After the Ming Dynasty was overthrown by the Qing Dynasty, many scholars remained adherents of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Chuanshan, who regarded himself as adherent of the Ming Dynasty, had a particularly profound and abiding loyalty to the former dynasty. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Chuanshan, as adherent of the former dynasty, devoted himself to literary crea- tion, and he produced many scholarly works. Through an analysis of Ci poetry by Wang Chuanshan and ancient people's strong feelings of being adherents of former dynasties, t...