Tianjin Wang Xiang's Former Residence

　　    Introduction    Located at No. 14, Liu Family Alley, Dongmen Nei, Nankai District. The residence is a two-courtyard, east-facing, west-opening traditional courtyard house. The architecture features blue brick small-style construction with a flush-gable and rolled-awning roof; some rooms have front porches.      Wang Xiang (1876–1965) was a renowned scholar in ancient Chinese philology and epigraphy, and one of the earliest experts to identify and study oracle bone inscriptions. His works "Shi Yin Qi Lei Bian" and "Shi Yin Qi Zheng Wen" hold significant academic value. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he was appointed as the Director of the Tianjin Municipal Committee on Cultural and Historical Research. 　

　　 Tianjin Nankai District

　　Wang Xiang (1876～1965)　　Wang Xiang (December 31, 1876 – January 31, 1965), originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, was a long-term resident of Tianjin. He was a modern Chinese epigrapher and oracle bone script expert. He dedicated his career to the study of epigraphy and oracle bones, making major contributions to the research, particularly to the discovery and preservation, of oracle bone inscriptions from the Yinxu site. After the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, he served as Director of the Tianjin Municipal Committee on Cultural and Historical Research, a committee member of the "Oracle Bone Inscription Collection" project under the Institute of History at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 1959, he became the first president of the Tianjin Calligraphy Research Association, established at the Tianjin Municipal Committee on Cultural and Historical Research, a position he held until his passing. Biography 187......  More+