Chants de Chu
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. (Hawkes, 2011 [1985]: 31) 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". (Hawkes, 2011 [1985]: 28)