The great leader Chairman Mao has commented on many celebrities in my country's history. It is said that there are more "criticisms" and less praises. For example, Qin Emperor and Han Wu, Tang Zong Song Zu , Genghis Khan, Western Chu King , etc., all pointed out their shortcomings. However, he also regretted an ancient man, calling him a "handsome genius", but unfortunately he died too early.
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The talent that Chairman Mao praised is the head of " Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty " - Wang Bo .
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According to " Old Tang Book ", Wang Bo was able to write articles at the age of six, wrote immediately, and wrote smoothly, and was praised by the world as a "child prodigy".
When Wang Bo was 27 years old, he went to Jiaozhi County to visit his old father. When he came to Hongzhou (now Nanchang, Jiangxi Province), it was the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th. At that time, the governor of Nanchang Prefecture, Yan Boyu (called " Yan Gong "), presided over the completion of the Tengwang Pavilion, which was rebuilt by . To celebrate the celebration, Yan Gong held a celebration banquet in the cabinet, inviting local literati and celebrities to drink and write poems. One was to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival, and the other was to write a preface for the Tengwang Pavilion, so as to praise his reputation.
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and Wang Bo, who has been famous for Tengwang Pavilion for a long time, also by chance, boarded the Tengwang Pavilion and participated in the banquet.
"Fat and water will not flow to outsiders' fields." Mr. Yan was obviously selfish. In order to let his son-in-law show his talent in front of the guests, Mr. Yan had already asked his son-in-law to prepare a preface and take it out at that time so that people could feel that it was an impromptu work. At the beginning of the banquet, Yan Boyu humbly held paper and pen and asked the guests to write prefaces one by one, and the guests all thanked them. It seemed that everyone was quite conscious of the times. When it was Wang Bo's turn, Yan Gong still sent the paper and pen over, and Wang Bo, who did not understand the "human way of the world", took the paper and pen without hesitation.
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When the subordinate entered the inner room and presented the content of Wang Bo's "Yuzhang Old County, Hongdu New Mansion", Yan Gong said disdainfully that this was just a cliché; in a short while, when the subordinate reported "Stars divided into Yizhen, and the earth connected to Henglu", Yan Gong remained silent; when the subordinate reported "The setting sun and the lone wild goose fly together, the autumn water and the sky are the same color", Yan Boyu suddenly stood up and exclaimed: "Genius! Genius! His articles can be passed down from generation to generation." Yan Gong was very happy , and the guests on the side praised it.
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, and the content written by Wang Bo was reported one after another, and everyone present whispered and praised. Mr. Yan admired him deeply and believed that this preface was much more clever than what his son-in-law wrote, so he no longer asked his son-in-law to come forward to write the preface.
This time, Wang Bo became popular again, but unfortunately, God was jealous of the talent. In August of the third year of Shangyuan (676), when he visited his father back, it was summer, and the wind in the South China Sea was strong and the waves were high. Wang Bo unfortunately drowned and died of fear.
