Is there really a Wang Zanghai in history? Does Wang Zanghai really exist?

Notes on Grave Robbery is a well-known novel about grave robbery, in which the broad story background, wonderful story plot and different characters make many people remember it vividly. There is also an ancient Wang Zanghai that runs through the book, but it has already died, which has also aroused the curiosity of many people. Is Wang Zanghai a real person in history? If so, what kind of personality is he? Who is his historical prototype?

People know that the name Wang Zanghai mostly comes from popular film and television dramas about tomb raiding, as well as novels about tomb raiding notes. I was amazed by the tombs filled with various organs and attracted by all kinds of new things inside, but was there such a great Feng Shui figure as Wang Zanghai in history?

This person did exist in the history of Wang Zanghai, but was later adopted by others, so it was renamed Wuzhong. He was a famous geographer, architect and Feng Shui master in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Judy, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital to the Forbidden City, which was a major project he participated in designing and presiding over.

Wang Zanghai was born in an ordinary peasant family, and his father was a carpenter. Since the second son and distant relatives in the family were middle-aged and childless, he begged his father to adopt a child to the Wu family. The Wangs had to adopt their second son, who couldn't remember at that time, to the Wu family, so they changed their name to Wuzhong. The Wu family is well-off, so Wuzhong studied in Japan in his early years. By chance, he came into contact with Yin and Yang Feng Shui, which was lost after the "An Shi Rebellion" in the Tang Dynasty. He was born with genes. Wuzhong loves architectural geomantic omen very much, studies it thoroughly, and learns by himself, and has accumulated high attainments in geomantic yin and yang.

Because of Wuzhong's background in studying abroad, Ming Chengzu was responsible for moving the capital to Wuzhong on the recommendation of director Qin of Ming Dynasty. He personally presided over the construction and design of the new capital. After the completion of the Ming Palace Museum, the emperor was very satisfied and happy.

Judy, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, prayed for a long life in her later years and believed in Yin and Yang Feng Shui. He has been worried about his final destination and can't find a suitable candidate. After Wuzhong handed over the Ming Palace Museum in Beijing, the emperor was overjoyed, rewarded him with a large sum of money, and handed over all the site selection, design and new construction of the Ming Tombs to Wuzhong for longevity. Viewed from the side, Wuzhong's geomantic omen is indeed extremely accomplished and can be called the pinnacle.

However, as the novel author Nan Pai's uncle wrote, Wang Zanghai really exaggerates.

The world will know that in ancient times, without modern construction machinery and advanced means of transportation, it was impossible to build the Royal Palace of Lu, the ancient tomb under the sea, and even the Genting Palace. This is unimaginable and beyond the reach of Wu Zhongli (which can be understood as the exaggeration and deification of the novel).

The female corpse kneeling in the Lu Palace is like a living person, an incorruptible corpse in a corpse hole, and a spiral staircase in a submarine tomb. Wherever you go, you will go back to your original place. The circle in Genting Palace is like a dream, and you can't get out.

Although Wang Zanghai is wonderful in the novel, it is far from reality. The novel deified him, and he also endowed the novel with mystery.

According to Notes on Tomb Robbery, Wang Zanghai was ordered to directly participate in the design of the whole Ming Palace. It was after the Ming Dynasty moved its capital that the Ming Palace was designed. In the early Ming Dynasty, Yingtianfu (now Nanjing) was the capital, and in the 19th year of Yongle (142 1), Ming Taizu Judy moved the capital to Shuntianfu (now Beijing), and Yingtianfu was renamed Nanjing. Wang Zanghai presided over the design of the Ming Palace Museum in Beijing, which was the same age as the Ming Emperor Judy. At that time, the emperor who pursued immortality was the Ming emperor Judy.

The Forbidden City in Beijing was built in the fifth year of Yongle (1402 ~ 1424) and in the fifteenth to eighteenth years of Yongle. The whole construction project was built by the Marquis of Chen Gui, with Wu Zhong as the planner. From the fifth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1407), Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty concentrated on skilled craftsmen all over the country and recruited 200,000 to 300,000 migrant workers and military workers. After 14 years, this large palace group was built and became one of the famous buildings in the history of China.

Presumably, Wang Zanghai is based on Wuzhong.

Wuzhong, with the word Sizheng, was born in 1373 and died in 1442. In the Ming Dynasty, ministers of the Ministry of Industry, ministers of the Ministry of Punishment and ministers of the Ministry of War were Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande and Orthodox. He built most of the Forbidden City and the Three Mausoleums (Changling, Xianling and Jingling) in Beijing, and made brilliant contributions to the architectural history of China. Wuzhong is a native of Wucheng, which is recorded in Ming History and Jiajing Wucheng County Records. There are also detailed records in the Preface to the Initial Revision of Wu Genealogy preserved by the Wu family in Dawuzhuang, Luquantun Town. Wuzhong is the stepson of Wu Hezhong. At the age of 42, Wu Hezhong adopted the second son of a distant relative and changed his name to Wuzhong.

In his early years, he recognized Japanese scholars as teachers in China, during which he was exposed to Yin-Yang and Feng Shui, which were lost after the Tang Dynasty. It is of great help to his future development. After gaining trust, Wu Zhong was entrusted with an important task and was promoted to the position of Chief Secretary of Beiping and the left-hand post of Right Temple of Dali Temple. In September of the second year of Yongle, he was promoted to the right capital. In the first month of the fifth year of Yongle, he was appointed as Zishan doctor and the minister of the Ministry of Industry, responsible for building the Beijing Palace.

In the seventh year of Yongle, he presided over the construction of Changling, and in the ninth year of Yongle, he and eunuchs Ruan 'an and Shen Qing built nine towers in Kyoto. In the process of construction, Linqing Palace Kiln came into being, and Linqing brick became a tribute brick for the construction of Beijing by virtue of its good soil quality and convenient canal transportation. In April of orthodox seven years, Wuzhong resigned. In June of the same year, Wuzhong died at the age of 70. Later, it was buried in the west of Wucheng (now the old town), and its tomb was listed as one of the sixteen tombs in Wucheng by Ganlong County Records.