Wang Shidan (1645-1718), Character Fang Ruo, Jiangsu Baoyingren, No. Lou Village. In 1703, He was the first of the first class of the Kejinshi, and was taught the Hanlin Academy to revise and compile the "Imperial Public Opinion Table", "Pei Wen Yun Fu", "Yi Tong Zhi" and so on.
Because he was fifty-nine years old, he was the oldest in the Qing Dynasty, and everyone called him "Hua Jia Zhuangyuan". Wang Shidan was in the Shuxiang Mendi, eager to learn and self-motivated, and fond of ancient Chinese. When he was a student, he was famous for his poetry, and Inspector Song Ji compiled the "Selected Poems of the Fifteen Sons of JiangZuo", and Wang Shidan was the first of the fifteen sons of Jiangzuo. He is the author of twenty-five volumes of the Lou tun Collection and one volume of the Four Books of Straight Sound. However, he has not been able to achieve success in his meritorious name, and has repeatedly failed to pass the township test, so that many readers rejoice when they learn that he is fifty-eight years old and has joined the Middle School yuan and the yuan. The first plaque of the Confucius Temple, "Sanding Jia", bears his name.
Later, Wang Shidan was imprisoned for being implicated, pending the kangxi emperor's special decree and release. After his release from prison, he lived in the county town, from which Shi duo traveled. Later, he closed his door and entertained himself with books, and died of illness two years later.
Excerpted from "Yangzhou Academy, China" edited by Yu Rujin
