Cursive Script King Translation

Translation of "The King of Cursive Script":

Prime Minister Zhang liked to write cursive script but it was not good-looking. People at that time laughed at him, but the Prime Minister behaved very calmly about this. Once, when he got a good sentence, he picked up the pen and wrote it down quickly, and the whole paper was full of dragons and phoenixes.

He asked his nephew to copy it down. When he came to a place with weird strokes in the calligraphy, his nephew stopped blankly, took the paper on which he had written the words and asked him: "What word is this?" The prime minister said seriously. After looking at it for a long time, he didn't recognize it anymore, so he blamed his nephew and said, "Why didn't you ask earlier? So much so that I forgot what was written."

"The King of Cursive Script"

Prime Minister Zhang is fond of cursive writing but not good at craftsmanship. At that time, everyone in the generation laughed at him. The prime minister is at ease. One day I got a sentence, and I wrote quickly with my pen, and the paper was full of dragons and snakes flying around. Let my nephew record it.

When the waves are in danger, my nephew stops. He held the letter and asked, "What's the word for this?" The prime minister had seen it for a long time and didn't recognize it. Criticized (gòu) his nephew and said: "You didn't ask earlier, I will forget about it."

Extended information:

Character introduction:

Zhang Shangying, His courtesy name was Tianjue and his nickname was Wuwu Jushi. He was a native of Xinjin, Shuzhou (now part of Sichuan). Brother Zhang Tangying.

In the second year of Zhiping reign of Yingzong, he became a Jinshi (Volume 16 of "Wanyan Collection of Famous Official Stele Biography" ("Biography of Zhang Shaobao Shang Ying")), transferred to the chief bookkeeper of Tongchuan County, and knew Nanchuan County. Shenzong Xining Si Year), the power inspector was in charge of the official affairs of the study room. In the fifth year, Quan supervised the censor Li Xing (Volume 228, 231 of "Xu Zi Zhi Tong Jian Chang Bian").

Demoted to prison and taxed in Jingnan. At the beginning of Yuanfeng period, except for the collation of pavilions and pavilions. In the third year, he was inspected and punished in the study room, and he was responsible for overseeing the Jiangling County tax department (ibid., Volumes 303 and 308). In the first year of Yuanyou (the first year of Zhe Zong's reign), he promoted officials to Kaifeng Prefecture.

In the second year, he was sent to Hedong Prison and sent envoys to Hebei, Jiangnan, and Huainan Road (ibid., Volumes 375, 403, 450, and 481). In Shaoshengzhong, he was called You Zhengyan and Zuo Sijian, and was responsible for supervising Jiangning wine due to affairs. He started to know Hongzhou. In the first year of Yuanfu, he served as the shipping envoy for Jianghuai, Jingzhe and other roads (ibid., Volume 504).

He was called the minister of the Ministry of Industry and moved to Zhongshushe. After Emperor Huizong was established, he was appointed as the transfer envoy to the capital of Hebei Province and sent to Suizhou. At the beginning of Chongning, he was a bachelor of Hanlin Academy. He became Minister of Right and became Minister of Zuo. After learning about Bozhou, he joined the Yuanyou party. In the fourth year of Daguan, except for the bachelor of Zizheng Palace and the envoy of Zhongtai Palace (Volume 3 of "Qian Dao Lin'an Zhi"), he immediately eliminated the minister of Zhongshu and paid homage to Shangshu's right servant.

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