Translation of Biography of Wang Xizhi in the Book of Jin

Translation:

Wang Xizhi is the nephew of Stuart Wang Dao. When Wang Xizhi was a child, he was not good at talking, and people couldn't see anything superhuman about him. When he grew up, he was very good at arguing and was famous for his honest and frank temperament. His calligraphy is particularly good, and he is the first person since ancient times.

People praised his calligraphy style as "floating like a cloud, agile like a dragon". His uncles Wang Dun and Wang Dao attach great importance to him. Ruan Yu, a native of Chenliu (near Kaifeng, Henan Province), enjoyed a high reputation at that time. Ruan Yu also valued Wang Xizhi and regarded him, Wang Yue and Wang Cheng as the three great talents of the Wangs.

On one occasion, Jian sent his protege to see Wang Dao, hoping to choose a son-in-law among the children of the Wangs. Wang Dao sent people to the East Wing to see the Wangs' children.

When his disciples came back, he said to Chi Jian, "The children of the Wangs are all very well, but when they heard a messenger coming, they all looked stiff and unnatural. There is only one person sitting on the bed in the east, eating with an empty stomach, as if nothing had happened. "

Chi Jian said, "This is the most suitable husband for me." Asked, it turned out to be Wang Xizhi. Chi Jian married his daughter to him.

Xizhi likes taking medicine to nourish her temperament, but she doesn't like being in Beijing. When he first arrived in Zhejiang, he had the ambition to die here. Huiji has beautiful scenery, beautiful scenery and celebrities. Xie An lived here before he became an official. Sun Chuo, Li Chong and others are all famous for their articles. They all have houses here, and they are all in love with Wang Xizhi.

Wang Xizhi once hosted a banquet for his good friend Huiji in Yinshan Lanting, and personally prefaced it to show his ambition.

Wang Xizhi was born a sex goose. In Huiji, there was a lonely old lady who kept a goose. That sounds great. He wanted to buy it but couldn't, so he took his relatives and friends to see it. But when the old lady heard that he was coming, she cooked the goose and prepared to entertain him. He was sad all day.

At that time, there was a Taoist priest in Yinshan who kept a flock of geese. Wang Xizhi was very happy when he went to see it, and repeatedly begged the Taoist priest to buy his goose. The Taoist priest said to him, "You help me copy the Tao Te Ching, and I'll give you all these geese." .

Wang Xizhi happily wrote, put the goose in a cage and went back. He was very happy all the way. Another time, he went to a student's house and saw that his low table was clean and smooth, so he wrote on it, half in regular script and half in cursive script.

Later, the student's father accidentally scraped off these words, and his students regretted it for several days. His calligraphy notes were valued by the world at that time, and there were many such things. Wang Xizhi often calls himself; "My calligraphy is comparable to Zhong You; Compared with Zhang Zhi's cursive script, it is also like a wild goose. "

He once wrote: "In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhi learned to write in Linchi, and the pool turned black. If everyone in the world is as addicted to calligraphy as he is, it is not necessarily worse than him. "

Wang Shu, an ancient general of a title of generals in ancient times, was not famous, as famous as Wang Xizhi, but Wang Xizhi looked down on him, so they were at odds. Wang made an internal review. He resigned to mourn because of his mother's death. Wang Xizhi came to visit Wang Shu's house once instead of him, and never came to the door again.

Every time Wang Shu heard the bugle call outside, he always thought that Wang Xizhi had come to visit him and quickly swept it away. After a year, Wang Xizhi ignored it, and Wang Shu deeply regretted it. "

Original text:

Wang Xizhi's handwriting is rare, while Stuart's handwriting is very obedient. It is not surprising that people are young and speak slowly. And long, arguing and raising, famous bones. Especially the book is the best in ancient and modern times, and critics call it the pen gesture, which is considered as a floating cloud, smart and shocking, deeply valued by Taoism.

When it has the same name, it has the same name as Wang Cheng and Wang Yue. When Jane asked his disciples to seek guidance from his son-in-law, he ordered him to visit his children in the east wing.

Disciple turned around and said, "Wang is good at counting, but he is salty and reserved when he hears his letter." The only person who eats in the east bed is hungry, but if he doesn't smell it. "The sword said," This is a good husband and evil! "Remember it, it also means Xi, so I regard it as a woman's wife.

The elegance of Xihe River is delicious and easy to raise, and it is not happy in the capital. When she crosses Zhejiang for the first time, she will have the ambition to complete it. Huiji has beautiful landscapes. Many celebrities live here, and Xie An also lives here when he is not an official. Sun Chuo, Li Chong and others. They are all good at writing and meaning, and they are all good at building houses with east soil and west. Taste and gay banquet was held in Lanting, which is located in the shade of Huiji Mountain. Xi's own order was to declare his ambition.

Have sex with geese, there will be a lonely goose in Huiji, who is good at singing. If there is no market, I will take a new friend to see it. I heard Xihe was coming, and I cooked for him. Xihe regretted it for a long time. There is also a Taoist priest in Yin Shan who keeps geese very well. He likes them very much and goes to the market. The Taoist priest said, "In order to write the Tao Te Ching, we will send a group of people to communicate with each other."

