It was to China that the experienced and knowledgeable Chambers looked for support to complete his mission of the "great improvement" of the natural garden He originally thought that the Chinese "lived far enough off to be out of the reach of critical abuse." He could never have imagined that some time after he had stepped on this particular land mine, he would actually get a measure of sympathy from them.
見多識廣的錢柏斯，為了完成他「大肆修改」自然園林的心願，聰明地找中國撐腰。原以為天高皇帝遠，「時人無從批判」；沒想到一腳踩上政治化的地雷，反而得到遠方中國人的同情多些。