清初“四王”中以王鉴的生平记载最为简略,资料最为缺乏,这与他生活甚为窘顿,晚年更孤苦凄凉,身后萧条有关。本文拟对其中几个问题作些考证,抛砖引玉,以期引起对画史有兴趣的同道多关注这一位培育了王石谷与吴历两位大画家的清代正统派宗师。 Early Qing Dynasty, “Four Kings” to Wang Jian’s life record is most concise, the most lack of information, which is very embarrassing to his life, old age more lonely and desolate, behind depression. This article intends to make some textual research on some of these issues and pays tribute to the public with the hope of arousing the interest of the history of painting to pay more attention to this master of orthodoxy in the Qing Dynasty that nurtured two great painters, Wang Shigu and Wu Li.