王生香先生，原名敬亭，號賣履翁，山東省費縣人，一九Ｏ二年出生於故鄉，一九七五年病逝於南京。王先生幼時，在家鄉因漫步河畔，遇一操縵之士，後悉之為王露，遂拜師入門學藝，其後又得詹澂秋指授，續成諸城琴學。師範畢業後，從事教職，又曾任費縣縣長之職。一九四八年遷居南京，柴靡茅屋，清貧渡日，鑽研琴學，樂此不疲，因得與金陵各琴家往還，融各派琴藝於一身，形成自身的特點。其著作甚豐，計有《金陵訪琴錄》、《冶山琴譜》、《鑒琴六要》、《廣陵散商榷》、《琴道新編》、《神奇祕譜指法一斑》及《拍節考證》等，嘗任江蘇省文史館館員。
WANG Sheng-xiang was born in 1902 in his ancestral home Fei County, Shandong Province and he passed away of illness in 1975 in Nanjing. His first name was Jing-ting and the other name was Mai Lu Weng. When he was young, he met a WANG Lu at the pool side then he learned the qin under him. Later on, he further studied under ZHAN Cheng-qiu. In 1948, he changed his dwelling place to Nanjing. He then visited and learned more from the Nanjing players. He was employed by the Literature and History Research Institute of Nanjing.