His grandfather worked in Beijing, and every year brought back valuable calligraphic artifacts that he had purchased there. Young Wang thus became familiar, from an early age, with the works and implements of prominent calligraphers from throughout the land. At an age when other children were still busy at their games, Wang used to bury himself among books, for hours on end, in the family library.
並由於祖父在京城為官，每年都會買些名貴考究的文墨物品回來，王壯為不僅從小就對各地名家的筆墨紙硯瞭若指掌，當其他孩子顧著遊戲時，他則興致勃勃地躲在家族的藏書室裡找書看，而且一有機會進去，就不出來了。