| Wang Yizhu | |
| Native Name: | 王以铸 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Birth Place: | Tianjin, China |
| Death Date: | 18 June 2019 (aged 93) |
| Occupation: | Translator, scholar |
| Language: | Chinese, classical Greek, Latin, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Hebrew |
| Alma Mater: | Peking University |
| Period: | 1949–2019 |
| Genre: | Poem |
| Notable Works: | Annals |
| Spouse: | Cui Miaoyin |
Wang Yizhu (; 1925 – 18 June 2019) was a Chinese translator and scholar. Wang masters Chinese, classical Greek, Latin, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Hebrew.[1] In the Chinese academic society, he was accounted as the only scholar who has the ability to talk with Qian Zhongshu in different languages.[2]
Wang was born in a wealthy family in Tianjin in 1925. During his childhood, Wang lived in Tianjin concession, he learned English and French by himself.[1]
Wang was a graduate student in English language at the Peking University, he stayed at home learned Japanese, German and Italian by himself about seven years.[1]
During the Chinese Civil War, Wang taught at Tianjin Nankai School.[1]
After the founding of the Communist State, Wang worked in the People's Literature Publishing House.[1]
In 1966, the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, Wang was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to work in Xianning.[1]
Wang married translator Cui Miaoying (Chinese: 崔妙音), she was a graduate student in English language at the Fu Jen Catholic University, she masters English, French and German.[12]