 At the age of sixteen, Wang Zhenyi traveled south of the Yangtze river with her father until she moved back to the capital.She was able to see places like Shaanxi, Hubei, and Guangdong, broadening her horizons and enriching her experiences.When she was eighteen, she made friends with female scholars in Jiangning through her poetry and began focusing on her studies in astronomy and mathematics, most of which were self-taught.