阮演奏家，现代中阮和大阮发明人王仲丙，一九二四年十月九日出生于江苏省无锡市。一九四六年，师从杨荫浏、曹安和为入室弟子，攻学中国音乐史、乐器史及琵琶、三弦等弹拨乐器的演奏。一九四九年，兼职苏南人民广播电台国乐组组长，一九五三年，调入中国广播艺术团，一九八七年，评聘为国家一级演奏员，一九八八年，获国家科学技术委员会颁发“民族乐器中阮、大阮”发明人的称号，一九九二年，国务院授予“表演艺术事业做出突出贡献的表演艺术家”现任中国民族管弦乐学会“阮专业委员会”会长。在开拓阮的演奏技法方面，编著出版国内第一本《阮演奏法》，创作有《瑶族长鼓舞》、《引水上山坡》、《山歌》、《拉萨舞曲》、《流水新颂》、《秋思忆甲子》等阮独奏曲。又为《中国大百科全书》撰写拨奏弦鸣乐器“阮”条目，还撰写有《概述中国低音絃乐器》、《阮的介绍》、《落盘珠历历，摇佩玉铮铮》等专题论文。
WANG Zhong-bing
WANG Zhong-bing was born on October 9, 1924 in Wuxi, Jiangsu province. In 1946, he studied Chinese music history and performance of instruments such as pipa, sanxian, and so on under YANG Yin-liu and CAO An-he. In 1949, he became the leader of the traditional ensemble attached to the South of Jiangsu People’s Broadcasting Station. In 1953, he was appointed to the China Broadcasting Troupe. In 1987, he was appointed as the national first class performer. In 1988, he was awarded the title of “Inventor of Chinese Instrument-Zhongruan and Daruan” by the Chinese Technology Committee. Now, he is the chairman of the Ruan society of the Chinese Traditional Orchestral Academy. He has written and published the book Performing Skills of Ruan and many pieces for ruan. He has also written define paragraph on the Chinese Encyclopedia for the ruan and other articles about ruan published by various magazines.