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Wang Yi
Eastern Han writer from Yicheng in Nanjun, a proofreading clerk under Emperor An, who annotated the Chu Ci in the 17-scroll Chuci Zhangju.
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Zi Shushi
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Wang Yi, courtesy name Shushi, came from Yicheng in Nanjun and was an Eastern Han writer. His dates of birth and death are unknown. He served as a proofreading clerk in the Yuanchu years of Emperor An and as Palace Attendant under Emperor Shun. He annotated the sixteen-scroll Chu Ci gathered by Liu Xiang and added his own piece, Nine Longings, producing the 17-scroll Chuci Zhangju. His son was Wang Yanshou.
Life and times
- UnknownBorn
Hanactive under Emperors An and Shun of Eastern Han (114–144) - UnknownDied