Although with varying reliability, his commentaries on this work are a main source of information regarding some of its often obscure textual references.
Wang Yi was born in the former territory of the State of Chu, in what is now Yicheng, Hubei.
The Qin political unification of China by military conquest was followed by a deliberate policy of enforcing cultural uniformity throughout the new empire.
[8] These poems appear under the collective title of Nine Longings (Jiu si), in the seventeenth and final major section (juan) of the Chu Ci anthology.
In terms of quality, these works by Wang Yi have nowhere near the fame and acclaim of "On Encountering Trouble" (Li Sao), or some of the other poems: David Hawkes describes Wang's "Nine Longings" poems as "not very inspired verses".