"If they say that the English in those days did not know about Chinese gardens" he says, then they are underestimating the knowledge that their ancestors in intellectual and cultural circles possessed.
「如果說那時候的英國社會菁英都孤陋寡聞到不知道中國園林」，他表示，那不免小看了他們思想界、文化界的同胞們。