Pan Yunduan (
Chinese
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: , Pān Yǔnduān) was a
Ming
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-era
governor of Sichuan The politics of Sichuan Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.
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from
Shanghai
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.
He constructed the original
Yu Garden
Yu Garden or Yuyuan Garden (, Shanghainese ''Yuyoe'' , lit. ''Garden of Happiness'') is an extensive Chinese garden located beside the City God Temple in the northeast of the Old City of Shanghai at Huangpu District, Shanghai. It abuts the Yu ...
for his father,
Pan En Pan En (Chinese: , Pān Ēn) was a Ming-era government official from Shanghai. He served under the Jiajing Emperor.
His son Pan Yunduan constructed the Yu Garden
Yu Garden or Yuyuan Garden (, Shanghainese ''Yuyoe'' , lit. ''Garden of Happiness' ...
, between 1559 and 1577. His granddaughter's husband,
Zhang Zhaolin (, Zhāng Zhàolín), eventually inherited it after his death.
Chinese scholars
Politicians from Shanghai
Ming dynasty politicians
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