Tomb of Wang Zhong

Tomb of Wang Zhong

The Tomb of Wang Zhong is a Yangzhou municipal cultural heritage site.

Tomb of Wang Zhong

Currently a municipal-level cultural heritage site, located near Shangfang Temple on Yejia Bridge in the northern part of the city. Wang Zhong (1745–1794) was a Qing Dynasty philosopher, literary scholar, and historian from Jiangdu (present-day Yangzhou), with the courtesy name Rongpu. He dedicated his life to academic research and was hailed as a “master of Confucian learning” in the field of Sinology, being one of the outstanding representatives of the “Yangzhou School.” He authored works such as Guangling Tongdian and Shuxue (Inner and Outer Chapters). The original tomb was damaged but was restored in 1984. In front of the tomb lies a brick-paved path, at the center of which stands a tile-roofed memorial archway with white walls, inscribed with a stone plaque reading “Tomb of Wang Zhong.” Behind it is the tomb platform, atop which stands a roughly two-meter-high burial mound, in front of which is a tombstone engraved with eight seal script characters reading “Tomb of Master Wang of the Qing Confucian Circle,” inscribed by the Qing calligrapher Yi Bingshou. The tomb area is planted with pine and cypress trees.

Further Reading:

· The First to Third Batches of Municipal-Level Cultural Heritage Sites in Yangzhou