 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wang Zhi akanga ari chizvarwa cheShe County yeHuizhou muzuva ranhasi Huangshan City, Anhui. Amai vake vakatumidzwa zita rekuti Wāng vachipesana nababa vake Wáng nekuda kwezita rakafanana revabereki vake, mamwe manyuko anotaura kuna Wang Zhi nezita raamai vake, nekudaro achipa zita rake saWāng Zhi 直 pachinzvimbo chaWáng Zhi 王直. Wang Zhi akava mutengesi womunyu achiri muduku, achitevera tsika dzokutengesa dzeHuizhou idzo dzakanga dzadzorerwa nokukurumidza kwavo kupinda muhurumende yeMing yaitonga munyu. Zvisinei, pasinei nokuunganidza pfuma yakawanda kubva mukutengesa munyu, bhizimisi rake rakakundikana, uye akamanikidzwa kutsvaka pfuma yake muruwa rwokumaodzanyemba rweGuangdong pamwe chete nevashandi vebhizimisi Xu Weixue naYe Zongman muna 1540. Nemhaka yokusava nemitemo yaidzora kutengeserana nomugungwa muGuangdong, Wang Zhi nevamwe vake vakakwanisa kuvaka ngarava dzakakura dzakakodzera kufamba nomugungwa, dzavaishandisa kutakura zvinhu zvinotengeswa zvisiri pamutemo zvakadai sesaltpeter, sirika, uye donje kumisika yokuSoutheast Asia neJapan. Paaiva kuSoutheast Asia, akasangana nevaPutukezi, avo vakanga vari munharaunda yacho kubvira pavakakunda Malacca muna 1511. 