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Wang Fuzhi

Type Figure Region Hengyang, Hunan Time 1619–1692 Also known as Chuanshan、Jiangzhai、Wang Ernong

Wang Fuzhi (1619–1692), courtesy name Ernong, sobriquet Jiangzhai, in later years calling himself Old Man Chuanshan, from Hengyang, Hunan, was a late…

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  1. 1619–1650Hengyang · HunanHe obtained the juren degree in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642); after the fall of the Ming he followed the Yongli Emperor through the southwest, serving as Hanlin Academy Lecturer, participating in anti-Qing resistance, and later returning to Hunan after military defeat.
  2. 1651–1692Shichuanshan · HengyangHe lived in reclusion at Shichuanshan in Hengyang, refusing to serve the Qing, and devoted himself to writing for over forty years, leaving hundreds of volumes including 'Reflections on Reading the Comprehensive Mirror,' 'On the Song Dynasty,' and 'Commentary on Zhang Zai's Zhengmeng,' expounding a philosophy grounded in qi and his historical judgments.

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