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William Wang (687 ~ 726) was born in Jinyang (now Taiyuan, Shanxi). Ministers and poets in Tang Dynasty sang with Li Bai, Cen Can, Wang Changling and Gao Shi.
William Wang is brilliant, witty and bold, especially good at poetry creation. His poems mostly describe frontier life and natural scenery, with beautiful language and far-reaching artistic conception. His works were widely circulated at that time and had a far-reaching impact on later generations.
William Wang has also made some achievements in politics. He used to be the official minister and the driving minister, and later resigned due to illness. He was honest and frank, and was once demoted to Zhou Xian for offending powerful people. He lived in Luoyang in his later years, made friends with poets such as Du Fu and Pei Di, lived in poverty, but entertained himself with poetry and wine.
William Wang has fourteen poems, among which Two Liangzhou Ci Poems is one of his representative works. This poem describes the life and feelings of border guards, and shows their fearless spirit. In the poem, the words "night glass of grapes and wine, urge you to drink pipa immediately" and "don't laugh when you are drunk in the battlefield, and have fought several times since ancient times" are all famous sentences sung through the ages.
In addition to poetry creation, William Wang also has certain attainments in calligraphy and painting. His calligraphy works are good at cursive script, with bold style and vigorous brushwork. His paintings are mainly landscape paintings with fresh and natural style and far-reaching artistic conception.
Generally speaking, William Wang is a versatile writer, calligrapher and painter. His poetry works have high artistic value and cultural connotation, which have far-reaching influence on later generations. At the same time, his personality charm and spiritual outlook are also worth learning and learning from.
William Wang's life is short, but his talent and achievements are enough to leave a deep impression on him in history. His works have not only become a model for later generations to learn, but also made important contributions to the development of China's cultural undertakings. In today's era, we should further study and inherit William Wang's cultural heritage, so that his spiritual outlook and artistic achievements can be passed down forever.