Wang Yi

Wang Yi

Wang Yi, whose name is Lu (yizuo Silu), was originally from Yunzhong and moved to Zhending (now Zhengding, Hebei). His father from Jin Shiyuan, died in the Southern Song Dynasty, to Jiangnan office. Wang Yi became a scholar in the second year of Yanyou (1315). He successively served as Yin and Songzhou Tongzhi in linhuai County; from Wenzong to Shunjian of the Yuan Dynasty, he edited for the Hanlin; later, he received doctor from Guozi and the Hanlin; from Shundi of the Yuan Dynasty to Zhengchu, he served as the Minister of rites. He once presided over the imperial examination in the first year of Yuantong (1333) and compiled the history of Liao, Jin and Song dynasties as "chief executive officer". He died after 1362. He has a literary name and can write poems. Shitian mountain house was built to live in. As the collection of poems and essays Yi Bin Ji was lost early, scholars of Yuan Dynasty seldom involved Wang Yi. In the early Qing Dynasty, Gu Sili did not find Wang Yi's poems in his selected poems of Yuan Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Sikuquanshu was compiled. From Yongle Dadian, 24 volumes of Yibin collection by Wang Yi were compiled, including 12 volumes of poetry and prose. For his life stories, see volume 167 of general catalogue of Siku Quanshu, summary of Yibin collection, Volume 5 and Volume 27 of Jiajing Zhending Fu Zhi, and volume 89 of Zeng Lian's Yuanshu.

Handed down works

Wang Yigong's poems are in harmony with Fu ruojin, Zhou Boqi, Xu Youren, Chen Lu and other famous poets at that time. The summary of Siku Quanshu commented that his poems are "spring and elegant, and have the first regularity". Wang Yi's Ci is also very good

You are on the way to Guangwu mountain. It's Ruan Ji and the car return. Ask him how the Confucianists succeeded. The setting sun and the great river are pouring eastward. No one said with, distant Cen distant vision, will also eyebrow charm.

Leave the palace and leave the house empty. The whistling wood crows the gerbil. Long past, no heart, only idle clouds come and go. Stop cloud get sentence, return to cloud cave, get Yuanming interest.

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There are many famous people in Wang Yi's family. Wang Yuanjie, a famous scholar in Jin Dynasty, is good at poetry. Wang Yuanjie's grandson, who is also Wang Yi's great grandfather, is an expert in Confucianism, especially in official affairs. He is highly appreciated by Emperor Xuanzong of Jin Dynasty, and he is an official to supervise the censor. Wang Yi's father, Wang Yuanfu, was also a poet. He was an official chengshilang and a tax collector of Huangchi.

Wang Yi received a good education since childhood. In the second year of Yanyou reign of emperor Renzong of Yuan Dynasty (1315), he was appointed as linhuai Ling and Tongzhi Songzhou. Later, he successively served as an editor of the Academy of national history, a doctor of Guozixue, a member of the Imperial Academy, a member of the Imperial Academy, a member of the Imperial Academy, a member of the Imperial Academy, and a member of the xuanwenge. He began to write materials for the imperial court. According to the summary of Sikuquanshu, he "worked as a writer for nearly 20 years, and wrote many works in temples.". It's just that these writings are not signed. We can't tell from the articles of Yuan Dynasty which are written by Wang Yi.

In the third year of Zhizheng reign of Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty (1343), the imperial court began to compile the history of Song Dynasty, the history of Jin Dynasty and the history of Liao Dynasty. Wang Yi, who had "ancient learning and good insight", became one of the chief executive officers and one of the four writers of the history of Liao Dynasty. At that time, Wang Yi was already in the position of lieqing, a senior official and Minister of rites. The history of Liao and the history of Jin took less than one year to compile, and the history of song, the largest of the twenty-five histories, took only two and a half years. The book was completed in such a hurry that posterity had different opinions on the three historical books. However, the historiography circles affirmed the innovation of Liao history. Liao Shi is characterized by a large number of lists, with a total of eight, second only to Shiji and Hanshu. More tables reduce the complexity of biography, save a lot of space, and make up for the lack of records in Ji, Zhi and Zhuan. The three tables of Youxing, tribe and dependency are the innovation of Liao history. Through the list, readers can have a clear understanding of the situation of each tribe, each country, and the relationship with the central government of the Liao Dynasty. It also makes up for the oversimplification of the history of Liao, thus making "the deeds of a generation also slightly prepared". Wang Yi deserves credit for this.

After compiling the three histories, there is no record of Wang Yi's whereabouts. Some historians speculate that he resigned and left, but there is no accurate evidence. They only know that in 1362, Emperor Shun Zhizheng's 22nd year (1362), "the Central Plains was stolen". Over 70, Wang Yi returned to his hometown and lived in the mountains and Yingchuan. Later, he couldn't stay here any longer. He went south with his family and didn't know what to do.

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