China and Wang Bo in ancient books

Wang Bo, Zi 'an, is from Longmen, Jiangzhou. Together with Yang Jiong and Lu, they are called "Wang Luo" and "four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty". Wang Bo's grandfather, Wang Tong, was a famous scholar in the late Sui Dynasty. His father, Wang Fuchuan, worked as a doctor and secretary in Yongzhou. Wang Bo's talent was revealed very early. When he was a teenager, he was praised as a child prodigy by Liu Xiangdao, the governor of the imperial court. He recommended it to the imperial court and took countermeasures to seal him as a court official. At the beginning of Ganfeng, Li Xianzheng, the king of Pei, attended the palace reading. Two years later, he was expelled from the palace for his role in The King's Chicken. Then go to Bashu. Xian Heng joined the army for three years. He was punished for killing officials and slaves and was removed from the list when he was pardoned. His father was also involved and was demoted to toe order. In the second year of Shangyuan, Wang Bo went south to visit relatives and drowned across the sea.

Wang Bo's literature advocates practicality, and thinks that "a word spoken by a gentleman is a lost cause". Mencius did not do it; It is shameful for Yang Xiong to advise you to be sarcastic. If we can't clarify the righteousness, rectify the last stream and vulgarize the rise and fall of capital, the country will depend on its weight. The ancients never paid attention to it ("Pei Shi Lang Qi of the Official Department"). At that time, the poetic style represented by Shangguan Yi prevailed in the literary world, which was characterized by "striving for slim structure and carving", "spineless but not strong", and Wang Bo "thinking about its disadvantages and ignoring ambition". His poems are "strong but not empty, rigid and moist, engraved but not broken, strengthened by pressing", which has played a great role in changing the atmosphere.

Wang Bo now writes more than 80 poems, most of which are five-character poems and quatrains. Among them, writing Farewell to Homesickness is more famous. In the Ming Dynasty, Hu Yinglin thought that Wang Bo's Five Laws were "graceful and vigorous, which really opened the wonderful scene of prosperous (Tang) and middle (Tang) times. Five words absolutely Yi Shu writes sadness, washes and cuts the flow. Investigating their talents is naturally the first thing that the Tang people started. "

There are only a dozen ancient poems by Wang Bo, which directly inherit the tradition of Yuefu folk songs and can broaden the artistic conception. Although these poems still have the gorgeous colors of the Six Dynasties, their styles are fresh and clear, showing a new atmosphere of Tang poetry. Wang Bo's Poems and Prefaces, Tables, Monuments, Odes, etc. There are more than 90 articles, most of which are parallel prose, among which there are many excellent works. Preface to Wang Teng-ting has become a household name in the Tang Dynasty, and it is considered as a "genius" work that should be immortal. The catalogue of Sikuquanshu says that "Bowen is the crown of the four outstanding figures".