In the third year of Xianheng of the Tang Dynasty (672), Wang Bobu was appointed to join the army in Guozhou. He was punished according to the law because he was good at killing official slaves. Fortunately, he was pardoned by the emperor, but he only failed in his duty. However, his father was affected and was demoted to Jiaozhiling. In the second year of Shangyuan (675), Wang Bo went south to visit his father. He passed by Hongzhou and was catching up with the governor Yan Boyu who was renovating the Tengwang Pavilion. So he wrote the eternally famous "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" at his banquet...
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