Wang Bo was a prodigy of the Tang Dynasty and a bright superstar in the literary world of the Tang D

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-03-07

He is an indisputable genius! While others were still playing in ignorance, he had already started the path of poetry; When he was still an adult, he turned out to be the youngest and most promising civil servant in the Tang Dynasty. He has a unique style of acting, burying his head in a deep sleep beforehand, and when he wakes up, he has achieved a masterpiece that has lasted for the ages in an instant, and the words are exactly the same. His prose style is quite otherworldly charming, and his poems are known as the treasures of Tang Dynasty poetry. If it weren't for his untimely death, Li Bai and Du Fu would have been overshadowed in front of him. He is the crown of the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty, an incomparable genius - Wang Bo, whose name is Zi'an, was born in 650 A.D. in Longmen, Jiangzhou, a prominent family.

His grandfather was a great Confucian Wang Tong at the end of the Sui Dynasty, who was deeply knowledgeable and respected as a model for teachers, and his protégés were all over the world. His uncle and grandfather Wang Ji became famous at an early age, known as a prodigy fairy, and was a great poet famous abroad in the Tang Dynasty. His father, Wang Fuchou, served as Dr. Taichang, and his careful cultivation made his talented son Wang Bo the most dazzling pearl in the family. At the age of 6, Wang Bo showed an astonishing talent for being able to teach and teach; At the age of 9, he can write an article with a three-inch tongue; At the age of 10, he read the Six Classics and understood them to the fullest. When he was 12 years old, his father, out of his devotion to medicine, couldn't help but sigh that "those who don't understand medicine are unfilial", so he followed the famous doctor Cao Yuan to visit famous families in Chang'an and learn medical skills. In just over a year, Wang Bo not only mastered superb medical skills, but also had a profound understanding of the I Ching.

At the age of 14, he was bluntly praised by Liu Xiangdao, the otherworldly prime minister of Shangshu, and was praised as a prodigy of a generation. At the age of 16, he successfully passed the imperial examination and became the youngest and most capable court member of the Tang Dynasty. When Tang Gaozong saw the "Sending the Empress of the Qianyuan Palace" written by him, he praised him as an outstanding talent of the Tang Dynasty. However, the young and frivolous Wang Bo did not understand the cruelty and ruthlessness of officialdom, and during a certain excitement, during the cockfight between Li Xian, the king of Pei, and Li Zhe, the king of the eagle, he asked him to write an essay. Unexpectedly, this wonderful cockfighting article reached the ears of Tang Gaozong, and the emperor was furious after reading it, thinking that Wang Bo's actions were really provoking the brotherhood of the royal brothers, and ordered him to leave the palace to fend for himself.

After the blow, Wang Bo tried to find a new life in Chang'an, but was invited by a friend. This person's name is Du, and he plans to go to Shuzhou to take up a job. At the moment of parting, Wang Bo felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and wrote a poem for this friend, two of which are still widely praised - "Confidant in the sea, if the end of the world is next to each other". In 671 A.D., Wang Bo was recommended by a friend to go to Guozhou, which is rich in precious Chinese medicinal materials, to join the army. After two years of peace and security, a man named Cao Da intruded into his life for no reason, claiming to be a relative of the famous doctor Cao Yuan, and denounced him on the charge of concealment, leading to Wang Bo in danger of being executed. In the danger of hanging by a thread, the goddess of luck favored his family, and Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty was appointed as the queen of heaven, just to pardon all the criminals.

Although Wang Bo was spared, his career did not start again. After getting out of the cage, he learned that his father Wang Fuchou was relegated to the remote and barren Jiaozhi as the county magistrate because of his involvement. Grief-stricken, Wang Bo decided to leave immediately to visit his father. In 675 A.D., Wang Bo traveled south to Nanchang, and it happened that the local tycoon Yan Bo held a banquet in Yichun County, a newly built important town on the Ganjiang River, and invited talents from all walks of life to participate in the grand event. Wang Bo improvised the shocking "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" at this unique banquet. Wang Bo never stopped writing poems, never thought hard, just drank while drinking tea, and then fell asleep peacefully, and waited until the dawn of the spirit, under the stroke of the pen, it presented a swan song for the ages, without the slightest mistake between the lines. Everyone thought that he had a brilliant idea, so the term "belly draft" came into being.

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