Wang Yi

Chinese poet and librarian (89–158)

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Born: 80s
Citizenship: Eastern Han
Occupation: writer

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Wang Yi, courtesy name Shushi, was a Chinese anthologist, librarian, and poet during the Eastern Han dynasty who was employed in the Imperial Library by the Later Han emperor Shun Di. Wang Yi is known for his work on the poetry anthology Chu Ci. Although with varying reliability, his commentaries on this work are a main source of information regarding some of its often obscure textual references.

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Family name: Wang
Sex or gender: male
Time period: Eastern Han
Child: Wang Yanshou
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1.chinesereferenceshelf.brillonline.com/ancient-literature/entries/COM-0221
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Courtesy name: 叔師 script: traditional Chinese characters

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