Wang waslahir borndi in[[Kawasan theLegasi foreignBeijing|kawasan legationlegasi quarterasing]] ofdi [[Beijing]] inpada tahun 1900 while it wasketika underkawasan siegeitu ofdikepung theoleh [[BoxerPemberontakan RebellionPetinju|BoxersPetinju]].{{sfn|Lian|2010|p=111}}{{sfn|Wong|1981|p=2}} HisKehidupan earlyawalnya lifesangat wasmiskin onedan ofia extrememengalami povertypenyakit andberulang repeatedkali, illness;Namun, butia hememiliki hadpikiran anyang inquiringtajam minddan anddapat didmenjalani wellsekolah atdengan abaik di salah satu sekolah [[London Missionary Society]] school. He later said his poverty had been something of a spiritual advantage because there were many sins that took money to commit.{{sfn|Wong|1981|pp=7–20, 27}} At first Wang hoped to become a great political leader, and he put a picture of [[Abraham Lincoln]] on his wall to remind himself of his goal.{{sfn|Wong|1981|pp=31–32}}
