Focusing on a series of anecdotes about private transactions involving objects in gardens, the author dissects the intricate nexus between the exchange of poetry and the poetry of exchange.

• 藉由聚焦在一连串关于亭园中涉及物品之私人互动的轶事，作者剖析出诗文之互赠，与互赠之诗文两者间纠缠的连结。