Wáng Mài 王邁 (zì Shízhī 實之, hào Qúxuān 臞軒) was a native of Xiānyóu 仙遊 in Xìnghuàjūn 興化軍 (modern Pútián 莆田, Fújiàn). He took his jìnshì in the Jiādìng 嘉定 10 (1217) examination, ranking fourth in the palace examination, and entered office as Instructor (教授) of the Nánwài Mùzōngyuàn 南外睦宗院, the Southern Branch of the imperial clan academy at Quánzhōu. Summoned to test in the Hànlín Academy he was reassigned as Vice-Prefect (通判) of Zhāngzhōu 漳州. Outspoken in his decree-responses, he was impeached by censors and demoted by two ranks. In the Chúnyòu 淳祐 era he served as Prefect of Shàowǔjūn 邵武軍, retired with sacrifice-office, and on death was posthumously named Junior Vice-Director of the Court of the Imperial Granaries (司農少卿). His biography is in Sòngshǐ 宋史. According to Zhōu Mì’s 周密 Guǐxīn zázhì 癸辛雜識, when serving as Rectifier (正字) he confronted Shǐ Mǐyuǎn 史彌遠 over the latter’s monopoly of power; the emperor called him a “wild scholar” (狂生), and after retiring to his native Pútián, Wáng styled himself “Wild Scholar by Imperial Grant” 勅賜狂生. He was a friend of 劉克莊 (Liú Kèzhuāng), who, on Wáng’s setting out for the Chángshā staff, addressed a poem to him praising his uprightness — a piece preserved in the Hòucūn jí 後村集. CBDB gives 1185–1248 for his lifedates; the catalog meta and most reference works follow 1184–1248. His sole surviving collection is the Qúxuān jí KR4d0332, reconstituted by the Sìkù editors from the Yǒnglè dàdiǎn.