Wang Qiong (courtesy name De Hua, alias Jinxi), a Ming Dynasty official, was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi. At the age of eight, she had read through the Historical Records. In 1484, she entered the Ministry of Works as a jinshi. A year later, she was promoted to be the head of the Ministry of Works. From 1493 to 1496, Wang Qiong served as the capital water lang, administrating the Caohe river, and compiled the CaoHe Atlas (Eight volumes), which was published in 1496. According to the comments of the later officials, the book gives a detailed account of the diagram of the River, the course of the river, the changes of the past and present, the funds for the repair and management of the river, as well as the records of the tributes and inscriptions to the river in the successive dynasties.

        In 1496, Wang Qiong was promoted to The Position of Lang Zhong, shaanxi secretary of the Ministry of Household. He was in charge of the distribution of salaries for officials of various ministries and the provision of wages, rations and grass for the frontier garrison. As a result, he had a good understanding of the organizational structure and supplies of the frontier garrison. Later, wang qiong was successively appointed as a member of the government of shandong (1499 -- 1501), a member of the government of henan (1503 -- 1505), a member of the government of henan (1505 -- 1506), a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Beijing (1506 -- 1508,1512 -- 1513), a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of nanjing (1508 -- 1509), a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of nanjing (1515 -- 1515), a member of the ministry of war (1515 -- 1520), and a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs (1520 -- 1521).

        The Reign of Zhengde was a notorious period in Ming history, when even a conscientious, self-abstaining and high-ranking official like Wang Qiong found it difficult to maintain his dignity. Zhu Houxun, emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, pursued personal pleasure and had no interest in government. He arbitrarily entrusted power to others, first to liu Jin, a great eunuch, and later to those who criticized disloyalty and misdeeds. As local rebellions and peasant uprisings broke out, the fun-loving emperor toured the capital many times with his courtiers. Wang Qiong, then minister of military affairs, not only managed the affairs of the Imperial Court in an orderly way, but also sent military officers to guard strategic towns.

        In 1519, Zhu Chenhao, king of Ning, rebelled in Nanchang. Thanks to Wang Qiong's planning, calm and emergency response, and effective dispatch, the rebellion was soon crushed. In order to manage the affairs of the court, Wang Qiong sometimes had to curry favor with the emperor's favorites. So perhaps for this reason, many imperial historians disliked Wang qiong, and Yang Tinghe, the first and Auxiliary minister in the Cabinet, also had a lot of conflicts with him. In 1521, when Shizong ascended the throne, his favorites were executed; Yang Tinghe was entrusted with important responsibilities for his meritorious contribution to the establishment of Sejong. Had the Wang Qiong that has a gap with Yang Ting is framed for "deliver knot inside attend", be arrested put in prison, be banished later, the exile in North Shaanxi Suide whole five years long.

        In 1524, Yang Tinghe was dismissed because of a disagreement with the Sejong over the "great ceremony". So-called "gift" of sejong Zhu Hou 熜 father Lord si and epithets, raise the sejong intended to give the original patriarchal system, and their parents for emperor, after Yang Ting and records of who argued advised it should be "the succession studying", and since the father's filial piety for the imperial examination. After Yang Tinghe left, shizong's favorites came to power, and a new force led by Gui-Cx and Bai Jing began to appoint officials who had opposed Yang Tinghe. Three years later, in March 1528, the imperial court re-appointed Wang Qiong as the secretary of the Military department and the imperial historian of the right capital of the Imperial Inspection Court, and ordered him to go to Guyuan to take up his post. At that time, Wang Qiong, who was already 70 years old, was still full of energy and had a good command of the army. For more than three years, she worked in the northwest frontier field to stabilize the border, which was praised by later historians.

        During her reign as governor of the western frontier, Wang Qiong advocated maintaining friendly relations and trade with Turpan, but severely cracked down on the encroachment of Mongolia and Tibet on the Ming borders. When Wang Qiong was ordered back to Beijing in 1531, the northwest frontier was peaceful and the local people were reluctant to part with him.

        Upon his return to Beijing, Wang Qiong became the minister of Civil Affairs. As soon as he took office, some imperial officials called him an old man of the former dynasty and tried every means to oust him. However, Wang Qiong still stuck to her duties and died six months later. There is no doubt that as the minister of household and military affairs, Wang Qiong dutifully deserved his duties. It was said that Wang Qiong knew the number of border soldiers and the amount of grain needed, and could immediately judge whether the soldiers' rations were reasonable or not.

        When huo Tao, a minister in the Ming Dynasty, was sorting out military documents, he began to show respect for this minister who he had never met before. In his epitaph for Wang Qiong, Huo Tao specifically refuted the accusation made against Wang Qiong in 1521. Similarly, li Zhi, a famous scholar of the Ming Dynasty, believed that the accusation of Wang Qiong accepting bribes was a false accusation.

        In addition to Caohe Atlas, wang Qiong also had two collections of notes, one of which is The Memorial to the Ministry of Households (two volumes), which contains the notes written by Wang Qiong when he was the minister of the Ministry of Households from 1513 to 1515. The other is Jinxi Memorial, also known as This Book (Fourteen volumes), which contains the notes he made during his reign as war minister from 1515 to 1521. "Huangming Classics and Literary Works" collected a total of 37 pieces of Wang Qiong zuo Shu. Wang Qiong also wrote a volume called Annals of Cao Mingchen, which collected the deeds of officials who had started their career as common government officials and then became famous officials since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. It was then compiled into a book to encourage and encourage wang. Later, she also wrote a volume called Sequels. Wang Qiong also wrote the Deeds of Beilu (Border) and the Deeds of Siphan, one volume each, recording his dealings with The Tartars and The Siphans from 1521 to 1531. Last but not least, there is Shuangxi Miscellany (a volume), which is a miscellany of notes made by Wang Qiong, recording various events in the Dynasty.