Qin and Han · Official Scholar and Writer

Wang Yi 王逸

Attested AD 114 - AD 144

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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Yi as a commentator, official, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Yi 王逸 Wang Yi
Courtesy Shushi 叔师 Shushi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Commentator
  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 元初中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 114 · End: AD 120
  • Source Date: Text: 顺帝时 · Western Interval: Start: AD 126 · End: AD 144

Family

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  • Parent of Wang Yanshou (王延寿)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Chief clerk for accounts / collator / 上计吏/校书郎 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: held

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Count: 21 · Works: fu, dirges, letters, treatises, miscellaneous writings / 赋、诔、书、论及杂文
  • Work: Chu Lyrics with Commentary / 楚辞章句 · Relation: author
  • Work: Han Verses / 汉诗 · Relation: author

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 89Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 · 1 passage