Wang Bo's talent appeared earlier, he 14 years old, which should be mentioned. Later, his talent became more prominent. At that time, he and Yang Jiong, Lu, Wang were also called the four outstanding men in the early Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of Ganfeng, Zheng was a servant. Two years later, he was expelled from the government by Emperor Gaozong's anger because he played a chicken sketch for the king of England. Then go to Bashu. Xian Heng joined the army for three years. He was punished for killing officials and slaves and was removed from the list when he was pardoned. His father was also involved and was demoted to toe order. Two or three years ago, Wang Bo went south to visit relatives and drowned. His poems strive to get rid of the poetic style of Qi Liang, and his prose is also very famous. The famous Preface to Wang Tengting is written by him. There is a prince's collection today.
Wang Bo's literature advocates practicality. At that time, the poetic style represented by it prevailed in the literary world, fighting for slim structure and carving, losing the backbone, being strong but ignorant, thinking about its disadvantages and using light to achieve career. His poems, strong but not empty, firm and moist, carved but not broken, pressed and strengthened, played a great role in changing the atmosphere.
Wang Bo's poems and essays are excellent, and he deserves to be the first of the four outstanding poets. He made great contributions to reversing the legacy of Qi and Liang Dynasties and creating Tang poems, leaving some immortal masterpieces for later generations. His five-character poem "Send Du to Shu" has become a masterpiece in the history of China's poetry, which has been told by people for a long time. However, as long as China maintains our friendship and paradise remains our neighbor, it has become a famous sentence throughout the ages and is often quoted by people. Wang Bo is most praised and circulated for thousands of years by his Impromptu Preface to Tengwang Pavilion. This matter, Tang Yanyan remembers the most detailed.
In the autumn and winter of the second year of Xianheng, or at the beginning of the second year, he returned to Chang 'an from Shu to participate in the topic selection. At that time, his friend Ling, a judge, said that he was rich in medicinal materials and he knew them, so he found a small job in his army. When he was a soldier in Zhou State, a slave named Cao Da committed a crime. He hid the criminal, and later, for fear of leaking the news, he killed Cao Da and committed a capital crime. Fortunately, he was not executed under the amnesty. This is a strange thing. Why does Wang Bo want to protect the criminal Cao Da? He hid to protect him. How could he kill him? According to the old and new records of Tang Dynasty, Wang Bo was cursed this time because he was arrogant and jealous of his colleagues. Some people suspect that Cao Da, an official slave, designed and framed Wang Bo for his colleagues, or that it was simply framed, which makes sense. In short, Wang Bo suffered two blows, both related to his genius superman.
Although he didn't die in this disaster, he declared the end of his career and brought trouble to his father. Wang Fuzhi was exiled to the southern wilderness because his son Wang Bo committed a crime. Wang Bo went to Jiao Jiao to visit his father and drowned on the way, ending his young life. It is impossible to find out whether Wang Bo died or committed suicide while crossing the sea. After all, he died with a cavity of grief and indignation.
Last autumn, Wang Bo went to Jiao Jiao to visit his father. When I passed by Nanchang, I was just catching up with Yan Xinjian Pavilion, Governor of Nanchang, and the Double Ninth Festival was held in the pavilion. Wang Bo went to visit, and the satrap of Yan heard of his reputation and invited him to a banquet. Yan's party is to show off the talent of his son-in-law Meng. Let the son-in-law prepare a preface in advance and show it to everyone as an impromptu writing during the dinner. At the banquet, the governor of Yan asked people to take out paper and pen, pretending to let everyone preface this great event. Everyone knew his intention, so they refused to write, but Wang Bo, a young junior in his twenties, didn't refuse. He picked up a pen and paper and wrote in public. Yan's boss was unhappy, so he brushed his clothes and transferred them to his account to show people what Wang Bo had written. I heard that Wang Bo wrote at the beginning that Zhang Yu is an old county and Hongdu is a new house. The governor said that this is just a cliche. I also heard that the stars were separated, and they met Lu Heng, thoughtful and silent. When he heard the sunset and lonely Qi Fei, and autumn water turned into the sky, the Governor had to gasp in admiration: This is a genius, and it should be immortal! . "Biography of Talented Talents in Tang Dynasty" records that Bo delightedly teased guests, but he did it in an instant, without adding a word, and the room was full of surprises.
As a gifted writer in ancient times, Wang Bo died before he was 30 years old, which is really a great loss for China literature.