Born into an official family. Grandfather Wang, a scholar in the 22nd year of Jiaqing (18 17), became the governor of Shaanxi. Father Wang Zuyuan, official to Sichuan Chengmian Longmao Road. When Wang was young, he studied hard in order to discuss the affairs of civil servants.
I went to Beijing with my father when I was fifteen. When I was young, I dabbled in the history of books, "proficient in old books, ancient Yi wares and tablet paintings", especially devoted 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 paintings, copper seals since three generations, and residual stones and tiles of spring goods are all treasured and secretly played." He visited Pan Zuyin, Wu Dazhi and other people, as well as famous collectors and inscriptions at that time, and had an exchange with them. Before he was admitted to the Jinshi, he became a famous engraver in Beijing.
In the sixth year of Guangxu (1880), Jishi Shu was chosen as a scholar. In the 9th year of Guangxu (1883), he was edited by the Hanlin Academy and wrote several books about things. In the 12th year of Guangxu (1886), my father was worried and dismissed from office. After the mourning period, he became an examiner in Henan Province. 1888 (in the 14th year of Guangxu), Qi Jiguang, a rural sage, reprinted Stop Hall Collection with a preface.
In the twentieth year of Guangxu (1894), he won the first place in the big exam and was promoted to a student. The following year, he entered the south study room and served as imperial academy's drink offering. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 broke out, and the Japanese army occupied Weihai, which was divided into Rongcheng and Dengzhou. Wang was invited to return and was allowed to return to his hometown to practice against the enemy. And discussion, but also the capital, specializing in wine offerings. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), she was worried about her mother and dismissed from office. After the mourning period, I will go back to imperial academy to offer a drink. During his seven years in office, Wang made three toasts to imperial academy. "All the students accepted their guidance and encouraged each other to study." At that time, they were called "top scholars in the imperial examinations".
In the 25th year of Guangxu (1899), Wang discovered Oracle Bone Inscriptions for the first time through the Shandong antique dealer model, and divided it into 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 700 years BC/kloc-0, and became the originator of Oracle Bone Inscriptions studies.
1900 (in the 26th year of Guangxu), the Boxer Rebellion attacked Beijing and Tianjin, and Li Duan, the assistant minister, visited the king and was appointed as the minister of the capital, "participating in defending Beijing". Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, Li Hongzhang made peace with the eight countries, and the emperor and Cixi fled. Wang wrote a suicide note and died at the age of 55 with his wife and eldest daughter-in-law Zhang.
In September of the same year, the Qing court paid homage to Wang and posthumous title. Wang entered the south study room, and his calligraphy won the appreciation of Cixi. When Cixi painted, she gave Xu Yong,,, and Wang inscriptions. An exquisite jade carving snuff bottle from Zeng Zeng, Cixi, is now in Yantai Museum.
When the Sino-Japanese War broke out, Empress Dowager Cixi prepared for the 60th birthday celebration. Wang's request is "pause the scene, but congratulate". Although Cixi was not punished, Wang fell out of favor and became one of the root causes of Wang's desperate martyrdom.
/kloc-in the summer of 0/898, Cixi abolished Guangxu New Deal, and Liang Qichao and Kang Youwei fled abroad. Cixi imprisoned Guangxu and wanted to depose him. Countries opposed the deposing of Emperor Guangxu and demanded the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion of foreigners.
In the year of Gengzi (1900), the Boxer Rebellion attacked Tianjin, massacred Christians, and shed blood in the square. Cixi was ambiguous about the Boxer Rebellion and ordered Li Hongzhang and Yuan Shikai to enter Beijing as the capital. Rong Lu used Wu Wei to protect the embassies of various countries, and made Li Duanyu and Wang the capital for the secretariat. When the king received the imperial edict, he sighed and said, "I will die today." Li Duan, who was appointed Minister Ying Yong, was depressed, rested at home and died the following year. Because of the lack of weapons, Wang wrote to his brother-in-law, Zhang Zhidong, claiming to be a street veteran, lamenting that he had money and no place to buy, and asked Zhang Zhidong for weapons temporarily.