Xihe happily finished writing and went home in a cage, very happy. When I taste my protected person's home, I see it is smooth and clean. Because that book is really half grass. Later, his father accidentally scraped it off, and the students were shocked and depressed. I often see an old basket in Lushan Mountain and sell it with a hexagonal bamboo fan. The Book of Xi has its fans, and each fan has five roles.

There is sorrow at the beginning of the sun. Because he said to Mu, "But that's Wang Youjun's book, to make money and do evil." Like he said, someone made an offer. Another day passed, and Mussina came again with a fan. Xi just laughed and didn't answer. His books are very important to the world, and all books are of this kind.

Every boast: "My book is better than Zhong You, so we should resist it;" Compared with Zhang, he is still a wild goose. " I once wrote a book with someone: "Zhang Zhi is studying in the pool, and the water in the pool is all black, which makes people worry, but it may not be the last one."

Wang Shu, an ancient general of a title of generals in ancient times, is not famous, as famous as Xihe, but Xihe is very light because of its good relationship. First of all, it will be a meeting, mother will live in the county, and Xi's generation will stop, so it will be unimportant. Every time I hear the sound of the horn, I mean I should wait for myself and wait for it.

Such people have been doing this for several years, but they ignore it and say they hate it.

Extended data:

1, creative background

The Book of Jin was written in the early Tang Dynasty, 200 years after the demise of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. During this period, there were many achievements in the research and writing of the history of Jin Dynasty, among which the theory of Eighteen Books of Jin Dynasty was relatively complete. Emperor Taizong was not satisfied with these works, so he wrote a letter to rebuild them.

The Book of Jin in the Tang Dynasty was originally called the New Book of Jin, and later Eighteen Books of Jin gradually disappeared, so it was directly called the Book of Jin by later generations. The basic historical sources of Jin Shu in the Tang Dynasty are mainly Eighteen Jin Shu, among which Jin Shu by Zanghe is the main one, and some materials are also included in Shi Shuo Xin Yu by Liu Yiqing, Search Ji Shen by Gan Bao and Song Shu by Shen Yue.

It is precisely because of this reason that there are many dirty things in the selection of materials for the revised Book of Jin in the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the book was written in less than three years from the twentieth year of Zhenguan (AD 646) to the twenty-second year of Zhenguan (AD 648).

Although it was completed under the condition that the government concentrated a lot of manpower and material resources, it is inevitable that there are many rough places and even many shortcomings in official history books, which have been criticized by people since the middle Tang Dynasty.

2. Wang Xizhi's life:

Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is known as the "sage of books". Langya, a native of Linyi, later moved to Huiji Yin Shan and lived in seclusion in Jinting County in his later years.

Successive secretary, general Ningyuan, Jiangzhou secretariat, later literature and history records, right general. In March of the eleventh year of Yonghe, Wang Xizhi claimed to be ill and abandoned his official position.

He and Xu Xun, Zhi Dun and others began to travel around the world. After settling in Jinting, calligraphy rose. His descendants are good at painting and calligraphy, and their works are hung all over the hall and study, so they are called "Huayuan Painting Hall". Later generations named the village "Huatang" and have been calling it so ever since.

In the fifth year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi died in the Jinting of Huiji and was buried in the waterfall mountain of Jinting. The fifth house in Sun Heng is Jintingguan, and the site still exists. During the reign of Liang Datong, Chien Sun, the heir, was at the tomb.

His calligraphy is good at calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy.

The style is peaceful and natural, the brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful. Li Zhimin commented: "Wang Xizhi's calligraphy not only shows simplicity and abstinence based on the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi, but also shows harmony based on the Confucian doctrine of the mean."

Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Collection of Lanting is highly praised by calligraphers of all ages and is known as "the best running script in the world". Wang Jian is good at following the laws of Li, Cao, Kai and Xing, carefully studying the shape, imitating the shape with his heart, learning from others' strengths, preparing everything in one furnace, getting rid of the style of writing in Han and Wei Dynasties, and becoming a family of his own, which has far-reaching influence.

His calligraphy is peaceful and natural, and his brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, graceful and graceful. The world often uses Cao Zhi's Ode to the Goddess of Luo: "If you are amazed, if you are graceful, if you are in Youlong, you will be glorious and autumn, and Hua Mao will be spring pine. It seems that if the moon is covered by light clouds, it will float like the wind flowing back to snow. "

Praise the beauty of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. Legend has it that Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy hard when he was a child. After a long time, the pool water used to clean the brush turned black.

Later generations commented: "floating like a cloud, agile like a dragon", "the dragon leaps into the Tianmen, the tiger lies in the phoenix" and "it's natural, and the rich gods cover all generations". There are some idioms about Wang Xizhi, such as cleverness and quick marriage. The most obvious feature of Wang Xizhi's style of writing is exquisite brushwork and changeable structure.

Wang Xizhi's original works existed before the world, and the fine copy of Tang people has always been regarded as original works. Because of its long history and long-standing reputation, Rainbow Xi's other inks have different inferences about its engraving age.

Some are called Song Copy, some are suspected to be Mi Fei Copy, and more are classified as Tang Copy. It has been recorded a lot and carved into various essays again and again. The public and private collections and circulation after the Yuan Dynasty are vivid and reliable, and their preciousness is self-evident.