Wang Yi

Type Figure Region China Time 1340–1377 Also known as Jiemei、Wang Jiemei

Wang Yi (1340–1377), style name Jiemei, a native of Changshu, Jiangsu, was a literatus of the late Yuan and early Ming, known for poetry and prose.

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1355–1367Changshu · JiangsuStudied and wrote in the Changshu area during the late Yuan, associating with Wuzhong poets such as Gao Qi and Yang Ji; renowned for poetry and prose, he became an important member of the Jiangnan literary world in the early Ming.
1368–1377Nanjing · JiangsuSummoned into office in the Hanlin Academy in the early Ming, he took part in compiling the national history. Later implicated in a literary inquisition, he was executed in 1377; his fate resembled that of several other Wuzhong literati of the period, reflecting the early Ming state's harsh control over literati.