Xian Qing Ou Ji, written in the 10th year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1671) and published in the 11th year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1672), is a book contained lots of categories in literary figure's life, included how to make traditional Chinese garden.The author Li Yu, recognized as an artist, and a garden designer, put forward an important opinion in Xian Qing Ou Ji, that man should use both soil and rock ingeniously when building rockeries, and practiced his concepts in his works.

Yuan Ye, written in 1631 and published in 1634, is the only recognized historic book about making garden in China. The author Ji Cheng, put forward an important opinion in Yuan Ye, that although garden are artificial products, they should appear like natural existence created by heaven. This paper briefly introduces the composition and contents of Yuan Ye. And then collates the contents related to rockery, translate, and explains the parts that are difficult to understand. Finally, according to the content of the translation and explanation, the concepts and techniques involved in rockery construction are refined to form conclusion.