Wang Chao (王潮) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Chao as a ruler and warlord. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Chao	王潮	Wáng Cháo
Given	Chao	潮
Given	Chao	潮	Cháo
Surname	Wang	王
Surname	Wang	王	Wáng
Personal name	Wang Chao	王潮	Wáng Cháo

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:041:s0011, xinwudaishi:071:s0050

Roles

Ruler
Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 唐景福元年歲在壬子 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 892
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Source Date: Text: 唐末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 880 · End: AD 907
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Source Date: Text: 景福元年至開運三年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 892 · End: AD 946
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Origins and identity

Lineage: Wang clan succession of Min / 王氏世次 · Members: Wang Chao (王潮), Wang Shenzhi (王審知), Wang Yanhan (王延翰), Wang Lin (王璘), Wang Chang (王昶), Wang Xi (王曦), Wang Yanzheng (王延政)
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Places and affiliations

Label: Min / 閩 · Relation: ruled
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Place: Fuzhou / 福州 · Relation: entered
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Organization: Wang clan / 王氏 · Relation: member-of
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References in the histories

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Miscellaneous Biographies 21: Lu Guangchou, Tan Quanbo, Lei Man, Zhong Chuan, Zhao Kuangning · 2 passages

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是時，王潮攻陷嶺南，全播攻潮，取其虔、韶二州，又遣光稠弟光睦攻潮州。 Wang Chao had seized Lingnan. Quanbo struck back, took Qian and Shao from him, and sent Guangchou’s brother Guangmu against Chaozhou.

光睦果敗走，潮人追之，全播以伏兵邀擊，大敗之，遂取潮州。 Guangmu broke and ran. Chao’s men gave chase. Quanbo sprang the ambush and shattered them, then took Chaozhou.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71: Timeline for the Hereditary Houses of the Ten Kingdoms · 2 passages

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王氏世次，曰潮、曰審知、曰延翰、曰璘、曰昶、曰曦、曰延政，凡七主。 The Wang clan succession runs: Chao, Shenzhi, Yanhan, Lin, Chang, Xi, and Yanzheng—seven rulers in all.

而潮以唐景福元年歲在壬子始入福州，至開運三年丙午而滅，實五十五年。 Chao entered Fuzhou in the first year of Jingfu of Tang (the renzi year), and the clan was destroyed in the third year of Kaiyun (the bingwu year)—fifty-five years in all.