17世纪后半叶，英国驻荷兰使节坦普尔在荷兰获取亚洲知识和产品及其信息——这是除耶稣会传教士之外的另一条中国知识和产品西传的路径。来自印度、日本、巴达维亚的一二手知识和产品，也成为坦普尔构思其园林美学观念的素材。中国园林观念进入英国的路径恰与欧洲新教国家荷兰所开辟的全球贸易网络紧密相联，其最早传播路径实为一部"三国志"——日本→荷兰→英国。凭借广博的异域见闻和在知识界的影响力，坦普尔所传播的中国园林艺术观念超越了造园的范畴，触发了17世纪英国的"中国热"并持续影响到英国浪漫主义文学思潮的转向。

In the late 17^th century, Temple, a British ambassador to the Netherlands, obtained the knowledge of Asia, Asian products and related information in the Netherlands, which served as another approach to spreading Chinese culture and products in the West besides the work of Christian missionaries. The first-hand and second-hand knowledge and products from India, Japan and Batavia also became ingredients for Temple's garden aesthetics. The way in which Chinese garden perception came to the U.K. is closely related to the global trading network established by Netherlands, a European country of Protestantism. The earliest spread path formed a "History of Three Kingdoms", that is, Japan, Netherlands and then the U.K.. Because of his wide knowledge about foreign countries and his great influence in the academic circle, Chinese garden perception that Temple spread transcended the scope of garden building and triggered the "Chinese heat" in the U.K. in the 17^th century and continuously influenced the Romantic turn in English literature.