Borrowing from the outside--seemingly reaching out to the mountain and sky in the background bringing them into the garden. Borrowing from the inside--so that walls reflect the sun and shadow, and the windows and doors appearing to frame the scenery in a living picture.
除此之外，庭園向外借遠山藍天為襯景；向內借漏窗、門洞滲透空間，也都是蘇州庭園常用來加深層次的手法，總要使整個庭園遊來曲折幽深，餘味不盡。