Wang Bo is known as a poet because of his talent in poetry.
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Biography
Early life experience
Wang Bo was very smart when he was young and could compose poems at the age of six. , with ingenious conception of poems and heroic lyrics, he was praised by his father's friend Du Yijian as one of the "Three Trees of the Wang Family", which shows that Wang Bo showed outstanding literary talent in his early years. When he was nine years old, after reading the "Book of Han" annotated by Yan Shigu, Wang Bo wrote ten volumes of "Zhixia", pointing out the errors in Yan Shigu's works, showing that Wang Bo was erudite and talented in his early years. At the age of ten, Wang Bo read the Six Classics. When he was twelve to fourteen years old, Wang Bo followed Cao Yuan to study medicine in Chang'an. He successively studied "The Book of Changes", "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic", "The Difficult Classic", etc., and had a deep understanding of "Three Talents and Sixty-nine Things, the Number of Mingtang Jade Chambers" known.
Becoming an official before being crowned
In the third year of Longshuo (663), Wang Bo returned to his hometown, wrote "Shangjiangzhou Shangguan Sima Shu" and other articles, looking for opportunities and actively becoming an official. In the autumn of the first year of Linde (664), Wang Bo wrote to Liu Xiangdao, stating his political views directly and expressing his determination to actively use the world. Liu Xiangdao praised him as "this child prodigy!" In the second year of Linde, Wang Bo presented "Liu Xiangdao" to Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty through Huangfu Changbo. "Ode to Qianyuan Palace", the purpose of offering "Ode" to promote officialdom is very clear. In the first year of Qianfeng's reign (666), Wang Bo approved Li Changbo's "Ode to Chen's Journey to Dongyue", and then passed the Yousu examination and was awarded Chao Sanlang, becoming the youngest official in the imperial court. After that, his thoughts surged and his writing blossomed, and he wrote "Ode to the Qianyuan Palace". The article was so beautiful that it shocked the saints. When Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty saw this eulogy, it sung the praises of virtues, and the words were beautiful and powerful. It was written by a child prodigy who was not as good as the weakest. He was amazed: "Wizard, wizard, I am a wizard of the Tang Dynasty!" Wang Bo's literary reputation was also greatly inspired by it, and he and Yang Jiong, Lu Zhaolin and King Luo Bin were collectively known as the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty" and ranked first.
Main achievements
Ideology
Wang Bo’s thought and personality blended various cultural factors such as Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. He directly inherited the Confucianism of his grandfather Wang Tong, advocated benevolent government, longed for fame, and hoped to help the world. Although he had several ups and downs in the officialdom, in the end, it was still difficult to let go of when and how to help the world. From the perspective of personality and spirit, Wang Bo is first of all a Confucian madman. He has lofty ambitions and the courage to enterprising. He is talented and has great literary talent; but at the same time, he is careless and lacks strategy. Secondly, he is also a proud person, proud of himself, despising things in the world, and despising the world. Wang Bo believes in Buddhism and believes that Buddhism contains profound philosophy and plays a huge role in society.
In terms of poetry
Wang Bo's poetry directly inherited the spiritual trend of advocating Confucianism and valuing Confucianism during the Zhenguan period, and also injected the flavor of the new era, which is both magnificent and clear, yet impassioned and impassioned. Specifically speaking, farewell poems may be majestic and powerful, such as "Farewell to Shaofu Du's Renminbi in Shuzhou", which expresses the feelings of farewell and comforts each other with the words "there are close friends in the sea, and we are like neighbors across the world". The artistic conception is broad and sweeps away the sadness of saying goodbye. The low breath of separation; or it may be beautiful, quiet, and vaguely misty, such as the second part of "Moon Farewell at the Jiang Pavilion" "The smoke cages the blue bricks, and the moon flies to the south. The silence is hidden by the pavilion, and the country and the mountains are cold at this night." It depicts a picture The beautiful picture of the moonlit night by the river is beautiful and misty, which makes people enchanted; or it may focus on expressing the sadness of one's life experience, such as "Farewell Xue Hua". The whole poem is not intended to express the feeling of farewell, but to express the feelings of farewell at all times. The sadness of one’s own life experience, the pain of grief.
The image of "smoke" appears very frequently in Wang Bo's farewell poems. It is an external manifestation of Wang Bo's confusion and confusion about his future and destiny. For example, in "Farewell to the King in Autumn", "The wild color envelopes the cold fog" ", the mountain light gathers the twilight smoke", the fields are shrouded in the thick autumn fog, cold and hazy, the distant peaks gather and dignify in the deep twilight mist, the mountain light and wild color appear vague and misty in the cold fog and twilight smoke, like a dream It's like fantasy. Lovesickness poems express the emotions of visitors thousands of miles away: missing their hometown, missing relatives and friends, and feeling sad about spring. For example, "Reminiscence of Spring" expresses deep homesickness through descriptions of scenes. Garden and landscape poems not only describe vivid scenery and refined craftsmanship, but also have beautiful scenery and full of vitality, such as "Jiao Xing". At the same time, new attempts have been made in terms of descriptive techniques and poetic realm development, and have achieved remarkable artistic results. The distant travel landscape poems not only fully display the dangerous and magnificent scenery on the way to Shu, but also are particularly deep and sad because of the stagnant energy poured into them, and have a profound foundation.
