Ji Cheng (simplified Chinese:计成;traditional Chinese:計成; 1582 – c. 1642) was aMing dynastygarden designer.
Ji Cheng was born in the 10th year of the reign of theWanli Emperor (1582) inTongli,Wujiang County,Jiangsu province.
As a youth, Ji Cheng made a name for himself as a landscape painter and private garden designer, he admired twoNorthern Song painters:Guan Tong (关仝) andJing Hao (荆浩).
During his lifetime, he designed numerous private gardens in Southern China. In his late years, he summarized his lifetime experience into a monograph on landscape design: (园冶), Yuanye: The Craft of Gardens, 1631.
Ji Cheng'sYuanye (园冶), is the first monograph dedicated to garden architecture in the world. His work has been translated into many languages.
Ji Cheng's thirty-five room former residence at Hueichuan Bridge, Tongli, is now a tourist attraction.
"The garden is created by the human hand, but should appear as if created by heaven."
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