Wang Xizhi 王羲之

Other names

Family

• Child of Wang Kuang (王曠)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 4
• Kin of Wang Dao (王導)
  nephew 從子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 2, 10
• Kin of Wang Dun (王敦)
  paternal uncle 從伯 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 10
• Descendant of Wang Zheng (王正)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 3
• Spouse of Daughter of Xi Jian (郗鑒女)
  wife 妻
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 18

• Kinship Role daughters · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 30
• Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 30

Origins and identity

• Clan Wang clan 王氏
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 12-13

Career and standing

• calligrapher 善隸書
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 9
• army adviser 參軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 19
• General of the Right Army 右軍將軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 34
• General Who Guards the Army 護軍將軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 34
• General Who Pacifies the Distance 甯遠將軍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 21
• Gentleman of the Palace Library 秘書郎
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 19

Places and affiliations

• Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 19, 22, 34
• At Jiang province 江州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 21
• At Kuaiji 會稽 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 34
• At Xuancheng 宣城 · Relation Sought posting
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 34

Learning and skills

• Skill clerical script 隸書 · Level unrivaled
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 9

Works and attributed material

• Letter · Author · With Prince of Kuaiji (會稽王) · Paraphrased
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 58
• Letter · Author · With Yin Hao (殷浩) · Paraphrased
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 35-36
• Letter · Author · With Yin Hao (殷浩) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 29-33, 38-57

Events and relationships

• Received ox heart roast
  Social · Honored guest · With Zhou Yi (周顗)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 8
• Received provincial levies
  Administrative · Local official
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 56
• Visited
  Social · Visitor · With Zhou Yi (周顗)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 7
• Warned against northern campaign
  Counsel · Adviser · With Yin Hao (殷浩)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 35-36, 38
• Marriage selection · Unconventional candidate · At eastern couch 東床
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 14, 16, 18
• Political · Refused chancellor recruitment · With Wang Dao (王導) · Mode speech Speaker Wang Xizhi (王羲之)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 29

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment brush movement like floating clouds and a startled dragon · Mode named-source-report
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 9
• Assessment one of the best youths of the Wang clan · Mode speech Speaker Wang Dun (王敦)
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 12
• Assessment uncompromising integrity · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 9
• tongue-tied as a boy; later fluent and forceful in debate
  Speech
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 6, 9
• Item Chancellor Wang's handwriting 手跡 · Relation Possessed
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 29

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 1