Zhou Jing (courtesy name Yuxun, pseudonym Xiangshan) was born in Shangyuan County in Jiangning Prefecture in the sixth year of the Tianqi reign (1626). According to the inference of academic circles, the date of his death should be after the forty-second year of the Kangxi reign (1703). He was very active in the circle of the Jinling literati in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, because he was proficient in literary creation and medical skills, fond of sociality, and active in his career as an advisor of local officials and literary selector. Existing books include two selected works (Jindai shichao and Xiangshan jinchao chidu xiaopin), which include both poems and prose, and two medical books (Yilin shengmo daquan and Huoyou xinfa daquan) , which are both adapted from previous medical literature. Owing to the lack of materials, there have been many mistakes in the reviews of Zhou ling by researchers since the Qing Dynasty. This paper aims at restoring the living circumstances of ordinary literati in the middle of the seventeenth century by analyzing Zhou ling's life, works, and career.