Introduction to Wang Shipeng: Wang Shipeng (1112-1171), courtesy name Guiling and nickname Meixi, was a famous statesman and poet in the Southern Song Dynasty and a great patriot. In the twenty-seventh year of Shaoxing (1157), he opposed ZTE by "taking over power" and ranked first among the Jinshi. He was promoted to the number one scholar and was awarded the title of Chengshilang first and concurrently as a professor at Jianwangfu Primary School. Wang Shipeng was well-known for his integrity, uprightness, and outspoken criticism of government affairs. The editor of the general catalog of "Sikuquanshu" called him "a great man of his generation" and compared him with Zhuge Liang, Yan Zhenqing, Han Yu, Fan Zhongyan and others, and listed him as an excellent model of historical figures.

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