Hello everyone, I am the author of the sub-period of the history, I believe you must have heard of Wang Bo, one of the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty, right? Wang Bo is talented in his life, and I will take you to talk about it in detail below:
Wang Bo of the Early Tang Dynasty, the fourth master of the Tang Dynasty, was born in Longmen, Dai Prefecture (present-day Hejin County, Shanxi Province), Wang Bo was the grandson of Wang Tong of the late Sui Dynasty, Wang Tong had two sons, the eldest son was called Fujiao, the second son was called Fu Zhi, and Fu Zhi's later son was Wang Bo as mentioned in the text, who had served as Doctor Taichang and Jiaozhi County Ling, and so on. Wang Bo grew up in the family of scholars.
There is still controversy about how many years Wang Bo was born. The Tang Dynasty literary scholar Yang Jiong said in the "Preface to the Collection of Wang Bo" that Wang Bo died in 676 at the age of 28. According to Yang Jiong, Wang Bo was born in 649. And Wang Bo's "Chun Si Fu" records: "In the second year of Xianheng (671), Yu Chunqiu had two out of twenty. "According to the calculations, it should be born in the year 65O. This is Wang Bo's self-report, which is very trustworthy. Therefore, most scholars now believe that Wang Bo was born in 650 and died in 676, at the age of 27. Wang Bo was a very talented poet in the poetry circle of the early Tang Dynasty, who only lived for 27 years, which is indeed deplorable.
Wang Bo was intelligent and studious since childhood, and was recognized by the world at that time. Taichang Bo Liu Gong called Wang Ji a prodigy. In 664, Wang Bo wrote to Liu Xiangdao, the right minister, that there was a saying that "therefore those who are generous to the prince, have the qi and have the heart and ears", and ask Liu Xiangdao for his recommendation. Liu Ji was recommended to the dynasty, and Wang Boying made a section in 666, and was awarded the post of Chaosanlang in 666. At this time, Wang Bo was only 14 years old and was still a teenager.
Li Xian, the King of Pei, heard of Wang Bo's name and summoned Wang Bo to cultivate for the Pei Mansion, and loved him very much. At that time, the kings often fought cocks for fun, and Wang Bo played around and wrote a "Chicken of the King of Zhou", but he did not expect to cause trouble because of this, and Tang Gaozong believed that it was to make the kings contradictory and drive Wang Bo out of the Pei King's Palace. In fact, Wang Bo was hit this time, not because of the "King Chicken of The Zhou Dynasty" and angered Gaozong, but because Cai Gao was jealous, so Yang Jiong's "Wang Bo Collection" said that he was "intolerant of Linxiu and looked for the first dress". After Wang Bo was expelled from the Pei King's Mansion, he traveled to Shudi and drank poetry with Yang Jiong and others. The Old Book of Tang and the Biography of Yang Jiong says: "Jiong and Wang Bo, Lu Zhaolin, and Luo Bin are known by their literary words, and Hai Nei is called Wang Yang Lu Luo, also known as Sijie." ”
The Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty were a very famous group in the history of Chinese literature. As a clique, they opposed the decadent and beautiful atmosphere since the Six Dynasties, put forward some innovative ideas, and began to lead poetry from the court to the city, from the Taiwan Pavilion to the Jiangshan and Border Plugs, the theme was expanded, and the style was relatively fresh and robust, which played an important role in eliminating the Qi Liang Yufeng and creating a new atmosphere of Tang poetry. When talking about the history of Chinese literature, especially the history of Tang Dynasty literature, there is no one who does not talk about Wang Yang Luluo.
The second blow Wang Bo encountered was the crime of killing the officials and slaves he had hidden while joining the army in Yuzhou. In the autumn and winter of the second year of Xianheng (671) or the beginning of the following year, Wang Bo returned from Shudi to Chang'an to participate in the scientific election. His friend Ling Jiyou was a judicial officer in Yuzhou at that time, saying that Yuzhou was rich in medicines, and he knew medicine and herbs, so he found a small position for him to join the army in Yuzhou. During his tenure as a soldier in YuZhou, an official slave named Cao Da committed a crime, he hid the criminal, and later, afraid of leaking the wind, he killed Cao Da to do it, and as a result, he committed a capital crime. Fortunately, he was amnestied and not executed. This matter was very strange, why Wang Bo wanted to protect the criminal Cao Da, how could he kill him if he hid and protected. According to the old and new "Book of Tang", Wang Bo was cursed this time because of his arrogance and jealousy by his colleagues. After the official slave Cao Da knew, some people suspected that wang Bo was designed for his colleagues, or that it was purely a false accusation, which was not unreasonable. In short, Wang Bo suffered two blows, both of which were related to his talent superman.
Although he was forgiven and did not lose his life, it announced the end of his career and also affected his father. Wang Fuzhi was demoted to Jiaozhi County Order for his son Wang Bo's crime, and he was far away from the southern wilderness. Wang Bo traveled to Jiaotong to visit his father, drowning on the way, thus ending his young life. Whether Wang Bo's death was unfortunately killed while crossing the water, or whether it was impossible to investigate, he always died with a sense of sorrow and anger.
epilogue:
As a talented writer in ancient times, Wang Bo died before he could stand up, which is indeed a great loss to Chinese literature.
Although Wang Bo only lived for 27 Spring and Autumn Periods, he still wrote a lot of works, including ten volumes of the Book of Han, five volumes of Zhou Yijue, ten volumes of the Secondary Analects, five volumes of the Sequence of the Zhouzhong, and several volumes of the Thousand Years Calendar, but unfortunately they have all disappeared. The only thing that still exists in the world today is the 16 volumes of the Prince Anji, and it is not the whole book.