What encapsulated the ideal of the literati garden most was when he picked a chrysanthemum from under the bamboo fence and turned to see the mountain scenery.
他採菊東籬下，悠然見南山的意境，此後成為文人園林的理想；而竹籬茅舍的田園景緻，也就此與帝王將相的台閣園林分庭抗禮。