An Interpretation of Wang Yu: A Short-lived Poet at the End of Jin Dynasty

Wang Yu, a young and talented poet at the end of Jin Dynasty, is forthright and sincere in his writing.He is unsatisfied with the literary style of the age, and requires that articles combine diction of Han Yu and Liu Zong-yuan with New-Confucianism; he also requires that malpractice in poetry writing be stopped. He does not leave behind him many poems, but those few are characteristic. Wang Yu is good at composing Yuefu poems, and he demonstrates a unique style.