Wang Wei lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain and Wangchuan successively during his Tianbao years, living a life of both official and seclusion. During the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan forced him to become an official. After the rebellion was over, he was demoted to Prince Zhongyun. He firmly believed in worshiping the Buddha and only focused on Zen chanting. Later he became the Minister of the Book of History, Youcheng. In addition to poetry, he has profound attainments in painting, music, calligraphy, etc. Wang Wei lived a life of both officialdom and seclusion throughout his life, and his poems were famous for pastoral poems. The artistic conception of his poetry is far-reaching, with paintings within the poems and poems within the paintings.