Wang Yucheng Explained

Wang Yucheng (or Yu-Ch'eng) (王禹偁, 954–1001) was a Chinese poet from Juye in the Shandong province during the Song dynasty. He served in a government post and was known for forthright criticism of policies; this led to his eventual banishment to the South.

His text Jianlong yishi (建隆遺事), discussed by historian Li Tao in Xu zizhi tongjian changbian (續資治通鑑長編), is no longer extant.[1]

The book Wang Yucheng yanjiu (王禹偁研究) by Huang Chi-fang of National Taiwan University examines the development of Song-era guwen.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Lorge . Peter . 2013 . Sima Guang on Song Taizong: Politics, History and Historiograph . Journal of Song-Yuan Studies . 42 . 5–43 . 10.1353/sys.2013.0018.
  2. Lee . Chen-hui . Huang . Yi-jen . 2020 . Translated by Douglas Skonicki . Recent Taiwanese Scholarship on Song Dynasty Poetry and Prose . Journal of Song-Yuan Studies . 49 . 455–476 . 10.1353/sys.2020.0011.