Wang Xizhi 羲之

Family

• Sibling of Elder brother of Wang Xizhi (王羲之兄)
  elder brother 兄
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 165
• Child of Father of Wang Xizhi (王羲之父)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 163-164
• Child of Mother of Wang Xizhi (王羲之母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 165

• Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 161, 177

Career and standing

• calligrapher 書
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 145
• Kuaiji 會稽
  AD 355 永和十一年三月癸卯朔，九日辛亥 · Resigned
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 163, 173
• Kuaiji 會稽
  Succeeded · With Wang Shu (王述)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 153
• state favor and glory 國寵榮
  Received
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 165
• Claimed
  AD 355 永和十一年三月癸卯朔，九日辛亥 · Illness plea
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 163

Places and affiliations

• Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 159, 165, 178
• At eastern region 東土 · Relation Resided
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 173
• At Kuaiji 會稽 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 153, 159
• At Mount Ji 蕺山 · Relation Visited
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 139
• At Shanyin 山陰 · Relation Visited
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 133

Learning and skills

• Belief Daoist dietetics 服食 · Relation Practitioner of
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 174
• Skill calligraphy 書 · Level renowned
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 145, 149

Works and attributed material

• Orchid Pavilion preface 蘭亭序
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 119-130
• Dao De Jing 道德經
  Relation Copyist
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 134-135
• AD 355 永和十一年三月癸卯朔，九日辛亥
  Oath · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Wang Xizhi (羲之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 163-172
• Letter · Author · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Wang Xizhi (羲之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 148
• Preface · Author · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Wang Xizhi (羲之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 119-129
• Speech · Speaker · With Fan-selling old woman of Mount Ji (老姥) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Wang Xizhi (羲之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 142

Events and relationships

• Ashamed at inspection
  Administrative · Administrator · With Wang Shu (王述)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 162-163
• Composed preface
  Literary · Author
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 119-130
• Copied Dao De Jing for geese
  Personal · Visitor · With Shanyin Daoist (道士) · At Shanyin 山陰
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 133-135
• Cultivated dietetics and gathered herbs
  Religious · Practitioner · With Xu Mai (許邁)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 174
• Failed to buy goose
  Personal · Would be buyer · At Kuaiji 會稽 · With Kuaiji goose-keeping widow (孤居姥)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 131-132
• Inscribed fans
  Scholarly · Calligrapher · With Fan-selling old woman of Mount Ji (老姥) · At Mount Ji 蕺山
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 139-140, 142

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment early calligraphy did not surpass Yu Yi and Xi Yin; sublime only in old age · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 149