The surname Wang began during the Zhou Dynasty's ***he period (about 841 BC - 828 BC). After King Zhou Ping came to the throne, he promoted the prince to the title of King Jinyang of Taiyuan County, and his father was a prince. In the third generation, Wang was given the surname Wang Daoxing. This was the ancestor of the Wang family. The Wang clan prospered in the Jin Dynasty and declined in the Ming Dynasty. From the Zhou Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 170 officials in the dynasty, including 66 in the Jin Dynasty.
The famous ones include Wang Xiang, who was an official to the Taibao of the Western Jin Dynasty and ranked among the twenty-four filial piety; brothers Wang Dun and Wang Dao, who were important ministers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and leaders of the gentry who moved south, and were known as "the king and his horse conquer the world"; Wang Xizhi , Wang Xianzhi and his son are calligraphers.
1. Wang Xiang (184, 180 - April 30, 268), also known as Xiuzheng. Langye was born in Linyi (now Xixiaoyou Village, Linyi City, Shandong Province). Minister of the Cao, Wei and Western Jin Dynasties in the Three Kingdoms.
Wang Xiang lived in seclusion for twenty years at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the Cao Wei Dynasty, he successively served as county magistrate, chief agricultural officer, Sikong, and Taiwei, and was granted the title of Marquis of Suiling. When the Western Jin Dynasty was established, he was worshiped as the Taibao and granted the title of Lord Suiling. He died in the fourth year of Taishi (268) at the age of eighty-five (one year was eighty-nine), and his posthumous title was "Yuan". There is an article "Legacy of Training the Descendants" handed down from generation to generation.
Wang Xiang served his stepmother with great filial piety. He was the protagonist of "Lying on the Ice Seeking Carps", one of the twenty-four filial piety, and was known as the "Sage of Filial Piety".
2. Wang Dun (266-324), courtesy name Chuzhong and nickname Ahei, was born in Langye Linyi (now north of Linyi, Shandong), and was a general and powerful official in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Wang Dun was born in the Langya Wang family. During the Western Jin Dynasty, he served as the governor of Yangzhou. After the Yongjia Rebellion, he eliminated Huayi, the governor of Jiangzhou, and suppressed the uprising of the Jingxiang refugees. Together with his cousin Wang Dao, he assisted Emperor Jin Yuan in establishing the In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he served as general, pastor of Jiangzhou, and was granted the title of Marquis of Han An. He controlled the army in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, governed the prefectures and counties, and collected tribute from himself, posing a great threat to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
In the first year of Yongchang (322), in the name of killing Liu Wei, Wang Dun raised troops in Wuchang, invaded Jiankang, killed dissidents, was worshiped as prime minister, pastor of Jiangzhou, and was promoted to Wuchang County. male. He also settled in Wuchang, and later moved to Zhengushe, where he took charge of Yangzhou as a pastoralist. In the second year of Taining (324), Wang Dun once again launched an army to attack Jiankang. He soon died of illness in the army at the age of fifty-nine. His rebellion was soon put down by Emperor Jin and Ming, and his body was cut into a coffin.
3. Wang Dao (276-September 7, 339), with the courtesy name Maohong and the small characters Chilong and Along. A native of Linyi County, Langya County (now Linyi City, Shandong Province). A politician and calligrapher during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he served as an official in the three dynasties of Jin Yuan, Ming and Cheng. He was one of the founders of the Eastern Jin regime.
Wang Dao was born in the famous "Langxie Wang Clan" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In his early years, he was friendly with Sima Rui, the king of Langya (Emperor Jin Yuan). Later, he suggested that he move to the town to build Ye, and he also contacted the southern nobles for him to appease him. Crossing the northern gentry southward. After the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he first paid homage to General Huqi and the Third Division of Yitong, and was granted the title of Marquis of Wugang. Instead of following his brother Wang Dun, one inside and one outside, a pattern of "the king and his horse dominate the world" was formed.
In the fifth year of Xiankang (339), Wang Dao passed away at the age of sixty-four. Emperor Cheng mourned in the court hall and sent envoys to posthumously honor him as "Wen Wen". The funeral specifications are the same as those of Huo Guang and Sima Fu, who were the most famous officials in the Zhongxing Dynasty in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Wang Dao is good at calligraphy, and the best is running cursive. He studied the methods of Zhong Yao and Wei Guan, and became his own style, which earned him a high reputation at that time. There are cursive scripts "Shengshi Tie" and "Gaishuo Tie" handed down from generation to generation.
4. Wang Xizhi (303-361), Han nationality, named Yishao and Danzhai, originally from Linyi, Langya (now Shandong), later moved to Shanyin (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and served as an official in Youjun General, internal history of Kuaiji, was a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was revered as the "Sage of Calligraphy" by later generations.
5. His son Wang Xianzhi is also very good at calligraphy. People call them the "Two Kings". Another son Wang Ningzhi was promoted to General Zuo. Because he was a general of the Right Army, he was known as "Wang Youjun". "Wang Kuaiji".
Representative works include: "Le Yi Lun" in regular script, "Huang Ting Jing", "Seventeen Posts" in cursive script, "Auntie Posts" in running script, "Quick Snow and Clear Posts", "Sang Luan Posts", and running script " "Lanting Preface" and so on. He studied the body movements carefully, imitated the calligraphy with his heart, learned from many talents, and cultivated them in one furnace, creating a running script that is "natural in nature and rich in spirit for generations", and was hailed as the "Sage of Calligraphy" by later generations.
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Where Wang Xizhi’s genealogy was discovered
In 1991, when the Liangdang County Chronicle Office was collecting genealogies of celebrities, the clues provided by Mr. Luo Jiantang, a retired cadre, were found in Wang Wenxin, a villager in Huoshen Temple Village, Taiyang Township, this county, discovered the "Genealogy of Wang Xizhi" in a set of fourteen volumes, including one volume of general music and thirteen volumes of sub-music.
This genealogy was sent to Liangdang by Wang Fuli from Tongshan, Hubei Province in the 23rd year of Jiaqing of Emperor Renzong of the Qing Dynasty (1818). The successor was Wang Fuming, and Wang Wenxin was Wang Fuming's sixth grandson. It is speculated that Wang Fuming's encouragement may be in Tongshan, Hubei Province, where he is staying due to business reasons.
In addition to recording the origins of the Wang family, "Wang Xizhi's Genealogy" also records in detail the distribution areas of each Wang family in the late Ming Dynasty. It is a precious material for studying the history of Wang Xizhi's family.
Existing in Liangdang Cultural Center.
Baidu Encyclopedia—Wang Xiang (Minister during the Wei and Jin Dynasties)
Baidu Encyclopedia—Wang Dun (General and powerful official of the Eastern Jin Dynasty)
Baidu Encyclopedia—Wang Dao (Eastern Jin Dynasty) Politician, calligrapher)
Baidu Encyclopedia—Wang Xianzhi
Baidu Encyclopedia—"Wang Xizhi's Genealogy"