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Wang Xianchen
Ming official and 1493 jinshi who served as a censor and built the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou during the Zhengde era.
In the courtyard of a district government hall, a line of petitioners waits before a raised bench with a long table and document boxes; a blue umbrella stands beside it, a large drum stands at the gate where a few people wait, and a lake with sailboats lies beyond.
Also known as Zi Jingzhi · Hao Huaiyu · Hao Yuquan Shanren
- Roles
- Statesman / Official
Wang Xianchen, courtesy name Jingzhi and sobriquets Huaiyu and Yuquan Shanren, came from Wu County in Suzhou Prefecture in the Ming dynasty. He was born in 1469; the year of his death is unknown. He passed the jinshi examination in 1493 and served as a messenger official and as a censor for the Guangdong circuit. He was later demoted and ended his career as an assistant prefect of Gaozhou Prefecture. After returning to Suzhou he began building a garden in 1509 and named it the Humble Administrator's Garden. Wen Zhengming painted thirty-one scenes of it in 1533.
Life and times
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MingBorn 1469; death year unknown - UnknownDied