Commandant Wang (王衛尉)

Overview

The translated histories identify Commandant Wang as a military officer and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Commandant Wang	王衛尉	Wang Weiwei
Title	Commandant Wang	王衛尉	Wang Weiwei
Title	Commandant Wang	王衛尉
Surname	Wang	王	Wang
Surname	Wang	王

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:053:s0087

Roles

Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 漢十二年 · Western Year: BC 195
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:053:s0087

Career and standing

Label: Commandant of the Palace Guard / 衛尉 · Action: held
Explicit · shiji:053:s0087

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Emperor Gaozu (高祖) · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Commandant Wang (王衛尉)
Explicit · shiji:053:s0087, shiji:053:s0090, shiji:053:s0091, shiji:053:s0092, shiji:053:s0093, shiji:053:s0094

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 2 passages

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數日，王衛尉侍，前問曰：「相國胡大罪，陛下繫之暴也？」 A few days later Commandant Wang of the palace guard, on duty at court, stepped forward: “What grave offense could warrant clapping the minister of state in irons like a common criminal?”

王衛尉曰：「夫職事苟有便於民而請之，真宰相事也。 Wang answered, “When an officer petitions for anything that helps the people, that is precisely what a chief minister should do.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 53House of Chancellor Xiao · 2 passages

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數日，王衛尉侍，前問曰：「相國何大罪，陛下系之暴也？」 Several days later, the Commandant of the Palace Guard, Wang, was in attendance and ventured to ask, 'What terrible crime has the Prime Minister committed that Your Majesty treats him so harshly?'

王衛尉曰：「夫職事茍有便於民而請之，真宰相事，陛下柰何乃疑相國受賈人錢乎！ The Commandant Wang said, 'If a minister discovers something that would benefit the people and petitions for it, that is precisely what a prime minister ought to do. How can Your Majesty suspect the Prime Minister of taking merchants' bribes?