Overview
Wang Wenzhi was a Calligrapher, Poet, and Official.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Yuqing | 禹卿 | Yuqing |
| Nickname | the light-ink Flower of the Court | 淡墨探花 |
Life and dates
Death
- UnspecifiedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 52
Age
- 73Reckoning Sui · Relation At deathDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 52
Attested activity
- AD 1770 乾隆三十五年Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 41
- AD 1750 to AD 1770 從翰林院侍讀全魁使琉球Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 40
- AD 1773 逾三年Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 41-42
Career and standing
- lecturer at academies in Hangzhou and Zhenjiang 主講杭州、鎮江書院Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 44
- Hanlin compiler 翰林院編修AD 1770 乾隆三十五年 · AppointedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 41
- prefect of Lin'an in Yunnan 雲南臨安知府AppointedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 43
- Hanlin reader 侍讀AD 1773 逾三年 · PromotedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 42
- pleaded illness and returned home 乞病歸Retirement · EnteredDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 43
- rank reduced 鐫級Demotion · SufferedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 43
Places and affiliations
- Polity Qing 清 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 41
- At Dantu, Jiangsu 江蘇丹徒Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 38
- At Hangzhou 杭州 · Relation Taught atDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 44
- At Lin'an, Yunnan 雲南臨安 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 43
- At Wu and Yue regions 吳、越 · Relation Traveled inDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 44
- At Zhenjiang 鎮江 · Relation Taught atDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 44
Learning and skills
- EarnedAD 1770 乾隆三十五年 · Credential jinshi, third in the first rank 一甲三名進士Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 41
- Belief Buddhism / Chan 佛戒／禪 · Relation Adherent ofDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 50-51
- Skill poetry 詩 · Level accomplishedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 39, 51
- Skill calligraphy 書 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 39, 49, 54
Works and attributed material
- collected poems 詩集Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 53
- Kuaiyutang Colophons 快雨堂題跋Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 53
- My poetry and my calligraphy are both expressions of Chan insight. 吾詩與書皆禪理也Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 51
Events and relationships
- Accompanied missionDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 40
- eligible for restoration but would not serve 後當復官，厭吏事，遂不出Career · Subject · Declined reinstatementDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 44
- grand examination 大考AD 1773 逾三年 · Examination · Examinee · Ranked firstDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 42
- would not answer summons to serve 招之出者，亦不應Career · Subject · Refused summonsDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 46
- Stele admired by emperorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 45
- Traveled to capitalTravel · Traveler · At the capital 京師Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 40
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- closest friend and keenest intellectual companion 交最深，論最契Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 55
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment calligraphic fame rivaled Liu Yong; nicknamed light-ink Flower of the Court · With Liu Yong (劉墉) · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 54
- traveled with a company of singers; spent patrons' gifts on music and performersHabitDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 47, 49
- after guests left, sat in silent Chan meditation through the night without lying downPracticeDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 50
References in the histories
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