Wang wrote four books, but only Lun Heng survives. Its 85 essays mainly criticize the social customs of his day. In the Han, elaborate funerals were the norm, not only for kings and nobles, but also for commoners.
王充大概類似現代的時事評論者，他有四本著作，現存的只剩《論衡》，全書八十五篇，大部分篇幅是針對當時社會的流俗之見加以批駁。