Wang Li's biographical information is very limited in publicly available sources; he is known only as the author of the Taiwan County Gazetteer (Taiwan Xianzhi), a work commonly classified under social sciences. Judging from the single work extant in this collection, Wang Li's writing is closely tied to local gazetteer compilation. The Taiwan County Gazetteer belongs to the genre of local records that document a region's geography, administrative divisions, customs, and social conditions, with an emphasis on clearly preserving historical and administrative information about a locality. This reflects a practical orientation toward organizing source materials. Because the collection holds only one of his works, and his birth and death dates, native place, identity, and the circumstances of composition cannot be confirmed, no speculation should be made about his life, scholarly lineage, or official career. What can be affirmed is that this county gazetteer, as a piece of local documentation, has value for understanding the historical character of the relevant area and serves as the main basis for understanding Wang Li's writings.
