Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Chong as an aristocrat, family member, general, and musician. This record brings together 18 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Chong | 王沖 | Wang Chong |
| Courtesy | Changshen | 長深 | Changshen |
| Given name | Chong | 沖 | Chong |
| Title | Minister of Works | 司空 | Sikong |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wang |
| Personal name | Wang Chong | 王沖 | Wang Chong |
| Alternate name | Wang Chongzhi | 王沖之 | Wang Chongzhi |
| Posthumous | Yuanjian | 元簡 | Yuanjian |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · chenshu:004:s0063, chenshu:023:s0057
- Value: maleExplicit · chenshu:017:s0004
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Family Member
- General
- Musician
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大元年十一月甲子 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:004:s0063
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大元年薨 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:017:s0047
Age
- Age: 76 · Context: at deathExplicit · chenshu:017:s0047
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 世祖朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 559 · End: AD 566Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:023:s0068, chenshu:023:s0070
- Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 光大元年 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:017:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 光大元年 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:023:s0072
- Source Date: Text: 光大元年十一月甲子 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:004:s0063
- Source Date: Text: 大同三年 · Western Year: AD 537Explicit · chenshu:017:s0003
Family
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- Descendant of Wang Sengyan (僧衍)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2
- Parent of Wang Yang (瑒)Kinship Term: twelfth son / 第十二子 · Subject Birth Order: 12 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 12 - Parent of Wang Yu (王瑜)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Child of Wang Maozhang (茂璋)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
- Child of Princess Xin'an Mu (新安穆公主)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
- Kinship Role: sons · Count: 30Explicit · chenshu:017:s0049
Career and standing
- Label: Acting administrator of Xiangzhou / 行州事 · Action: acting · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0031
- Label: Acting governor of Yingzhou affairs / 行郢州事 · Action: acting · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0022
- Label: Administrator of prefecture and princely establishment affairs / 行州府事 · Action: acting · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0025
- Label: Overseer of Wu commandery / 監吳郡 · Action: acting · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0020
- Label: Overseer of Xiangzhou affairs / 監湘州事 · Action: acting · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0015
- Label: Secretary Gentleman / 祕書郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557 · Age: 18Explicit · chenshu:017:s0008
- Label: Bearer of the Staff / 持節 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0030
- Label: Commander over Heng, Gui, Cheng, and He prefectures military affairs / 督衡桂成合四州諸軍事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0030
- Label: General of Central Authority / 中權將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0034
- Label: General of the Clouded Pennon / 雲麾將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0030
- Label: General Who Assists the Left / 翊左將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0032
- Label: Inspector of Hengzhou / 衡州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0030
- Label: Intendant of Danyang / 丹陽尹 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0032
- Label: Compiler of statutes and ordinances / 參撰律令 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 文帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · chenshu:017:s0042
- Label: Left Grand Master of the Golden Sigil / 左光祿大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 文帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · chenshu:017:s0041
- Label: Administrator of Jiangxia / 江夏太守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0022
- Label: Administrator of Nan commandery / 南郡太守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0019
- Label: Administrator of Wu commandery / 吳郡太守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0020
- Label: Administrator of Yongjia / 永嘉太守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0009
- Label: Chief Clerk to the Duke of Dangyang establishment / 輕車當陽公府長史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0022
- Label: Chief Clerk to the Establishment Pacifying the West / 鎮西長史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0026
- Label: External Military Aide in Prince of Linchuan staff / 太尉臨川王府外兵參軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557 · Organization: Prince of Linchuan staff in Grand Marshal office / 太尉臨川王府Explicit · chenshu:017:s0011
- Label: General of Manifest Prestige / 明威將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0019, chenshu:017:s0022
- Label: General Who Recruits the Distant / 招遠將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0013
- Label: Household Supporter in the Heir Apparent household / 太子中庶子 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0019
- Label: Household Supporter of the Heir Apparent / 太子庶子 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0016
- Label: Interior Magistrate of Hengyang / 衡陽內史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0013
- Label: Leader of Direct Service in the Eastern Palace / 東宮領直 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0011
- Label: Mentor to the Heir Apparent / 太子舍人 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0010
- Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0019
- Label: Regular Attendant of the Secretariat / 通直散騎常侍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0021
- Label: Left Chief Clerk / 左長史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 江陵陷 · Western Year: AD 555Explicit · chenshu:017:s0035
- Label: Grand Arbiter of South Xuzhou / 南徐州大中正 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 556Explicit · chenshu:017:s0038
- Label: Opener of the Mansion Equal to the Three Dukes / 開府儀同三司 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 556Explicit · chenshu:017:s0037
- Label: Left Grand Master of the Golden Sigil / 左光祿大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0039
- Label: Interior Magistrate of Changsha / 長沙內史 · Action: concurrent · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0031
