Born into an official family. Grandfather Wang, a scholar in the twenty-second year of Jiaqing, served as the governor of Shaanxi. Father Zuyuan, official to Mianlongmao Road, Chengdu, Sichuan. Wang studied hard when he was young in order to get a master's degree in civil affairs.
When he was fifteen, he and his father went to Beijing. When I was young, I dabbled extensively in the history of books, "familiarizing myself with old books, ancient Yi wares and inscriptions", especially devoted myself to the study of epigraphy. He traveled all over Shandong, Hebei, Shaanxi, Henan and Sichuan, looking for cultural relics and ancient books. "All books, calligraphy and painting, three generations of bronze seals, spring goods and stone tiles are all treasured and secretly played with the price of soap." He visited Pan Zuyin, Wu Dazhi and other famous bibliophiles and inscriptions at that time to learn from each other. Before he became a scholar, he was a famous sculptor in Beijing.
In the sixth year of Guangxu, Jishi Shu was chosen as a scholar. Guangxu worked as an editor in the Hanlin Academy for nine years and wrote several times. In the fifteenth year of Guangxu, it was registered as an empire. In the 19th year of Guangxu, he was appointed as Henan examiner after Zhongju.
Guangxu 20 years, won the first place in the final exam, promoted to advanced students. The following year, he entered the south study room and served as imperial academy's drink offering. The Sino-Japanese War broke out, the Japanese army occupied Weihai, captured Rongcheng, and the Shangzhou earthquake. Wang invited him back to China and allowed him to go back to his hometown to practice how to organize troops against the enemy. He also asked his registered judge and cousin Wang Hongfa to help Weihai. Peace, also the capital, specializes in wine festivals. In the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu, her mother was worried and dismissed from office. At the end of the mourning period, imperial academy offered wine. During the seven years of the king's rule, he made a toast to Imperial College. "All the students are under his guidance. They encourage each other and learn from each other. " He was called "Mr imperial academy" at that time.
In the twenty-five years of Guangxu, I bought a medicinal material called keel. Because I was familiar with medical skills, I studied the numbers and characters on it. Through a large number of acquisitions by Shandong antique dealer Fan, Wang first discovered Oracle bone inscriptions and named them Shang Dynasty. This discovery caused a sensation in Chinese and foreign academic circles, pushing the history of Chinese characters to the Shang Dynasty, which was more than 1700 BC, and became the originator of Oracle Bone Inscriptions studies.
1900, the Boxer Rebellion attacked and plundered Beijing and Tianjin. Assistant Minister Li Duan met Wang and was appointed as the minister in the capital, "participating in defending the capital". Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, Li Hongzhang made peace with the eight countries, and the emperor and Cixi fled. Wang wrote a word of despair. After Dongzhimen was breached and lost, he returned to his home in Xila Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing. His wife and his eldest daughter-in-law Zhang committed suicide by taking poison at the age of 55.
In September of the same year, the Qing court offered sacrifices to King posthumous title.