Career
Twelve of Wei"s poems have been included in the Three Hundred Tang Poems anthology. According to John C. H. Wu, the turbulence and lack of strong central leadership of China during Wei Yingwu"s poetry-writing years was a major influencing factor upon his work. One example of such sociopolitical turmoil is the An Shi Rebellion of 755-763.
Wu suggests that images such as the boat moving without a person steering in is a reference to the ship of state without a person at the helm.
