1, the eldest son of Wang Xuan, is a cursive and official script. His wife, He. Xuanzang died of illness soon after his marriage, leaving no children, and his younger brother Ning's son became his heir. Xuanzhi attended the Lanting party hosted by his father Xizhi before his death, and there were posts handed down from generation to generation.
2, the second son Wang Ningzhi (334-399), the word Shu Ping. He has served as Jiangzhou secretariat, right general, Huiji literature and history, and also worked as a cursive script and official script. He also attended the Lanting party hosted by his father Wang Xizhi. His wife Xie Daowen is a talented woman.
3. The third son, Wang Huanzhi, is good at cursive writing. I have studied my father's calligraphy since I was a child, and it has reached the level of similarity. There are posts handed down from generation to generation. Huan Zhi also attended the Lanting party hosted by his father Wang Xizhi.
4. The fourth son, Wang Suzhi, whose name is Yougong, used to be a counselor for General Zhong and a title of generals in ancient times. I attended the Lanting party hosted by my father, Wang Xizhi. Some poems were handed down later, but I didn't see their legal posts handed down from generation to generation.
5. The fifth son, Wang Huizhi (AD 338-386), was the fifth son of Wang Xizhi, a famous scholar and calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He used to be a chariot rider, a government soldier and an assistant minister at Huangmen, but he was arrogant and uninhibited by nature and was not enthusiastic about official duties. He often ran around here and there, and then he simply resigned and lived in Yin Shan (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). Shortly after he abandoned his post and returned to the East, Wang Huizhi and Wang Xianzhi became very ill, and Wang Xianzhi died first. One day, Wang Huizhi asked the waiter, "Why haven't you heard from Amethyst? This is already dead! " I was not sad at all when I spoke. So I let the car go to the funeral and didn't cry at all. I like playing the piano at ordinary times, so I have been sitting on the throne, holding the piano, and the strings are not well tuned, so I threw the piano on the ground and said, ",,people and the piano are gone!" "After that, I fainted in grief and it took me a long time to wake up. Because Wang Huizhi had a back disease a long time ago, he solved it this time and died more than a month later.
His calligraphy has the evaluation of "emblem has its potential (Wang Xizhi)", and later generations have handed down such as "sister-in-law's illness does not decrease" and "new moon post". , is one of the outstanding brothers in calligraphy.
6, six children Wang Cao, the word is heavy. He served as secretary supervisor, assistant, minister of history and governor of Zhang Yu. His wife, hershey. He's grandfather was a frequent visitor in the Tang Dynasty. Cao Cao has Xuanzhi and the second son Hui.
7. The seventh son, Wang Xianzhi (344-386), was born in Yinshan, Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), with another name of official slave and Han nationality. A famous calligrapher, poet and painter in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the seventh son of Wang Xizhi, a "book saint", and the husband of Sima Yu in Jian Wendi.
Wang Xianzhi is less famous, but more talented. He has served as the master book of the state government, secretary lang, Situ Changshi, Taishou and Zhongshuling. In order to distinguish himself from Wang Min, I called him "Da Ling". Married Xi Daomao and Xin 'an Princess Sima Daofu. In the 11th year of Taiyuan (386), Wang Xianzhi died at the age of 43. In the first year of Long 'an (397), Shi Zhong, Te Jin, Dr Guanglu and Tai Zai were awarded the title of "Xian" by posthumous title.
Wang Xianzhi practiced calligraphy with his father since childhood. He is famous for his running script and cursive script, but he also has a deep foundation in regular script and official script. He and his father Wang Xizhi are also called "two kings". It is also called "Little Saint". He, Zhang Zhi, Zhong You and Wang Xizhi are also called "the four saints in the book". Zhang Huaiguan rated his calligraphy as the first in the book review. ? Wang Xianzhi is also good at painting, and Zhang Yanyuan described his paintings as "the first in China" in Notes on Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties. For the highest achievement in calligraphy among brothers.
8. Wang Xizhi's only daughter, whose name is unknown, only knows that she married Liu Chang in Yuyao, Zhejiang, and gave birth to a son and a daughter. Liu Jin, a gifted scholar, used to be a minister of history and a servant. Liu, a woman who married Xie Tiao's grandson Xie, is a famous poet Xie Lingyun. Xie Lingyun is the great-grandson of Wang Xizhi.