Wang Xiancheng

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Wang Xiancheng was a Ming dynasty official and scholar best known for creating the renowned classical Chinese landscape garden now called the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese garden designer
Ming dynasty official
classical Chinese garden
historical figure
scholar
associatedWith Suzhou classical gardens NERFINISHED
scholar-gentry culture
country China
countryOfCitizenship Ming dynasty NERFINISHED
creator Wang Xiancheng NERFINISHED
culture Chinese
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
fieldOfWork garden design
landscape aesthetics
literature
genre classical Chinese garden
hasCreated Humble Administrator's Garden NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
influenced later Suzhou garden culture
knownFor classical Chinese garden design
creating the Humble Administrator's Garden
languageOfWorkOrName Chinese
location Suzhou NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Chinese
notableWork Humble Administrator's Garden NERFINISHED
occupation official
scholar
partOf Classical Gardens of Suzhou NERFINISHED
Ming literati tradition NERFINISHED
placeOfActivity Suzhou NERFINISHED
positionHeld Ming dynasty government official
religion Confucianism
residence Suzhou NERFINISHED
timePeriod Ming dynasty NERFINISHED
workLocation Suzhou NERFINISHED

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Humble Administrator's Garden founder Wang Xiancheng