The Simple Chronicle Of Wang Youding’s Life

Wang Youding, style Yu Yi, named Zhen Shi, was born in Nan Chang, Jiangxi province. He was a famous writer who was good at prose and poem at the late of Ming dynasty and the early of Qing dynasty. Wang Youding born in a bureaucratic family, his grandfather Wang Xilie and his father Wang Shixi all had been official at royal government, so he got a good foundation of education, but after the year of1644, when the whole country encunter the misfortune, his life changed all over, he had to be drifting, suffered the hard life, wandering at the place of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, at there, he got to known many famous people and make friends with them,As Wan Nianshao, Song Wan, Zhou Lianggong and so on. In Wang Youding’s life he never want to be an official, and died in Hangzhou at sisty-four.Wang Youding lived from the late of Ming dynasty.When his young,he got a stable and rich life,and later,suffering with the war,he had to live in a poor life,but when his wandering,he had write many prose and poems,his prose and poems reflected the background of social.After WangYouding died,his friend Zhou Lianggong collected his composition as Si Zhao Tang Ji(《四照堂集》)and published it.summarize Wang Youding’s main life experience can help us to know about the life of scholar who live at the late of Ming dynasty and the early of Qing dynasty.This chronicle’s main studies are as follows:Ⅰ.Trying to summarize the chronology of Wang Youding’s life and experience, and make it clear at the questions left by other scholars befor.Ⅱ.Making some collection on Wang Youding’s social intercourse, and summarized his important friends’ related experience as well.Ⅲ.Making sure the background that has influence on Wang Youding’s life.IV.Stress on Wang Youding’s composition’s study, make Wang Youding’s life more clear, hope that it can be helped as a reference to others.