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were large, enclosed parks where the kings and nobles hunted game, or where fruit and vegetables were grown. Early inscriptions from this period, carved on tortoise shells, have three Chinese characters for garden, yòu (?), pu (?) and yuán (?). Yòu was a royal garden where birds and animals were kept, while pu was a garden for plants. During the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC), yuán became the character

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