Wang Guowei, originally named Guozhen, with the courtesy name Jing’an and also the courtesy name Boyu, was first known as Litang, later as Guantang, and also as Yongguan. He was posthumously named Zhongque. He was of Han nationality and was born in Haining, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. Wang Guowei was a famous scholar with international reputation in the intersection of modern and contemporary China. In his early years, Wang Guowei pursued new learning and accepted the influence of bourgeois reformist ideas. He integrated Western philosophy and aesthetics with Chinese classical philosophy and aesthetics, studied philosophy and aesthetics, and formed a unique aesthetic thought system. He then studied lyrics, drama, and later studied history, ancient philology, and archaeology. Guo Moruo called him the founder of new historiography. Not only that, he had no special teacher in his life, opened his own doors, made outstanding achievements, and made outstanding contributions. He had profound attainments and innovations in education, philosophy, literature, drama, aesthetics, history, and ancient literature, leaving a broad and profound academic legacy for the cultural treasure house of the Chinese nation.
王国维，初名国桢，字静安，亦字伯隅，初号礼堂，晚号观堂，又号永观，谥忠悫。汉族，浙江省嘉兴市海宁人。王国维是中国近、现代相交时期一位享有国际声誉的著名学者。王国维早年追求新学，接受资产阶级改良主义思想的影响，把西方哲学、美学思想与中国古典哲学、美学相融合，研究哲学与美学，形成了独特的美学思想体系，继而攻词曲戏剧，后又治史学、古文字学、考古学。郭沫若称他为新史学的开山，不止如此，他平生学无专师，自辟户牖，成就卓越，贡献突出，在教育、哲学、文学、戏曲、美学、史学、古文学等方面均有深诣和创新，为中华民族文化宝库留下了广博精深的学术遗产。
《红豆词·其一》 王国维
南国秋深可奈何，手持红豆几摩挲。
累累本是无情物，谁把闲愁付与他？
Song of Love Peas
Wang Guowei
The south is now in the depth of autumn;
Several times I caress the love peas in my hand.
What do they know about love, seeds they are?
Who was the one that first associated them with love?
