Wang Bo, one of the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty, this young talent had not yet had time to show his skills on the stage of life, and he died of panic from falling into the water, which was really regrettable.
■Good start
Wang Bo has been extremely intelligent since he was a child, and is a prodigy-level figure. At the age of sixteen, he was in the first examination of science, and before he reached the crown, he became an official, which can be said to be a young man with a successful future.
Wang Bo was extremely talented and learned, and his articles were surprising to the public, and even Emperor Gaozong of Tang was even amazed, and he experienced nearly two thousand years of purification and became more and more majestic. However, this literary prodigy has a bumpy career and a bad life, why is this?
Wang Bo, who became famous as a teenager and had the convenience of being close to the water tower, did not have a proud career, but was degraded one after another, and the fundamental reason was that Wang Bo had a weakness in personality.
■ Cockfighting text
Wang Bo is Wang Ji's nephew and young talent. At that time, King Pei saw Wang Bo's talent and incorporated him into his own disciples to do cultivation. At that time, the princes and nobles were popular in the game of "cockfighting", and once the King of Pei and the King of England fought cocks, and Wang Bo actually wrote an article for the King of Pei, "The Chicken of the King of The King of The King of The King of the King of The King of The King of the He felt that he was only eight buckets high, and he wanted to show off at the first opportunity, but he did not notice that talent was one thing, politics was another, and the feud between brothers was obviously a taboo.
As a result, the emperor was not happy when he saw it, saying that Wang Bo's doing so would increase the gap between the princes. Therefore, Wang Bo was dismissed from his post and left the King of Pei and went to Yuzhou to join the army. For those who are subjects, in dealing with those in high positions, we must clearly put forward our position, and some things cannot be done with nature. Being an official is different from doing learning, and what is more important about being an official is human nature, and the water in it is very deep.
■ Kill officials and slaves
After arriving in Yu prefecture, there was an official slave named Cao Da, who broke the law and ran to Wang Bo to ask for protection. At that time, Wang Bo felt that he had a good way, so he accepted Cao Da and hid him. But later, he felt that he could not hide, and he was afraid that he would be tired of himself, so he secretly killed Cao Da.
The murder of the official slave almost cost him his life, if he had not happened to encounter amnesty, he might have landed on the ground. But even if he did not die, his career was completely over. This incident shows that Wang Bo lacks certain principles in doing things as a person.
A lot of people have a little bit of talent, and then feel that they are nothing, and they can do everything. Very superficial. The Analects of Learning says that Confucius's attainment lies in humility, "gentleness, kindness, courtesy, frugality, and letting go." What the Master wants, what is different from what man wants? "Doing things is principled and flexible, distinguishing between the essence and importance of things. Wang Bo did not do a good job in this regard.