Lotus hall it was laid out in 1513 by the censor wang xiancheng after his retirement from political life . he named the garden after an essay by pan yue of jing era - on idle living : " building house and planting trees , watering garden and growing vegetables are the affairs zheng of humble zhuo people . 園中“與誰同坐軒”乃為扇亭,扇面兩側(cè)實墻上開著兩個扇形空窗,一個對著倒影樓,另一個對著“鴛鴦廳” ,而后面面山的哪一窗中又正好映入山上的笠亭,而笠亭的頂蓋又恰好配成一個完整的扇子。