Wang (184 1- 1895), born in Shuozhou, Shanxi Province, was named Xiang Fu,No. Chunfang andNo. Wuqiao. In the second year of Guangxu, Bingzi won the second place. Awarded the editing and promotion of imperial history. He impeached officials who quit without fighting in the Sino-French war. Guangxu 1 1 year, served as deputy examiner in Jiangxi, and later as magistrate in Zhou Xun, Guangxi. After resigning, he gave lectures at Taikoo Shan College. Poetry and prose works, the brushwork is firm and solemn, and there is the biography of Hanlin in Qing Dynasty (390 pages).

Throughout the nearly 300 years of the Qing Dynasty, 1 12 imperial examination system produced 1 14 top scholars nationwide, including 69 in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, only one in Shanxi, namely, King Shuozhou and three in Tan Hua, namely, Qiao Jinfang in wenxi county, Wen in Taigu County and Wang Wenzhai in Jishan County.

Photo: Wang's original works