Ministers are divided between the Lord and the Lord and between the two factions. Hawks connived at the influx of tens of thousands of Boxers into Beijing, and ministers of various countries threatened the Qing court to suppress the Boxers. Cixi agreed that all countries should send guards to Beijing, and nearly 1,000 guards from embassies of all countries were armed to the teeth. Hostility between China and foreign countries is high.
In May, the Boxer Rebellion burned the ashes of Zhengyangmen Gate Tower and the city in Beijing, as well as churches and some foreign companies. Qing soldiers killed German minister Klander at Chongwenmen. Cixi ordered the Qing army and the Boxer Rebellion to attack foreign embassies in Dongjiaominxiang, and urged Li Hongzhang, who was in Guangzhou, to go north to serve the king. Li Hongzhang recalled this chaotic life, and Guangdong refused to serve the imperial edict. Wang said in front: "You can't rely on the Boxer Rebellion, you should be prepared to defend with the merchants."
In June, Eight-Nation Alliance captured Tianjin, and the Allies advanced into Beijing. In the suburbs of Beijing, Yulu, governor of Zhili, committed suicide after the defeat, and Li Bingheng, minister of the navy, also committed suicide after the defeat. Wang knows that Beijing "will not last long." There is a well in the courtyard of his Beijing apartment, which is wide and deep, with a horizontal stone at the wellhead and a stone well fence. The king had people open the stone, enlarge the wellhead, and secretly prepared for death. In July, Eight-Nation Alliance attacked Beijing, and Cixi fled with the emperor. When Beiping fell, Rong Lu, the military affairs minister, fled to Baoding, while Xu Tong, the university student, and Chongqi, the minister of commerce, hanged themselves. The king was so desperate that he wrote a desperate sentence: "The master is worried about insulting my minister, and the master will definitely humiliate my minister to death. Stop here, this is very close. " The allies attacked the Dongbianmen, but Wang still held out. Soon, he was defeated and came home and said, "I can't live!" " Mrs. Ji and her widowed eldest daughter-in-law committed suicide by throwing themselves into the well. In August, the Qing court held a memorial service for the murdered German minister Kleinder, and established the memorial archway of Kleinder. In September, the Qing court commended Wang martyrdom and posthumous title, and welcomed his wife Xie and daughter-in-law Zhang.
Subsequently, under the pressure of various countries, Cixi issued an imperial edict to punish the culprits and suppress the Boxer Rebellion, punished Zai Feng, Zai Feng and other princes and ministers who supported the Boxer Rebellion, and executed several main battle officials in succession, which is known in history as "the main boxer was defeated". Eight-Nation Alliance killed several honest officials who failed to protect foreigners according to their duties. At the same time, the Tongtong government massacred Boxers and people suspected of being Boxers on a large scale.
190 1 year, Li Hongzhang and Yi Kuang formally signed the Xin Chou Treaty with the representatives of eleven countries on behalf of the Qing government. Li Hongzhang died of illness. 1902 At the beginning of the year, Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu, who were exiled in the west, returned to Beijing, and the Forbidden City resumed its former prosperity, but the end of the Qing Dynasty was coming.
After Wang's death, his son, Wang Chonglie, came to Beijing, sold his property, paid off Wang's debts before his death, and sold Wang's collection of 1000 pieces of Oracle bones to Liu E, another pioneer in Oracle Bone Inscriptions research and author of Travel Notes of Lao Can.
In the spring of the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu (190 1), Wang Chonglie helped his father Wang, his stepmother Xie and his widowed sister-in-law, and was buried in Guxian Village, Fushan County. 19 19, Wang Zhongliang died at the age of 49. The jade hookah given by Cixi became its funerary object. The cemetery was destroyed when Wang was studying agriculture in Dazhai, so this jade hookah was unearthed. Later, it was collected by Yantai Museum and designated as a national first-class cultural relic.