The second paragraph in "The Story of the Mochi" directly expresses the author's feelings: Taste the extreme east, go out to the sea, and entertain your thoughts among the mountains and rivers. How can you wander wantonly and taste rest? Why is this evil? The function is to highlight Wang Xizhi's proud, upright and transcendent thoughts, which are the ideological foundation and good spiritual temperament of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy studies.
From: Northern Song Dynasty writer Zeng Gong
Translation: He once traveled all over the East, traveled to the East China Sea, and was happy among the mountains and rivers. Could it be that he was here when he was enjoying the tour? Stayed?
When Xizhi was appointed internal historian of Kuaiji, he was appointed as the governor of Yangchuan, and Xizhi became his subordinate. Later, the king reported that the punishment in Kuaiji County should be reformed. Xizhi felt ashamed of it, so he resigned from his post because of illness, and swore to his parents in front of their graves that they would never serve as officials again. Wang Xizhi's experience was described by the phrase "Fang Xizhi cannot be forced to become an official".
Then Wang Xizhi’s wanderings and indulging in the mountains and rivers were traced: “Is it possible to taste the extreme east, go out to the sea, and wander around the mountains and rivers to entertain yourself? How can I be so evil as to rest here?” In this paragraph, the author turns to explore the reasons for Wang Xizhi's success. From the fact that "Xizhi's writings are good in his later years", he explains that the success of a skill is "achieved by energy", and then puts forward the idea of ??"deepening morality" and more It takes effort.
Wang Xizhi’s experience was mentioned with the phrase “Fang Xizhi cannot be forced to become an official”, and then he traced Wang Xizhi’s random wanderings and indulging in the mountains and rivers: “Taste the extreme east, go out to the sea, to entertain his mind. Is there such a thing as wandering wildly among mountains and rivers and trying to stop yourself?"
In this paragraph, the author turns his attention to the reasons for Wang Xizhi's success, starting from the fact that "Xizhi's writings were good in his later years." , indicating that the success of a skill is "achieved by energy", and further proposes that "deepening morality" requires more effort.
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Creative background
The ink pond is located in Linchuan County, Jiangxi Province. According to legend, it was the place where Wang Xizhi, the great calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, washed his brushes and inkstones. According to legend, Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was practicing calligraphy by the pond when the water turned black. Zeng Gong admired Wang Xizhi's reputation, and in September of the eighth year of Qingli Dynasty (1048), he made a special trip to Sichuan to pay homage to the ruins of Mochi.
Wang Sheng, a professor of state studies (official name), asked him to write a record of "Mochi of the Right Army of the King of Jin", so Zeng Gong wrote this prose "Mochi" based on Wang Xizhi's anecdotes.