Wang Anyi has long since stopped worrying about how people classify her writing. Once branded as a smut peddler, the publication of Everlasting Regret has prompted some to classify her as a member of the "Shanghai School."
不過王安憶早已經不在意被歸為哪一派的作家，一時被貼上性文學作家的她，在《長恨歌》一書付梓之後，又被歸為「海派作家」了。