Hsueh Chih-yang, who studied under Wang and is a master in his own right, recalls how Wang liked to open a bottle at lunchtime, and in fact produced much of his best work when he was half-cut.
他的入室弟子薛志揚追述過去，記得壯老在中午揮毫之時，也經常會停下來喝酒以助書興，在微醺之中寫下得意的詩書作品。