Wang Huizhi 王徽之

Other names

Family

• Sibling of Wang Xuanzhi (王玄之)
  brother 子 · Full siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passages 205, 212
• Sibling of Wang Ningzhi (王凝之)
  brother 子 · Full siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passages 204, 212
• Child of Wang Xizhi (王羲之)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 212
• Sibling of Wang Xianzhi (王獻之)
  younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 232

Career and standing

• army adviser to the Grand Marshal 大司馬參軍
  AD 363 to AD 373 為大司馬桓溫參軍 · Held
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 214
• cavalry adviser 騎兵參軍
  AD 373 to AD 384 車騎桓沖騎兵參軍 · Held
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 215

Places and affiliations

• Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 214
• At Shanyin 山陰 · Relation Resided at
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 229
• At Wu 吳中 · Relation Traveled to
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 224

Works and attributed material

• Eulogies to High-Minded Men 高士傳贊
  Relation Reader
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 232
• Summoning the Recluse 招隱詩
  Relation Reciter
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 229
• Speech · Speaker · With Huan Chong (桓沖) · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wang Huizhi (王徽之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 216, 218, 220-221, 223
• Speech · Speaker · With Wang Xianzhi (王獻之) · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wang Huizhi (王徽之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 232
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wang Huizhi (王徽之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 228, 231

Events and relationships

• Chanted summoning the recluse
  Literary · Reciter · With Zuo Si (左思) · At Shanyin 山陰
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 229
• Entered superior carriage in rain
  Personal · Staff officer · With Huan Chong (桓沖)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 221
• Neglected headquarters duties
  Administrative · Staff officer · With Huan Wen (桓溫)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 214
• Night boat visit then turned back
  Personal · Visitor · With Dai Kui (戴逵) · At Shan 剡
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 229-231
• Ordered bamboo planted in empty house
  Personal · Resident
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 227-228
• Read eulogies with brother
  Scholarly · Reader · With Wang Xianzhi (王獻之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 232

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment Jing Dan cannot match Sima Xiangru's contempt for the world · With Sima Xiangru (司馬相如) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wang Huizhi (王徽之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 232
• Assessment proud and unrestrained; contemporaries honored his talent but deemed his conduct foul · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 214, 233-234
• fond of music and sensual pleasure; proud and unconventional
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 232-233
• unkempt hair and loose sash; did not manage headquarters affairs
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 214

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 212