Tang Caizi's Translation of Wang Bo

Wang Bozian is from Longmen, Jiangzhou. He knew how to write an article when he was six years old. His thoughts are not stagnant, and his feelings are unrestrained. , Wang? The talent is equal. Du, his father's friend, often praised them and said, "These are the three pearl trees of the Wangs." Li Xian, the king of Pei, heard of his fame, told him to write articles and took good care of him. At that time, the princes fought cocks and won and lost each other. Wang Bo jokingly wrote "The Chicken of the King of England". After reading this article, Emperor Gaozong said angrily, "According to this article, this is a sign of mutual trap." (That is to say, Wang Bo's article refuted the kings. ) On the same day, he rebuked Wang Bo and refused to let him enter the palace. After a long time, he joined the army and went to Zhou Guo.

Wang Bo is arrogant to others, because he thinks he is very talented and he is hated by his colleagues. There was an official slave named Cao Da who committed a crime. Wang Bo hid him, fearing that things would be exposed, so he killed Cao Da and blocked the source of the news. Later, it was revealed that Wang Bo was sentenced to death, but the emperor was pardoned and acquitted. At that time, Wang Bo's father Wang Fu? Yongzhou secretariat joined the army, because Wang Bo was demoted to rank. In the second year of Shangyuan, Wang Bo went to Jiaodian to visit his father. While crossing the South China Sea, he fell into the water and died at the age of 28.

Pei Hangjian, the former assistant minister of the official department, had the ability to identify talents. Li attached great importance to Yang Jiong, Lu, Irene Wang and Bob, thinking that they would get ahead and be extremely rich. Pei Xingjian said: "Scholars should take a long-term view and put their ability and knowledge first, and their literary talent second. Although Wang Bo and others have literary talent, they are impetuous and superficial. Where can they enjoy the salary of officials? Yang Jiong is calm and quiet, and his position should be at the top of the Chief Executive. The rest are lucky to die well. " Later, as he said.

(from an old Tang book? Volume 190? Shang ")

Father Wang Fu? Because this event is downgraded to address order. Wang Bo went to visit and passed by Nanchang. At that time, Governor Gong Yan had just built a Wang Teng Pavilion. On September 9, he asked his son-in-law to make a preface in advance and show off in front of the guests. So he took out his pen and paper and invited all the guests. No one dared to undertake the task. But in Wang Bo, he readily refused. The viceroy was very angry, got up and left under the pretext of changing clothes. He just sent a small official to peek at Wang Bo's article and report it. The petty official (after reading it) repeatedly reported that the language of the article became more and more strange. Gong Yan was shocked, looked at it and said, "Genius!" Ask him to finish the full text, so the guests were so happy that they stopped. When Wang Bo wrote an article, he didn't think carefully at first. First he grinded a few liters of ink, then drank it to his heart's content, and pulled up the quilt to cover his face. When he wakes up, he can write an article word for word. At that time, people called Wang Bo a "draft by heart".

Like Yang Jiong, Lu and Liu, they are all famous for their articles. They are called "Wang, Yang, Lu and Luo" and "Four Masters" in the world. Yang Jiong once said: "Shame on Lu, shame on Wang." Commentators at that time also thought so.

(Selected from Biography of Talented Talents in Tang Dynasty and New Tang Book? Volume 2 10? Literature and Art)

Wang Bo was only fourteen years old when he wrote Preface to Wang Tengting. Qi Huangong doesn't believe in his talents. Although Wang Bo was present, Gong Yan wanted his son-in-law Meng to write this article, and he had an idea in advance. When (Gong Yan) shuttled back and forth between the guests with a pen and paper, Wang Bo did not refuse to be modest. Gong Yan was very angry. He brushed his clothes (shook his sleeves to show his anger) and got up (left). He sent someone to see how Wang Bo wrote it. For the first time, it was reported that "Nanchang is an old county and Hongdu is a new house". Gong Yan said: "This is also a cliche (just)." The second time, I was told that "the stars are divided into wings and the ground is connected with Lu Heng". Gong Yan hesitated after hearing this sentence. Once again, someone told me that "the sunset and lonely Qi Fei, autumn waters and sky are the same color". Gong Yan stood up in panic and said, "This man is really a genius and should be immortal!" (Gong Yan) So he hurriedly invited Wang Bo to the banquet place, and he tried his best to stop it.