Wang Huang - Wang

…His official title was Wang's Right Army. His father was Wang Huang, and he was a cousin of the Eastern Jin Dynasty hero Wang Dao. Wang Xizhi lost his father at an early age, so he grew up under the protection of Wang Dao and his uncle Wang. He married the daughter of the powerful Xie Jian, and entered the government as a favorite of the aristocracy. He went to Wuchang as a counselor for the General of the Conquest of the West, and was promoted to Chief Clerk, and later became General of Ningyuan and Governor of Jiangzhou. …

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…官名により王右軍と呼ばれる。父は王曠（おうこう），東晋の元勲王導とはいとこの間柄になる。王羲之は早く父を失ったので，この王導や叔父の王（おうい）の庇護をうけて成長し，実力者の郗鑒（ちかん）の女と結婚し，貴族社会の寵児として官界に乗り出し，征西将軍府参軍として武昌に赴き，累進して長史となり，のち寧遠将軍，江州刺史となった。…

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