Sui and Tang · Military Officer and Official

Wang Chengyuan 王承元

Attested AD 820 - AD 824

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Wang Chengyuan was a Military Officer and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 820 to AD 824 穆宗時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 209
AD 822 長慶二年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 160, passages 208-209

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160 Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing 2 passages
New Book of Tang, Chapter 175 Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 160, passages 209-210
AD 822 長慶二年
At Hua Prefecture 滑州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 209

Events and relationships

Held hebei troops at hua
AD 822 長慶二年 · Military · Commander · At Hua Prefecture 滑州
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 209
AD 822 長慶二年
Relation Exchanged posts with · Person Han Chong (韓充)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 210

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing · 2 passages

朝廷以王承元有冀卒數千在滑州，恐封疆相接，復相勸誘。 Wang Chengyuan still had several thousand Hebei troops at Hua Prefecture; fearing the adjacent commands might incite one another again, the court sought to rearrange them.

命充與承元更換所守，檢校左僕射。 Chong was ordered to exchange posts with Chengyuan and was named acting Left Vice Director.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 1 passage

王承元徙義成軍，遣諫議大夫鄭覃往慰成德軍，賚緡錢百萬。 Wang Chengyuan was shifted to Yicheng; Remonstrator Zheng Tan was sent to comfort Chengde with a million strings of cash.