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A refined lyric poet from the late Song and early Yuan period, remembered for dense, elegant ci poems that reward slow reading. His surviving work is admired for its musical language, emotional restraint, and rich imagery.
Yisun Wang, usually identified as Wang Yisun (王沂孙), was a Chinese poet best known for ci lyric poetry. Sources available here describe him as a writer from the transition between the Southern Song and Yuan periods, with ties to today's Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and note that he later served as an academic official in Qingyuan (present-day Ningbo).
He is especially known for carefully crafted lyrics with intricate diction and a cool, graceful tone. Modern readers most often encounter him through the collection Huawai Ji (Flower-Outside Collection), and his work is often placed alongside other major lyric poets of the era.
The basic outlines of his life are still uncertain, including his birth and death years, so many biographical details remain incomplete. I couldn't confirm a suitable real portrait image for him from the page I checked, so no profile image is included.