- Label: Intendant of Danyang / 丹陽尹 · Action: concurrent · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 文帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · chenshu:017:s0042
- Label: Master of the Left for the People / 左民尚書 · Action: concurrent · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0021
- Label: Palace Attendant, Central Authority General, and other honors / 侍中、中權將軍、開府儀同三司、特進、左光祿大夫 · Action: heldExplicit · chenshu:004:s0063
- Label: Minister of Works / 司空 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大元年 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:017:s0048
- Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大元年 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:017:s0048
- Label: Tutor to the Heir Apparent / 太子少傅 · Action: relieved · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 文帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · chenshu:017:s0041
- Label: Intendant of Danyang / 丹陽尹 · Action: relieved · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0039
- Label: Intendant of Danyang / 丹陽尹 · Action: restored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0034
- Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: restored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0034
- Label: Intendant of Danyang / 丹陽尹 · Action: restored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 556Explicit · chenshu:017:s0038
- Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: restored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 556Explicit · chenshu:017:s0037
- Label: Administrator of Nan commandery / 南郡太守 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0024
- Label: Attendant Gentleman of the Yellow Gate / 給事黃門侍郎 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0017
- Label: Attendant to the Heir Apparent / 中舍人 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0012
- Label: Chief Clerk to the Heir of Ancheng / 安成嗣王長史 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0014
- Label: Chief Clerk to the Prince of Luling, Grand General of Cavalry / 驃騎廬陵王長史 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0024
- Label: Chief Clerk to the Prince of Shaoling, General Who Pacifies the West / 平西邵陵王長史 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0023
- Label: General of Martial Prestige / 武威將軍 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0014
- Label: Grand Mentor to the Heir Apparent / 太子洗馬 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0012
- Label: Interior Magistrate of Changsha / 長沙內史 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0014
- Label: Left Grand Master of the Golden Sigil / 左光祿大夫 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 556Explicit · chenshu:017:s0036
- Label: Left Vice Director / 左僕射 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 556Explicit · chenshu:017:s0037
- Label: Right Vice Director of the Masters of Writing / 尚書右僕射 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 556Explicit · chenshu:017:s0036
- Label: Tutor to the Heir Apparent / 太子少傅 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0040
- Label: Armrest at banquet / 几 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 文帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 559 · Item: armrest / 几 · Bestower Person Id: Emperor Wen (世祖)Explicit · chenshu:017:s0045
- Label: Ten trusted attendants / 親信十人 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 廢帝即位 · Western Year: AD 566 · Quantity: 10Explicit · chenshu:017:s0043
- Label: Supernumerary Privilege / 特進 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 文帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · chenshu:017:s0041
- Label: Posthumous offices and posthumous name Yuanjian / 贈侍中、司空，諡曰元簡 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大元年 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:017:s0048
- Title: Marquis of Andong / 安東亭侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大同三年 · Western Year: AD 537 · Households: 150Explicit · chenshu:017:s0018
- Status: captivity · Action: detained by Lu Na · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552 · Other Person Id: Lu Na (陸納)Explicit · chenshu:017:s0033
- Status: support staff · Action: given aides to support him · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 556Explicit · chenshu:017:s0038
- Status: mourning leave · Action: left office because of father death · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0010
Places and affiliations
- Relation: served · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557 · Polity: Liang / 梁Explicit · chenshu:017:s0008
- Relation: served · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 陳 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 589 · Polity: Chen / 陳Explicit · chenshu:017:s0039
- Label: Chen / 陳 · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:004:s0063
- Place: Linyi, Langye / 琅邪臨沂 · Relation: native-ofExplicit · chenshu:017:s0004
- Place: Danyang / 丹陽 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0032
- Place: Hengzhou / 衡州 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0030
- Place: Changsha / 長沙 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0014
- Place: Hengyang / 衡陽 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0013
- Place: Jiangxia / 江夏 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0022
- Place: Nan commandery / 南郡 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0019
- Place: Wu commandery / 吳郡 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0020
- Place: Xiangzhou / 湘州 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0015
- Place: Yingzhou / 郢州 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0022
- Place: Yongjia / 永嘉 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:017:s0009
- Place: South Xuzhou / 南徐州 · Relation: jurisdiction · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹泰中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 556Explicit · chenshu:017:s0038
Learning and skills
- Skill: music, song, and dance / 音樂、歌舞 · Level: skilledExplicit · chenshu:017:s0028
Events and relationships
- Explicit · chenshu:017:s0033
- Kind: Hou Jing rebellion · Action: yielded Nan commandery to Wang Sengbian and gave entertainers for army rewards · Other Person Id: Wang Sengbian (王僧辯) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:017:s0029
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: mild, reverent, skilled in law, even-handed, esteemed · Provenance: Mode: narrative-assessmentExplicit · chenshu:017:s0027, chenshu:017:s0028
References in the histories
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