Wang Hsien-ch'ien (6 August 1842-8 January 1918), scholar, educator, and government official. He was best known for his monumental compilations, including the Han-shu pu-chu [supplementary notes to the Han-shu] and the Hou-Han-shu pu-chu. The third son in an impoverished gentry family, Wang Hsien-ch'ien was born in Changsha, Hunan. He became a sheng-yüan in 1857 and […]