Wang Zhengyi (Chinese: 王正谊, courtesy name: Zibin / 子斌, Xiao'erjing: وْا ﺟْﻊ ىِ) (1844–1900) was a martial artist during the late Qing dynasty, hailing from Cangzhou, Hebei.
[1] The agency was a secure courier business which served a broad area, from Shanhai Pass in the north to Huai'an (Jiangsu) in the south.
Wang Wu was chivalrous in nature and became friends with members of the reform movement, including a young Tan Sitong to whom he taught martial arts.
In 1898 with the failure of the Hundred Days' Reform, Wang and Tan Sitong attempted to rescue the imprisoned Guangxu Emperor, but failed.
Wang Wu died in 1900 from bullet wounds sustained whilst fighting the Eight-Nation Alliance during the Boxer Rebellion, his corpse was beheaded and the head hung up for display, his remains were stolen away by Huo Yuanjia for burial.