Wáng Yǔchēng 王禹偁 (954–1001), zì Yuánzhī 元之, was a Northern-Sòng official, poet, and historiographer from Jùyě 鉅野 (modern Shāndōng). He took the jìnshì in Tàipíng Xīngguó 8 (983) and rose through the Hànlín Academy to senior court positions, but his outspoken political character — he was known for his memorials directly criticizing imperial policy — led to repeated demotions: he was sent down successively to Vice Defender of Shāngzhōu 商州團練副使, Prefect of Chúzhōu 知滁州, and Prefect of Huángzhōu 知黃州 (where he died). His record is in the Sòngshǐ (juǎn 293). Together with Liǔ Kāi 柳開 he is one of the founding figures of the early-Northern-Sòng gǔwén 古文 revival movement that culminates in Ōuyáng Xiū 歐陽修. His historiographical interventions, especially the Wǔdài shǐ quèwén 五代史闕文 KR2e0009 composed during his last Hànlín term (998–1001), shaped both the Xīn Tángshū and the Xīn Wǔdài shǐ — Ōuyáng Xiū took over Wáng’s “Three-Arrow Declaration” narrative wholesale into the celebrated Língguān zhuàn 伶官傳 of the Xīn Wǔdài shǐ. He also produced the literary collection Xiǎochù jí 小畜集, the Lěngwāng yán 冷望言, and other works that survive in part.