancients'life style. Among the classical gardens, literati garden is the representation of garden culture and the imaginable nature, also an equilibrium point between the inside and outside of the world. It is the anchorage of the literati supreme hopes about the living environment. So as the symbol of the literati'living relish, the refined taste of literati only can be reflected incisively and vividly in garden life. The thesis author hopes analyze the paradigm shift and inspiration to the contemporary life through the garden.