What is the nature of this case that has been debated from the eighteenth century to the present, with scholars in China and the West, experts on gardening, and sinologists all coming up with their own evidence and having their own say. What can we read into this marathon battle?
這樁公案從十八世紀打到晚近，中西學者各舉例證、分執一詞，究竟實情如何？我們能從這場馬拉松論戰中，讀出什麼有趣的現象？