The Original Text and Translation of Biography of Wang Bo

Wang Bozian is from Longmen, Jiangzhou. At the age of six, he was good at writing. At the age of nine, Yan Shigu read Hanshu and wrote Finger Defects to cover up his mistakes. Lin Dechu and Liu Xiangdao patrolled the customs, and they made a letter to each other, so the countermeasures were the highest. Before his coronation, he was awarded the North Korean Dispelling Lang, and several tributes were given to him. Pei Wang heard his name and asked the government to put it on the second "platform secret". The book is finished, and Wang Aizhong pays attention to it. At that time, kings were cockfighting, and Percy was the king of England. Emperor Gaozong said angrily, "Yes, we should make friends." Be expelled from the government.

Self-defeating, the guest sword south. When I tried to climb Mount Ge Wei, I thought of Zhuge Liang's achievements and wrote poems to express my feelings. I heard that there are many herbs in Zhou, and I asked to join the army. By the grave, jealous of being an official. Cao Da, an official slave, atoned for his sins and hid his position, so he was afraid of leaking things and had to kill him. If you feel guilty, you will be pardoned and dismissed. Father Fu Shu and Yi Zhou Yong joined the army, so he turned to the left and handed over the address. Bob went to the province, drowned in the sea and died at the age of 29.

From the beginning, Zhong Ling was exposed. On September 9, the governor gave a banquet in honor of Teng, and his son-in-law ordered people to preface and praise the guests. Because of paper and pen, he invited guests from all over the world, so he dared to be the first, and he left without hesitation. The viceroy was furious, got up and changed clothes, and sent officials to wait on him. Repeated reports, unfamiliar language, but suddenly said: "genius!" " Please write it down and enjoy it very much. Bo is prose. At first, he didn't think it over. Grinding a few liters of ink first, then drinking heavily, leading him to lie down with his face covered and help him write an article. It is not easy to write a word. At that time, people called Abreu a "draft by heart". You like writing books.

At the beginning, Zutong was a professor at Bainiuxi at the end of Sui Dynasty and had many disciples. I tasted 120 books written by the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, continued the ancient history, and then died. 10 has recorded no books, and 25 books have been booked. It is said that the son of man cannot understand medicine. When Cao Yuan of Chang 'an had secret skills, he traveled there and got what he wanted. After reading "Yi", if there is a complaint in the night dream, he said, "Yi has Tai Chi, and Zi Mian thinks about it." I have written several easy plays, and when I get to the melon, I will get well. He also said, "The king borrowed earth from the king, and the world is fifty years old, which has been a thousand years; Take King Jin as an example. The world is 49 years, which is 900 years. The king of water riding, twenty years, a hundred years; Take Muwang for example, thirty years, hundreds of years; Take the fire king as an example, the world is 20, which is 700 years. Heaven and earth are in total. From the Yellow Emperor to the Han Dynasty, the Five Movements were suitable for the Zhou Dynasty and returned to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty should follow the Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, and it is impossible to inherit the Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty. " It is to denounce the surrender of Wei and Jin dynasties to non-Allah orthodoxy, which is the spirit of the five elements. So I wrote "Tangjia Chitose Calendar".

In Wuhou, Li Si-chen invited Zhou and Bill Han, and Zhou and Sui were abolished, while Zhongzong reused Zhou and Sui. In Tianbao, it was peaceful for a long time, and most of the speakers moved forward in a strange way. Some Cui Changzhe adopted the old theory and published a five-element calendar, demanding that Zhou and Han abolish Zhou and Sui as leap, and Li, the right phase, also praised it. When the ministers discussed whether it was possible, Master Yan, a bachelor of Ji Xian's health care package, said at the table: "The night of gathering the capital, the four stars will finally get together, and God's will is clear." So Xuanzong wrote to the former Emperor Tang of the Sui Dynasty, abolishing the intermediary, promoting the public, and respecting the two Empresses of Zhou Bill Han, taking business as three things, starting with being in the Jing Dian with Gao-zu. Prince Cui Chang was named Doctor Zan, and Wei Baoyu was named Yuanwailang. Yang is the right photograph, calling himself Sui Zong. He suggested reusing Wei as the three queens, Zhou and Sui as the two queens, restoring the old seal with the two officials, demoting Cui Chang as Wu, Wei Bao as Yelang, and Yan Bo as Fu Chuanwei.

Boge Opera and Gebang were the first scholars.

Drama, longevity for the phoenix pavilion, Shouchun and other five kings out of the cabinet, there is a master instrument, forgot to write, all the ministers are already there, but the prime minister is eclipsed. The play was written by five officials, each with his own words, which impressed everyone. Find a bachelor's degree in Hong Wen Pavilion, and get to know assistant minister Tianguan. At first, Pei Xingjian selected classics, watched dramas and watched Su Weidao, saying, "Both sons are talented." This is a language test. Liu, who is good at drama, took this as the secretariat of Jizhou, rebelled against Qi Lianyao, and both drama and secretariat were too big. At the beginning of the dragon, he was reinstated.

Help, the word works, the seven-year-old mother is dead, and the neighbors are crying. Worried that your father would destroy your bones. Divide to spy on the empire.

