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Wang Xianchen
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Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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王献臣,字敬止,号槐雨。直隸苏州人。明朝政治人物,弘治癸丑進士,仕途多舛。是蘇州園林拙政園的開創者。
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家世居苏州人,隶籍锦衣卫,落籍京师順天府(今北京)。弘治五年(1492年)中式壬子科順天鄉試舉人,弘治六年(1493年)聯捷癸丑科进士。弘治八年(1495年)出使朝鮮。历任行人、御史,貶上杭縣县丞、都许驿丞、永嘉知县,以高州府通判致仕。
拙政园
正德年間,王献臣返居蘇州,在姑蘇城東買下一處廢墟,此地曾是南朝高士戴顒、和唐代詩人陸龜蒙的居處,於元代建有太弘寺,但已是斷垣殘壁,破落不堪。後改建為拙政園,乃江南知名園林。
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父王瑾,监察御史。
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