Abstract
The best-known anecdote linking Wang Shizhen <inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="splitsection3_in1.tif"/> to the essayist Gui Youguang <inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="splitsection3_in2.tif"/> (1507–1571) is the exchange made famous by Qian Qianyi <inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="splitsection3_in3.tif"/> (1582–1664), in the brief biography of Gui Youguang that he included in his anthology Lie chao shi ji <inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="splitsection3_in4.tif"/>, <inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="splitsection3_in5.tif"/>. In this exchange, Gui implies that Wang is “impetuous” (wang <inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="splitsection3_in6.tif"/>) and “mediocre” (yong <inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="splitsection3_in7.tif"/>). Gui mentions no men of letters by name, but as Qian reports the story, Wang Shizhen was immediately recognized as the object of the criticism. Wang is said to have laughed and replied that he might be impetuous, but never mediocre.
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