Wang Jiusi

Wang Jiusi 王九思 (1468-1551) was a Chinese official, writer and satirical playwright from Shaanxi, one of the Former Seven Masters. He was a friend of Kang Hai, also from Shaanxi, and the pair were banished from the Ming court after being identified as belonging to Liu Jin's political faction.{{cite book|author=Yuming Luo|title=A Concise History of Chinese Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWVIVroAZKcC&pg=PA705|year=2011|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-20366-4|page=705}}

His most famous zaju was a one-act adaptation of the folktale of the Wolf of Zhongshan.{{cite book|author=Wilt Idema|title=A Guide to Chinese Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_2ZwAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=978-0-89264-099-7}}{{cite book|author=Wilt L. Idema|title=Personal Salvation and Filial Piety: Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her Acolytes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nKimqfLnB1IC&pg=PA35|year=2008|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-3215-5|pages=35–7}}