Contents of Wang Xizhi's genealogy

This spectrum records the origin of the Wang clan. Wang xing began in the period of * * * and Zhou Dynasty (about 841-828 BC). After Zhou Pingwang acceded to the throne, he was promoted to King Jinyang of Taiyuan County, and his father and son attacked him. In the third generation, Wang was named Wang Daoxing, which was the ancestor of Wang. Wang clan, prosperous and Jin Dynasty, declined in Ming Dynasty. From Zhou to Ming, there were more than 17 officials in the DPRK, including 66 in the Jin Dynasty. Famous people include Wang Xiang, the official to the Pacific Insurance in the Western Jin Dynasty, who was ranked as the 24 th filial piety; Wang Dun and Wang Dao, the ministers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the leaders of the gentry who moved south, were called "the king and the horse * * * the world"; Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi are calligraphers.

Wang Xizhi (33-361), a Han nationality, was a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was originally from Linyi (now Shandong), and later moved to Shanyin (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). He was a general from the official to the right army, and he will review the internal history. He was honored as a "book saint" by later generations. His son Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy is also very good, and people call them two kings. The other son, Wang Ningzhi, who was a general of the right army, is known as "Wang Youjun" and "Wang Huiji". Representative works include: Le Yi Lun in regular script, Huang Ting Jing, Seventeen Sticks in cursive script, Aunt Sticks in running script, Sunny Sticks in Fast Snow, Mourning Sticks, Preface to Lanting in running script, etc. Intensive study of physical situation, heart imitation and hand pursuit, extensive use of others' strengths, smelting in one furnace, created a running script of "natural nature, abundant gods to cover generations", which was praised as "the sage of books" by later generations.

Wang Xizhi's genealogy not only records the origin of Wang's family in the outside world, but also makes a detailed record of the distribution areas of Wang's clans in the late Ming Dynasty, which is a precious material for studying Wang Xizhi's family history.

It is now in Liangdang Cultural Center.