Wang Zhen ( ) was a celebrated modern Chinese artist of the Shanghai School. His dates are sometimes given as 1877-1930, but are corrected as (1867-1938) in the Encyclopedia of Chinese Artists (Zhongguo meishu jia renming cidian) on p. 131. Wang Zhen was also variously known as Bailong shanren and as a devote Buddhist under other names. He was originally from Wuxing in Zhejiang Province, although spent most of his life in in the city of Shanghai where he was a successful businessman-banker. Wang Zhen was a master calligrapher as well as a painter of flowers, birds, personages and Buddhist subjects. He was closely associated with and considered the disciple of the painter Wu Changshuo. It is sometimes said that many of his teacher's paintings were from Wang Zhen himself. Wang Zhen's paintings enjoy a considerable popularity in Japan where he had made many trips in his business and artistic career. He is known there as O Itei from his variant Chinese name of Wang Yiting (Wang I-t'ing). This Japan connection he shared with his mentor Wu Changshuo. Photos can be seen of the pair with the Japanese artist Tessai. Other Japan influences existed as well. The Japan affiliations of Wang Zhen have led to his undeserved lack of esteem among his countrymen. However Wang Zhen was an artist of the first rank and his lack of Chinese prestige will certainly in the future be rectified.

Wang Zhen ( , fl. 1290—1333) was an official of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) of China. He is credited with the invention of the first wooden movable type printing in the world, while his predecessor of the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), Bi Sheng (990-1051 AD), invented the world's first earthenware movable type printing. His illustrated agricultural treatise was also one of the most advanced of its day, covering a wide range of equipment and technologies available in the late 13th and early 14th century.

Wáng Zhēn (王禎) was the first Ming Dynasty eunuch with power in the court (see Battle of Tumu Fortress). The Zhihua Si Temple in Beijing was built in 1443 at his order.