Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Ban as an aristocrat, family member, general, and official. This record brings together 12 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Found inBook of Sui
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Ban | 王頒 | Wang Ban |
| Given | Ban | 頒 | Ban |
| Title | Duke of Sheqiu County | 蛇丘縣公 | |
| Courtesy name | Jingyan | 景彥 | Jingyan |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · suishu:072:s0113
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Family Member
- General
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Statement: died in office as governor of QizhouExplicit · suishu:072:s0140
Age
- Age: 52 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · suishu:072:s0140
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 及大舉伐陳 · Western Year: AD 589Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0123
- Source Date: Text: 遇元帝為周師所陷 · Western Year: AD 554Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0117
- Source Date: Text: 開皇初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 589Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0121
Family
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- Descendant of Wang Shennian (王神念)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather - Child of Wang Sengbian (王僧辯)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father - Child of Mother of Wang BanKinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son - Sibling of Wang Yi (王頍)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger brother · Object Role: elder brother
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger brother
Career and standing
- Label: Governor of Daizhou / 代州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · suishu:072:s0138
- Label: Governor of Qizhou / 齊州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · suishu:072:s0140
- Label: Left Attendant Senior Master / 左侍上士 · Action: appointedExplicit · suishu:072:s0120
- Label: Yitong Sansi / 儀同三司 · Action: appointedExplicit · suishu:072:s0120
- Label: Governor of Hanzhong / 漢中太守 · Action: promotedExplicit · suishu:072:s0120
- Label: Pillar of State and five thousand bolts of goods / 柱國、物五千段 · Action: declinedExplicit · suishu:072:s0136, suishu:072:s0137
- Label: Kaifu rank / 開府 · Action: granted · Reason: merit in pacifying non-Han peoplesExplicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0121
- Title: Duke of Sheqiu County / 蛇丘縣公 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0121
- Status: mourning · Action: left-office · Reason: mother's deathExplicit · suishu:072:s0139
- Status: hostage · Place: Jingzhou / 荊州Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0117
- Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0134, suishu:072:s0135
- Label: surrendered himself for punishment / 自縛，歸罪 · Action: self-surrender · Authority Person Id: Yang Guang (楊廣)Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0133
Places and affiliations
- Place: Qi in Taiyuan / 太原祁Explicit · suishu:072:s0113
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: refugee · Action: entered the passes after Zhou forces captured Emperor YuanExplicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0117
- Kind: military · Role: volunteer and combatant · Action: led several hundred men across the Yangtze by night with Han Qin's vanguard and was wounded · Other Person Id: Han Qin (韓擒) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及大舉伐陳 · Western Year: AD 589Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0123, suishu:072:s0124
- Kind: personal · Role: avenging son · Action: opened Emperor Wu's tomb, burned his bones, mixed the ashes with water, and drank them · Other Person Id: Chen Baxian (陳霸先) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及陳滅 · Western Year: AD 589Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0126, suishu:072:s0127, suishu:072:s0128, suishu:072:s0129, suishu:072:s0130, suishu:072:s0131, suishu:072:s0132
- Kind: mourning · Role: son · Action: wailed, fainted, fasted, and wasted away after learning of his father's killing · Other Person Id: Wang Sengbian (王僧辯)Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0118, suishu:072:s0119
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: governed Daizhou with notable benevolence · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · suishu:072:s0138
- Kind: character-and-ability · Statement: In youth he was spirited and bold and possessed both literary and military ability.Explicit · suishu:072:s0116
References in the histories
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