Such views were quite unusual at a time when the whole of Europe was following the French formal style. Yet this was also the period when Chinese philosophy and artifacts were sweeping Europe. So using the aesthetics of the Celestial Kingdom to criticize contemporary fashion was perhaps not quite so unexpected.
在這個全歐風從法式幾何園林的時代，天樸的意見顯然與眾不同；但這也是中國哲理器物風靡歐洲的時代，以天朝上國的造園美學譏評時潮，想來也不算意外。