Wuxing yuanlin ji 吳興園林記

Wuxing yuanlin ji 吳興園林記 is a description of gardens in Wuxing 吳興, situated on the southern banks of Lake Taihu 太湖, near present-day Huzhou 湖州. The text was written by Zhou Mi 周密 (1232-1298), the author of Caochuang ci 草窗詞, Wulin jiushi 武林舊事, Qidong yeyu 齊東野語, Yunyan guoyan lu 雲烟過眼錄, Guixin zashi 癸辛雜識, and Caochuang yunyu 草窗韻語, as well as the compiler of the anthology Juemiao haoci 絶妙好詞.

The Wuxing yuanlin ji was originally part of his work Guixin zashi, under the title Guixin yuanpu 吳興園圃 "The gardens of Wuxing". The present name is of a later date.

The "Record of the gardens of Wuxing" describes thirty-six gardens in Huzhou 湖州 (Wuxing) that the author frequently visited. At the start of the book, Zhou Mi briefly introduces Huzhou as a place of natural beauty and rich cultural heritage, and outlines the reason for composing the "Record". He then proceeds to describe in detail more than 30 gardens of Wuxing. The gardens of this city aimed for refinement, carefully designed within small spaces to emulate nature and evoke poetic and pictorial beauty. Advances in the art of rock-stacking made artificial hills and arranged stones common features in these gardens. These practices laid the groundwork for the private gardens of Jiangnan 江南 during the Ming 明 (1368-1644) and Qing 清 (1644-1911) periods.

The book chronicles the rise and decline of gardens in Huzhou during the Southern Song 南宋 (1127-1279), providing it with certain historical value. However, its text is often excessively concise, which is a notable weakness.

The text is found in the series Jindai mishu 津逮秘書.