Abstract: From the early winter of the 31st year under the Kangxi reign in the Qing Dynasty(1692),Shao Changheng(1637—1704),a scholar from Wujin,served as an advisor for the Jiangsu Governor Song Luo(1634—1713)for about twelve years until his death.As a cultural advisor,in his later years Shao Changheng aspired to establish himself through writing and transmit his words to later generations,aiming to position himself as a man of letters.The life as an advisor weakened his autonomy in personality and increased his attachment to officialdom.Thus,he wrote many mediocre articles because of social obligations,which inevitably lowered the quality of his classical prose.However,these works,in which the “emotions emerge from words”.demonstrate his extraordinary literary cultivation and rhetorical ability,and effectively enhance the value of his other works,in which the “words emerge from emotions”. Thanks to the special circumstances of his life as an advisor,Shao Changheng became a leading figure among those "scholars who were from ordinary social class and were capable of literary composition” during the reigns of Shunzhi and Kangxi.At least in terms of reputation,Shao was on par with Hou Fangyu and Wei Xi,and has ascended the hall of Chinese literary history with great dignity.

Key words: Shao Changheng, life as an advisor, establishing himself through writing