Initially a local official, he was given a series of appointments in Central Region, Henan Jiangbei and Jiangzhe provinces starting in 1268.
He was a noted prose stylist in the Tang manner of unadorned directness.
A biography of Wang exists in the official history of the Yuan dynasty (元史).
Mists announce this letter of long life, I buy another cup of wine.
You, goddess by the vast sea, Watch in peace The stirrings of the world's dust.