Historical evaluation
The original biography of "Old Book of Tang Dynasty" says that Wang Bo wrote: "When he was six years old, he was able to understand his literary works. Friend Du Yi's bamboo slips often call it "Wang's Three Pearl Tree"
Yang Jiong's "Preface to Wang Bo's Collection": "When I was nine years old, I read Yan's "Han Shu" and wrote ten volumes of "Zhixia". At the age of ten, the Six Classics were comprehensively completed, and it was obtained by nature. It was learned from the teachings of Fuyin for a hundred years, and it was completed in ten days. The opportunity of thousands of years by the ancients can be seen immediately. >Yang Jiong's "Preface to the Collection of Wang Bo" commented on Wang Bo's poems: "Strong but not weak, firm but able to be moisturized, carved but not broken, pressed but strengthened." He believes that Wang Bo can enrich his works with character and character, which are both strong and decorative.
Taichang Bo Liugong called Wang Ji a child prodigy. In the first year of Linde's reign (664), Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Bo wrote to Liu Xiangdao, his right minister, in which he said, "Those who are generous to their rulers have energy in their hearts and ears." He asked for Liu Xiangdao's recommendation. Liu Ji recommended him to the court, and Wang Bo was granted the title of Chaosan Lang in the third year of Linde's reign (666). At this time, Wang Bo was only 14 years old, still a teenager.
Wang Bo wrote the "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" at the banquet of Governor Yan in Nanchang. It is actually the most touching story in the history of Chinese literature.
"New Book of Tang" has this legend that Wang Bo "belongs to literature. He didn't think hard at the beginning. He first ground out a few liters of ink, then drank heavily, and then he lay down with his face covered, and then he drew a pen and wrote it into a chapter, but it was difficult to write a word." Duan Chengshi, a Tang Dynasty man, "Youyang" "Zazu" also said: "Every time Wang Bo wrote a poem for the stele, he first rubbed several liters of ink, then he lay down with his face covered, and then he suddenly started to count the strokes without changing the points at first. People at the time called it a belly draft." From this, it can be seen that Wang Bo's literary thinking is quick. , the famous poem that was written impromptu in the pavilion of Prince Teng was not a false legend.
Wang Bo, as a very talented writer in ancient times, passed away before he was 30 years old. It is really a great loss to Chinese literature. When Mr. Zheng Zhenduo talked about the contribution of Wang Bo's poetry to future generations, he said passionately: "Just as the sun god's thousands of rays of light have not yet walked in the east, the east is already filled with the rose-colored dawn of the goddess of dawn. "Wang Bo is worthy of being the goddess of dawn in the poetry of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
When Zheng Zhenduo talked about the contribution of Wang Bo's poetry to future generations, he said: "Just as the sun god's thousands of rays of light have not yet traveled in the east, the east is already filled with the rose color of the goddess of dawn. Dawn." The goddess of dawn who praised Wang Bo for his poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Mao Zedong commented on Wang Bo: "This man is highly talented and knowledgeable, and his literary brilliance reflects the social dynamics of the feudal prosperous age at that time. It is very readable. This man was unlucky in his life and was punished everywhere. In Guozhou, he was almost He will lose his life. Therefore, his writing is not only brilliant but also full of sorrow." He was listed with Jia Yi, Wang Bi, Li He, Xia Wanchun, etc., "They are all handsome and talented. He almost died too early."
The mystery of the cause of death
There are different theories about Wang Bo's death. Some say he died before reaching Jiaozhi to see his father; He died on the way back from visiting his father; some say it was due to strong winds and waves, and the fishing boat bumped into the sea and drowned; some say that he was eager and guilty to see his father, and could not resolve the extreme conflicts in his heart and committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea. There are two theories about Wang Bo's drowning. One is that the wind and waves were too strong and his body was washed away by the waves in the blink of an eye, making it impossible to salvage him; the other is that he was picked up by a boatman and fainted due to choking on water because he didn't understand water, and later suffered from excessive panic. And die. There are slightly different accounts of Wang Bo's death, but one thing is certain: he drowned in Fangcheng waters of Beibu Gulf. After Wang Bo arrived at Hepu County, he then passed through Qinzhou and entered Fangcheng. There were two routes to take. One was to get off the boat at Fangcheng River and go to sea. The other was to take the land route to the mouth of Beilun River and then take a boat to go to sea. Board the boat at Fangcheng and get off to Jiaozhi. , is the most convenient and safe main channel for crossing the sea. In AD 42, the Eastern Han Dynasty sent horsemen to the south to conquer Jiaozhi. The main force used this route. Most of the officials who went to Jiaozhi in the past dynasties also took this route. Because the sea area of ??Fangcheng in the north of Jiaozhi County was violently bumpy due to the "three dangers" (high winds, strong waves, and many reefs), it is very likely that Wang Bo fell into the sea here. In Yichuan Township, Nghe An Province, Nghe An Province, there was originally a cemetery and ancestral temple of Wang Bo. The cemetery and ancestral temple were bombed by American planes in 1972, and only the statue of Wang Bo remains today.
Main works
More than 80 of Wang Bo's poems are extant, including poems, prefaces, tables, tablets, odes and other texts. "Hanshu Zhixia" in 10 volumes, "Book of Changes" in 5 volumes, "The Analects of Confucius" in 10 volumes, "Zhuzhong Compilation Preface" in 5 volumes, "Thousand Years Calendar", "Taipei Chaolue" (one work is "Taipei Milue") 10 articles, "Combined Theory" 10 articles.