page_title: Wen Zhenmeng
hierarchical_section_title: Wen Zhenmeng
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 文震孟（1574年－1636年），字文起，号湛持，明南直隶长洲（今苏州市）人，文征明曾孙，文三桥之孙。明末政治人物，书法家。
context_page_description: Wen Zhenmeng was a late Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, scholar, author, and Chinese garden designer.
  He was born to a very wealthy family in the city that is today known as Suzhou. He was the great-grandson of the very famous Ming artist, Wen Zhengming, and also the elder brother of Wen Zhenheng, the latter of which was the author of "Treatise on Superfluous Things".
  From a very wealthy family, Wen Zhenmeng placed first in the highest level of the civil service exams. This brought him to a national level of importance within the political realm. In 1635, he was given the bureaucratic post of "Grand Secretary", which was notable as a most supreme position.
  Wen Zhenmeng loved to garden and his own garden in Suzhou was known as "Medicine Patch". Wen's garden was very much celebrated in its day and was especially noted as being quite remarkable for its loveliness. His garden is still preserved to this day in the quiet, northwest district of the city of Suzhou.
  Today, Wen Zhenmeng's artworks sell at the major, international auction houses, including Christie's and Sotheby's.
context_section_description: Wen Zhenmeng (Chinese: 文震孟; pinyin: Wén Zhènmèng; Wade–Giles: Wen Chen-meng; 1574–1636) was a late Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, scholar, author, and Chinese garden designer.
  He was born to a very wealthy family in the city that is today known as Suzhou. He was the great-grandson of the very famous Ming artist, Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), and also the elder brother of Wen Zhenheng (1585–1645), the latter of which was the author of "Treatise on Superfluous Things".
  From a very wealthy family, Wen Zhenmeng placed first in the highest level of the civil service exams. This brought him to a national level of importance within the political realm. In 1635, he was given the bureaucratic post of "Grand Secretary", which was notable as a most supreme position.
  Wen Zhenmeng loved to garden and his own garden in Suzhou was known as "Medicine Patch". Wen's garden was very much celebrated in its day and was especially noted as being quite remarkable for its loveliness. His garden is still preserved to this day in the quiet, northwest district of the city of Suzhou.
  Today, Wen Zhenmeng's artworks sell at the major, international auction houses, including Christie's and Sotheby's.
caption: Wen's portrait in Canglang Pavilion of Suzhou
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