However, it is said that in the parks of the ancient emperors and the back gardens of the rich merchants there really were gathered together all kinds of oddities such as "bull-tendon dog-bone trees, chicken-head duck-foot grass," and a "splendid bird-strange beast range."
但是中國古代帝王苑囿，或豪門巨賈的後花園，本來講究的是蒐集「牛筋狗骨之木、雞頭鴨腳之草」，務求「瑰禽怪獸畢備」，事事詭奇。