The interest of the above author in the Summer Palace is not in its winding rivers and pathways, though, but in the pavilions that are located between them. As she explains: "To Western sensibilities, this garden architecture was undoubtedly less threatening than the untamed Chinese landscape."
「對西方人的感性而言，這些庭園建築比起那種野蠻的中國園林，顯然比較不那麼嚇人」，她寫到。