Wang Fuzhi
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Wang Fuzhi was a Ming loyalist scholar-official from Hunan province. Following the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he joined up with the court of the Prince of Gui, returning to Hunan in 1650 after Gui's death. Wang is known for his histories and commentaries, in which he critiqued or criticized the Yuan, Jin, and other "barbarian" dynasties; his writings also related the history of the Prince of Gui's resistance, and critiqued the thought of Wang Yangming.
References
- Jonathan Spence, The Search for Modern China, Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), 61.
