Overview
Wang Xianzhi was a Calligrapher.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Jin
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 344 to AD 386 獻之有父風（東晉）Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 80, passages 329-334
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Wang Xizhi (王逸少)father 父 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 329
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Lived underStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passage 329
Learning and skills
- Skill calligraphy 書Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 329-331
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment Although he has his father's style, he has no fresh ingenuity. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 329
- Assessment His brush traces are constrained, like a starving bondservant in a strict household: tethered, lean, and unfree. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 331, 333
- Assessment His reputation exceeds his reality. · Mode historian-judgmentStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passage 339
- Assessment The momentum of his characters is sparse and thin, like a withered tree in deep winter. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 330, 332
- Assessment The two faults together are a sickness of brush and ink. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 334
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 329
References in the histories
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