Wang Wen was born in the tenth year of Hongzhi and died in the fourth year of Wanli. People from Wuxi, Jiangsu. Smart since childhood, able to write poetry at the age of 9, and fond of painting. After that, he went to Er Quan Academy founded by Shao Bao and worshipped it, vowing to study behind closed doors for 3 years. Great progress in studies and good conduct were cited in the 14th year of Zhengde (1519). In the 11th year of Jiajing (1532), he tried and tried again, but he did not attend palace examination and went back to Wuxi to continue his studies. Six years later, he went to Beijing Tingdui, and was admitted to the Jinshi in the seventeenth year of Jiajing (1538), when he was 42 years old.
The principal of the initial account granting department supervised Xuzhou warehouse, managed it well, and reduced the loss by 23/1. After being transferred to the Nanjing Ministry of War, he served as a car driver, and he was able to sympathize with the sufferings of the foot soldiers. At that time, the enemy often invaded the territory. In order to take precautions, he investigated and registered the heroic people in advance and mobilized them to apply in time. After the recruitment, give a generous salary; When they are abolished, they often have surplus capital to take away. Someone reported it to the Ministry of War, please pursue it. Wang asked without fear, arguing. Wang asked about the filial piety of the father. During his stay in Beijing, he was ready to adopt his father. But my father didn't want to leave his hometown, so he asked him to draw 3 fans and write a poem for each. The old man uses one every day, as if his son served every day. Since then, Wang Wen has been transferred to Guangdong Province, where he went to Tongjiang (now Tonglu County, Zhejiang Province). Because he missed his father, he decided not to go south again, abandoned his official position and returned to Wuxi, and finally raised his father. Since then, he has been indifferent to the scholars, and he is nostalgic for the lakes and mountains. There are other businesses on the side of Tingsong Temple in Huishan, Wuxi (now Tingsongfang), the former site of Lvluo Temple outside Zhaochunmen in the east of the city (now near Lvta Road) and the foothills of Baojie Mountain on the south bank of Wuli Lake. He lived in Baojie Mountain House (also known as Hushan Caotang) for the longest time, and did not live in the city for 3 years. In the thirty-third year of Jiajing, Qin Han, Gu Kejiu, Hua Cha, Wang Shisha and others rebuilt the Bishan Yin Society in Huishan, and formed a poetry society in the meantime. Ming Wanli died in 1576 at the age of 79.