Chinese Classical Gardens and Confucianism

Through summarizing and discussing the Confucianism and evaluating the arguments on the viewpoint of classical gardening reflecting Confucianism,the paper confirms that Chinese classical gardening has certain relationship with Confucianism,pointing out that the effect of Confucianism on Chinese classical gardening is not as large as what those arguments proved.Through elucidating the way that Confucianism affects the Chinese clasical gardening,the paper stresses that only by carrying out the Confucian values of sincerity and correctitude in Chinese classical gardening design and construction,reliving the civilizing function of igniting intelligence,correcting some philosophy,and reflecting on the significance of the life,all of which belong to Confucianism in Chinese classical gardening,can the Chinese classical gardening get rid of the fate that being submerged by western culture and relive the power of sustainable development.