阮演奏家，現代中阮和大阮發明人王仲丙，一九二四年十月九日出生於江蘇省無錫市。一九四六年，師從楊蔭瀏、曹安和為入室弟子，攻學中國音樂史、樂器史及琵琶、三弦等彈撥樂器的演奏。一九四九年，兼職蘇南人民廣播電台國樂組組長，一九五三年，調入中國廣播藝術團，一九八七年，評聘為國家一級演奏員，一九八八年，獲國家科學技術委員會頒發「民族樂器中阮、大阮」發明人的稱號，一九九二年，國務院授予「表演藝術事業做出突出貢獻的表演藝術家」現任中國民族管弦樂學會「阮專業委員會」會長。在開拓阮的演奏技法方面，編著出版國內第一本《阮演奏法》，創作有《瑤族長鼓舞》、《引水上山坡》、《山歌》、《拉薩舞曲》、《流水新頌》、《秋思憶甲子》等阮獨奏曲。又為《中國大百科全書》撰寫撥奏弦鳴樂器「阮」條目，還撰寫有《概述中國低音絃樂器》、《阮的介紹》、《落盤珠歷歷，搖佩玉錚錚》等專題論文。
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.