Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Calligrapher and Official

Wang Xianzhi 王子敬

Wáng Zǐjìng

Attested AD 360 - AD 386

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Xianzhi was a Calligrapher and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 360 to AD 386 王子敬
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 154

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Jin 東晉 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 154

Learning and skills

Skill calligraphy 書 · Level canonical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 154, 159

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 159

Events and relationships

Relation Teacher of · Person Yang Xin (羊欣)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 168, 170
Relation Teacher of · Person Qiu Daohu (丘道護)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 170
Relation Senior kinsman of · Person Wang Min (王珉)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 159

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 33Volume 33 Biographies 14: Wang Sengqian, Zhang Xu · 5 passages

其論書曰：「宋文帝書，自云可比王子敬，時議者云『天然勝羊欣，功夫少於欣』。 In his discourse on calligraphy he wrote: "Emperor Wen of Song claimed his hand could stand beside Wang Zijing's; men of the time said, "By native gift he outdoes Yang Xin, yet in practiced craft he trails Xin."

亡從祖中書令書，子敬云『弟書如騎騾，駸駸恒欲度驊騮前』。 My late collateral forebear the director of the Secretariat—Zijing said of his hand, "The younger brother writes as one rides a mule, forever lunging to get past the thoroughbred in front."

謝安亦入能書錄，亦自重，爲子敬書嵇康詩。 Xie An too made the roll of able calligraphers, prized his own hand, and wrote out Xi Kang's poems for Zijing.

羊欣書見重一時，親受子敬，行書尤善，正乃不稱名。 Yang Xin's hand was honored for a season; he studied face to face with Zijing; in running script he shone, yet in regular script he never won a name.

丘道護與羊欣俱面受子敬，故當在欣後。 Qiu Daohu and Yang Xin both sat before Zijing in person; Daohu therefore belongs after Xin.