Overview
Wang Xianzhi was a Calligrapher and Official.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Age
- 7Age End 8 · Reckoning Sui · Context learning calligraphyDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 73
Attested activity
- AD 381 不疑初為烏程令，欣時年十二，時王Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 8
- AD 365 to AD 386 其爲左丞Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 122
- AD 344 to AD 386 子敬之書Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 197
- AD 344 to AD 386 東晉Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 178
- AD 344 to AD 386 獻之Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 57
- AD 351 to AD 352 王獻之七、八歲時Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 73
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Right General (右軍)son 子Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 73
- Child of Wang Xizhi (王羲之)son 子Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 121, passage 57
Key source chapters
- Book of Song, Chapter 62 Volume 62 Biographies 22: Yang Xin, Zhang Fu, Wang Wei 2 passages
- Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 34 Volume 34 Biographies 15: Yu Wanzhi, Liu Xiu, Shen Chong, Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen 1 passage
- Book of Liang, Chapter 35 Volume 35: Xiao Zike; Xiao Zifan; Xiao Zixian; Xiao Ziyun 1 passage
- Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 39 Volume 39 Biographies 20: Liu Huan, Di Jin, Lu Cheng 1 passage
- Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503 Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er 1 passage
Career and standing
- Governor of Wuxing 吳興太守HeldDirectly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 8
- Left Assistant 左丞HeldDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 122
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Jin 東晉 · Relation Active inStrongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 73
- Polity Eastern Jin 東晉 · Relation Active underStrongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 178
- Polity Eastern Jin 東晉 · Relation AssociatedStrongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passage 197
- Polity Eastern Jin 東晉 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 122
Learning and skills
- Skill calligraphy 書 · Level canonical comparisonDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 197
- Skill versed in court regulations 習達朝章 · Level master-of-recent-timesDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 122
- Skill orthodox clerical method 正隸法 · Level source-of-schoolDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 178
- Skill calligraphy 書 · Level strong-childhood-gripDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 73
Events and relationships
- Held brush immovablyDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 73
- Impeached Wang MengDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 122
- Relation Compared with · Person Wang Xizhi (逸少)Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 197
- Relation Impeached · Person Wang Meng (王濛)Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 122
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment calligraphy does not match Yishao · Mode speech Speaker Gaozu of Liang (高祖)Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 197
- Assessment master of recent times in court regulations · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Lu Cheng (陸澄)Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 122
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 197; Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 178
References in the histories
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