Wáng Zhīdào 王之道 (1093–1169), zì Yànyóu 彥猷, hào Xiāngshān jūshì 相山居士, native of Lúzhōu 廬州 (modern Héféi). With his elder brother Wáng Zhīyì 王之義 and younger brother Wáng Zhīshēn 王之深 he passed the jìnshì together in Xuānhé 6 (1124). Initially appointed Lìyángchéng 歷陽丞. After the southward crossing rose to Húnán zhuǎnyùn pànguān 湖南轉運判官; retired as Zhāofèng dàfū 朝奉大夫. Posthumously elevated to Tàishī 太師 on account of his son Wáng Lìn 王藺’s later promotion to Shūmì shǐ 樞密使. The Sòng shǐ has a biography of Wáng Lìn but not of Wáng Zhīdào; the xíngzhuàng and shéndàobēi are by Yóu Máo 尤袤 (preserved in Yǒnglè dàdiǎn).
Notable for two acts of integrity:
- During the Jīn invasion of Lúzhōu, he led local volunteers in defending the city.
- In his graduation policy-essay he explicitly criticised the Yānyún military adventures (the Xuānhé invasion of the Yānyún region) — for which he was placed in the lower ranks.
- As Vice-prefect of Chúzhōu when the Shàoxīng peace was concluded, he submitted memorials with Wèi Gāng 魏矼 and Zēng Tǒng 曾統 forcefully arguing the “Nine Reasons the Peace Cannot Be” — kāngkǎi jīliè (vehement and intense), comparable to Hú Quán 胡銓 胡銓’s Fēngshì memorial. Banished as Salt-tax Inspector at Nánxióng 南雄 and confined for over twenty years.
CBDB id 1786 confirms 1093–1169.
His collection is Xiāngshān jí 相山集 KR4d0164 in 30 juǎn (Sìkù Yǒnglè dàdiǎn reconstruction; figure varies in catalogs from 25 to 40 juǎn).