The Chronicle Of Wang Qi’s Life

WangQi,with his style name YuanHan and pseudonym HongZhou,was from Shanghai.He was born in the ninth year of Jajing(1530),and died in the 43 rd year of Wanli(1615).WangQi had been clever since his childhood.He was good at reading at the age of four;and learned the book of Dai Rites when he was seven;ten years old went to study in some other places and he walked a hundred miles in his native place to ask teacher for advice;and fourteen years old as a scholar;sixteen years old studied in the official school.Then he participated in tests for more than twenty years but he failed.Finally,at the age of thirty-five,he passed the imperial examinations,and became a Scholars in second years.After that,he started his official career.He was once assigned as Qingjiang county magistrate,Wanan county magistrate,Yunnan supervising censors,FuJian Governor,Qiongzhou Official,Caoxian county magistrate,Kaizhou county magistrate,Qingzhou Tongzhi and so on.Finally,he was promotioned Shaanxi Gover nor,but he refused to do it.When he was Qingjiang and Wanan county magistrate,he was loved by the local people and appreciated by the court because of his hard work.When he was Yunnan Supervising Censors,he dared to speak the truth,though the bigwigs like ZhangJuzheng and GaoGong would be offended.After that,there are many difficulties in the career,but he still worked hard to serve the people and made strict demand on himself.Then he was promoted to Shaanxi Governor.At last,he resigned because his father was old.WangQi was also a famous philologist.He wrote many books in his whole life and made an important contribution to the literature.From the age of thirty-five to his death,he wrote more than 20 books.Especially Xu Wen Xian Tong Kao,Bai Shi Hui Bian,San Cai Tu Hui and some other books had a great influence on later generations and were valued by them.Therefore,the Chongzhen Songjiang County Annals commented that the knowledge of WangQi is shocking.This chronology biography,in order to probe Wang Qi’s life,was mainly divided into five aspects:First,the Gan Zhi chronological record;Second,record important events in the Ming Dynasty and put them in the historical environment in order to comment people and world;Third,make a chronicle of his life to record the trajectory of his life.Fourth,collection of the situation of making friends,in order to seek his communication.Fifth,the chronological of WangQi’s writings,in order to explore his mental activity.And this chronology biography includes the following 2 parts:The first is Explanatory Notes.In this part,there is explanations on compiling system of chronology biography;The second is WangQi chronology biography.It makes a chronicle of his life and verifies the mistakes of the historical records and documents.