Wang Shaotang

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| caption = Wang Shaotang in performing

| birth_name = Wáng Shàotáng (王少堂)

| birth_date = 1889

| birth_place = Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

| death_date = 1968

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Wáng Shàotáng (王少堂; 1889–1968) is the stage name of the Chinese artist of Yangzhou storytelling, whose birth name is Wáng Dézhuāng ({{lang|zh|王德庄}}). As a master of Yangzhou storytelling, his most famous works are The 10 chapters of Wu Song ({{lang|zh|武十回}}), The 10 chapters of Song Jiang ({{lang|zh|宋十回}}), The 10 chapters of Lu Junyi ({{lang|zh|卢十回}}), and The 10 chapters of Shi Xiu ({{lang|zh|石十回}}).

Wang Shaotang began to study Yanzhou storytelling when he was only 7 years old. At the age of 12, he made his debut with The 10 chapters of Wu Song in Yangzhou. Since then, his career got under way.