Wang Xizhi 王羲之

Family

• Parent of Wang Xuanzhi (王玄之)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 205-206
• Parent of Wang Ningzhi (王凝之)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 204, 207
• Parent of Wang Huizhi (王徽之)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 212
• Parent of Wang Xianzhi (王獻之)
  son 子
  Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passages 212, 232

• Kinship Role well-known sons · Count 5
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 205
• Kinship Role sons · Count 7
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 205
• Kinship Role grandsons · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 188
• Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 188, 203

Career and standing

• calligrapher and retired official 書家
  Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passages 184, 207
• Grand Master of the Golden Seal and Purple Ribbon 金紫光祿大夫
  AD 361 年五十九卒，贈金紫光祿大夫 · Posthumously awarded
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 202
• Lived at leisure
  AD 355 to AD 361 羲之既優遊無事 · Retirement
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 184

Places and affiliations

• Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 182, 184
• AD 355 to AD 361 頃東游還
  At the east 東 · Relation Traveled to
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 188
• Organization Wang clan 王氏 · Relation Member of
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 208

Works and attributed material

• Letter · Author · With Xie Wan (謝萬) · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-document Speaker Wang Xizhi (王羲之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 184-200
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wang Xizhi (王羲之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 182

Events and relationships

• Compared hosts to hermits and ministers
  Rhetorical · Speaker · With Chao Fu (巢父), Xu You (許由), Ji (稷), Qi (契)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 182
• Posthumous honor declined by sons
  AD 361 諸子遵父先旨，固讓不受 · Ritual · Recipient
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 203
• Present and rebuked hosts
  Social · Guest · With Liu Tan (劉惔)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 182-183
• Relation Correspondent of · Person Xie Wan (謝萬)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 184, 195
• Relation Companion of · Person Xie An (謝安)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 192

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment hoped to teach descendants honesty generosity and modesty · Mode self-report Speaker Wang Xizhi (王羲之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 189

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 182
• modeled his way of life on Lu Jia, Ban Si, and Yang Wangsun
  Person Ids Lu Jia (陸賈), Ban Si (班嗣), Yang Wangsun (楊王孫) · Mode self-report Speaker Wang Xizhi (王羲之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 194
• led sons and carried young grandsons among mulberries and fruit after returning from an eastern tour
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 188