Five Dynasties · Named Individual

Wang Can 王參

Attested AD 926

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Can was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 己卯
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passages 142, 146

Source notes

original name was changed by the chancellors
Mode edict Speaker Li Siyuan (李嗣源)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 146

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 36Volume 36 Book of Later Tang 12: Mingzong Annals 2 · 1 passage

製略曰：「革則縱田客以殺人，說則侵鄰家而奪井，選元亨之上第，改王參之本名。 An edict summarized: "Ge let tenants kill; Shuo seized a neighbor's well; they ranked Yuan Heng first and changed Wang Can's name.