At the beginning, Xu, Xi and Bo were all famous for their talents, so they were called "three-bead trees" for short. Later, he helped, and Xu was also expressed in words. Shua died young. Fu Shu also wrote the advice to his younger son. Fu Shu tasted Han Siyan and said in a play, "There is a horse addiction, and you have a reputation addiction. How big is the Wang family addiction? " When Siyan helped him write an article, he said, "If you have children, you will boast."

Bob, Yang Jiong, Lu, Wang, etc. are all famous for their articles, and they are called four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty. Jiong tasted: "Shame on Lu, shame on the queen." The discussant said it was natural.

2. Translation

Wang Bo was born in Longmen, Jiangzhou, now in Hejin, Shanxi. But his former residence Tonghua Village is now under the jurisdiction of Wanrong County. Wang Bo could write an article when he was six years old. Yan Shigu, a nine-year-old college student, annotated Hanshu and thought there were many mistakes in it, so he wrote an article entitled Hanshu Pointing to Defects to correct them.

In the early years of Linde, Tang Gaozong, Liu Xiangdao, an official, was ordered to patrol the customs, and the prosecutor closed it. Wang Bo wrote a letter to Liu Xiangdao and volunteered to show his talents. After reading the letter, Liu Xiangdao appreciated it very much and recommended the young genius Wang Bo to the court. Emperor Gaozong summoned Wang Bo for a face-to-face investigation. Wang Bo quoted the classics and talked with Kan Kan, which was also appreciated by the emperor. At that time, when he was less than twenty years old, he was awarded the office of Chao Saburo, which can be said to be the success of young people. Wang Bo is brilliant and quick-thinking. Every time there is a celebration in the imperial court, he can write a beautiful eulogy for the emperor. At that time, he became famous. When Prince Pei Wang heard about it, he invited Wang Bo to work as a special writer in his own home and wrote the book "The Secret of the Platform". After writing, Pei Wang trusted Wang Bo more. However, Wang Bo, after all, was young and ignorant and didn't know the taboos between the royal families, so he got into trouble carelessly. At that time, princes often played cockfighting games. Wang Bo was naive. He wrote an article for Pei Wang condemning the king chicken. Probably because this article was written like a battle report, the king couldn't stand it, so he quarreled with Pei Wang. When their father Emperor Gaozong heard about it, he was very angry. He said that this would inevitably provoke conflicts between princes, so he took Wang Bo as a scapegoat and drove him out of the palace.

Wang Bo met the first setback in his life, and his reputation was shattered. He can't stay in Chang 'an, he can only run around. First, I went to Sichuan, and once climbed Gekui Mountain, commanding and looking around, I generously remembered the achievements of Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms and wrote touching poems. Later, he heard that Zhou Guo's mountains were rich in herbs, and suddenly he had the idea of studying medicine. Thanks to the relationship of nobles, he got a small official and joined the army in Zhou Guo. Wang Bo, on the other hand, has the common fault of ordinary genius. He is arrogant and often bullies local superiors and subordinates by virtue of his talent, so his popularity is extremely poor and everyone hates him. It happened that another thing happened at this time, which almost killed Wang Bo. A slave named Cao Da committed a crime and went to Wang Bo's house to hide. Wang Bo lacked life experience and took him in. A few days later, he was afraid that things would be exposed and implicated. In desperation, Wang Bo killed the official slave.

This is a capital crime! The local area was full of political enemies and no friends, so Wang Bo was sentenced to death. Before the execution, when the court pardoned him, he was exempted from the capital punishment and was abolished as Shu Ren. He never wanted to be an official again. Wang Bo is in big trouble this time. His father, Fuchuan, joined the army in Yongzhou, but he was implicated and demoted to an official position. He went to work as a county magistrate. This place is roughly equivalent to Guangxi or Vietnam today. The father is involved and the son can't bear it. Wang Bo went to visit, but he didn't expect to die. He was caught in a storm when crossing the sea by boat. Wang Bo fell into the water and was scared to death in the big storm. He is only 29 years old.

Wang Bo's life is like this, only a short 29 years. However, although genius flashed like a meteor, it left a dazzling light in the night sky after all. Wang Bo has many short stories that people will never forget.

Today, we often say that we should draft articles, and if we are smart, we should draft them carefully. The allusion of "draft by heart" was originated by Wang Bo. When he writes an article, he doesn't think seriously at first, but grinds a big booth, then drinks a few glasses of wine beautifully and pulls up the quilt to sleep with his head covered. When he woke up, he began to write without changing a word. People say that Wang Bo is called memory. Many of his books are written in this way.

He went to visit his father and once passed through Zhong Ling, which is now Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, leaving behind the famous story of Wang Tengting. On September 9th, during the Double Ninth Festival, the local governor gave a big banquet in Wang Teng Pavilion, and ordered his son-in-law to make a preface in advance, ready to copy it and show it off upstairs. To be polite, Qi Huangong asked everyone to write first. Everyone knows it's fake, and they refuse to write it. Only Wang Bo is a stranger. Not knowing the secret of this place, he picked up a pen and wrote, leaving his son-in-law in the air. The viceroy was very angry and had a bad attack, so he had to stand up and leave the scene, let his subordinate officials stare at Wang Bo and wait for him to write a sentence before giving him a message. As a result, he found that Wang Bo wrote more and more brilliantly, and when the words "Lonely sunset in Qi Fei, autumn waters * * * one color in the sky" came, the viceroy could not help but come and boast that Wang Bo was a genius, and they became good friends. This article is Preface to Wang Teng-ting, which is still being recited today.

