Wang Yi's main known works are his introductory commentaries on the
Chu Ci and its
individual works as well as his original poetry written in the
Chu Ci style. Although Wang Yi is sometimes attributed as selecting and compiling the
Chu Ci in its present form, he himself specifically denies this, attributing the compilation instead to
Liu Xiang, except for his own original contributions. (And, it turns out, this does not include the commentaries on Wang's own
Chu Ci imitations.) Also, the order in which the
Chu Ci material is presented in modern editions dates from the tenth or eleventh centuries at the earliest, when Wang Yi's edition was rearranged. Wang Yi wrote nine poems in the
Chu Ci style, which he contributed as part of his
Chu Ci anthology, adding them on to the book's end, as the custom was in such a case. 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". Wang Yi is also known for writing in the
fu style which was typically popular during the Han dynasty, one example being his "Fu on the Lychee" (). ==See also==