Wang Changshu 王長述

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Wang Pi (王羆)
  grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Qingyuan (慶遠)
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 18, passages 69, 74
• Descendant of Pi (羆)
  grandfather 祖 · 2 generations
  Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 54, passage 4
• Child of Mo (謨)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 28
• Child of Qingyuan (慶遠)
  son 子
  father 父
  Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 18, passage 69
• Child of Qingyuan (慶遠)
  father 父
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 5
• Child of Wang Pi (王羆)
  reared by 鞠養 · Foster parentage
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 18, passage 74
• Parent of Gui (軌)
  son 子
  Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 54, passage 29
• Parent of Mo (謨)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 28
• Parent of Wenkai (文楷)
  youngest son 少子
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 30

Career and standing

• Area Commander of Xinzhou 信州總管
  AD 580 及高祖為丞相 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 20
• Campaign Commander 行軍總管
  AD 580 王謙作亂 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 22
• attendant to the crown prince 太子舍人
  Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 18, passage 72
• Attendant-in-Ordinary of the Scattered Cavalry 員外散騎侍郎
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 7
• general who pacifies the distant 鎮遠將軍
  Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 18, passage 72
• Governor of Guangzhou 廣州刺史
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 16

Places and affiliations

• Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 54, passage 256
• At Bacheng in Jingzhao 京兆霸城
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 3

Works and attributed material

• Edict · Addressee · Mode quotation Speaker Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 25
• Remark · Addressee · Mode quotation Speaker Yuwen Tai (周文帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 6

Events and relationships

• Attacked
  c. AD 589 後數歳 · Military · Military commander · At Nanning 南寧
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 54, passage 26
• Campaigned and pacified
  AD 554 AD 554 (following Yu Jin) · Military · Subordinate commander · At Jiangling 江陵 · With Person Id Yu Jin (于謹)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 12
• Governed provinces or palace guard
  Career · Official · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 256
• Intercepted rebel envoy and submitted plan
  AD 580 王謙作亂 · Political · Loyalist · With Wang Qian (王謙) · At Yizhou 益州
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 21
• Led campaign up Yangtze
  AD 580 王謙反 · Military · Commander · With Zhangsun Chi (長孫熾)
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 51, passage 45
• Led forces against
  AD 580 王謙作亂 · Military · Military commander · With Wang Qian (王謙)
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 22

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment did not let family tradition fall · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Zhou 18, passage 206
• Assessment the emperor mourned him deeply and sent envoys to perform rites of condolence · Mode narrator-report
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 27
• whether governing provinces or serving in the palace guard, all won renown and ended in merit and fame 或出總方嶽，或入司禁旅，鹹著聲績，以功名終
  Assessment won renown and ended in merit and fame · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 256
• dignified bearing from childhood
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 6
• orphaned young; mourning for his grandfather Pi exceeded the rites, praised by imperial edict
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 9
• combined stern authority with kindness; won the loyalty of officials and commoners
  Governance
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 17

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Sui 51, passage 45