As we all know, Wang Bo was the first of the four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty and was famous for his poems. In fact, although his life is short, he is still a scholar, who has done a lot of academic research and made great achievements. His family, Wang Longmen, is famous for his scholarship, and his grandfather is a famous scholar and scholar Wang Tong. At the end of Sui Dynasty, Wang Tong lived in seclusion in Bainiuxi, recruiting talents and teaching academics. He collected and sorted out 120 works since the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, and wanted to compile them into a sequel to Shangshu. Later, many of his books were lost, and the most important preface was also lost. There were still ten articles with only catalogs and no articles. As an adult, Wang Bo inherited his grandfather's career, revised and supplemented it, and finally finished 25 articles. He also thought that as a person, he had to study medicine, so he worshipped Cao Yuan, a famous doctor in Chang 'an, as a teacher and quickly learned and mastered Cao Yuan's medical essence. He also likes reading the Book of Changes. He read too carefully during the day. In the evening, he had a dream of the Book of Changes. In the dream, someone told him: "There is Artest in the Book of Changes. You should think about it! " When I woke up, I wrote Yi Xi and wrote several articles in a row until I suddenly fell ill and the matter was suspended.

Wang Bo was also interested in the theory of the relationship between heaven and man and the end of five virtues since the Han Dynasty, and put forward his own brand-new viewpoint. He said: "the king borrowed the earth from the king, and the world is fifty, which has been a thousand years; Take King Jin as an example. The world is 49 years, which is 900 years. The king of water riding, twenty years, a hundred years; Take Muwang for example, thirty years, hundreds of years; Take the fire king as an example, the world is 20, which is 700 years. Heaven and earth are in total. From the Yellow Emperor to the Han Dynasty, the Five Movements were suitable for the Zhou Dynasty and returned to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty should follow the Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, and it is impossible to inherit the Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty. " This is tantamount to denying the orthodoxy of the dynasties since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, even the Northern Zhou and Sui Dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty directly inherited the Han Dynasty. To this end, Wang Bo specially produced "Tangjia Chitose Calendar". (Mingxinzhai's Note: The theory of "ruling by five virtues" seems funny, but it is actually very reasonable. Today, many historians ignore many small dynasties when they divide the big dynasties. I remember some scholars said that the Qin and Han Dynasties were the first empire, the Tang and Song Dynasties were the second empire, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the third empire, not counting the Zhou Dynasty. )

Wang Bo's theory had a great influence in the Tang Dynasty and was used by various political forces. In the era of Wu Zetian, Li Simiao suggested that the Tang Dynasty inherit Zhou Han and abandon the Northern Zhou and Sui Dynasties. The Tang Zhongzong era was restored again, which improved the status of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Sui Dynasty. When Li was in power during Tianbao reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he adopted the new theory and inherited it. When Yang was in power, he was once again subverted because he shared the same surname as the Sui Dynasty. Although it seems ridiculous that this theory is used in political struggle, it shows the influence of Wang Bo Theory.

There are many talented people in the Wang Bo family. Brother Wang Xi and brother Wang Xi were admitted to the Jinshi and became officials. At first, three brothers, Wang CuO, Wang Ju and Wang Bo, became famous and were called "Three Beads Tree" for short by Du Yi. Later, Wang Zhu and Wang Shu also grew up, and they both had literary names. It seems that the "three-bead tree" has become a "five-bead tree". Wang Shua also died young, but his younger brother Wang advised him to be a gifted scholar when he grew up. Their father, Wang Fuzhuan, likes to praise his son to others at ordinary times and is called "honorary fetish" by his friends. Wang Fuzhi asked his son Wang Zhu to show his article to his friends, who read it and said, "It is natural to praise him for having such a talented son."

Wang Bo's hometown, Tonghua Village, is located on Mount Emei in the south of Fenhe River Basin. I didn't know the name of this village before, because Wang Bo's grandfather wangtong was buried here after his death. The locals took the meaning of "Wang Tong Yuhua" and named it "Tonghua". There is an existing ancestral hall of the king in the east of the village, with several stone tablets in it. There are also kings in the village, but the population is not prosperous. Mingxinzhai is also a descendant of Wang. According to the elders, it is not a branch of Tonghua King. There are many people surnamed Wang in our village. According to "Hejin County Records", Wang was born in Taiyuan and moved to southern Shanxi during Jin Yongjia. In the Tang Dynasty, Wang Xing's poets mostly moved from Jinzhong to southern Shanxi. )

Place of Birth: Hejin City, Shanxi Province

Occupation: writer

Representative works: Tang's Millennium Calendar

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Nationality: China.

Chinese name: Wang Bo.

Nickname: Zian