Overview
Wang Chongrong was a Military Governor.
PeriodSui and Tang
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 874 to AD 879 乾符中Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passages 176-177
- AD 885 光启元年Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 51
- AD 880 to AD 887 兩池為河中節度使王重榮所有Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 70
- AD 880 廣明初Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 20, passages 3, 12
- AD 881 to AD 887 王重榮父子雅重之Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 194, passages 284-285
- AD 880 to AD 887 重榮不奉詔，至舉兵反Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 71
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- AD 909 開平三年十二月Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 73
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Son of Wang Chongrongfather 父Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 284
Key source chapters
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20 Volume 20 Book of Later Liang 20: Biographies 10: Xie Tong, Si Maye, Liu Han, Wang Jinrao, Gao Shao, Ma Sixun, Zhang Cunjin, Kou Yanqing 1 passage
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 96 Volume 96 Book of Later Jin 22: Biographies 11: Kong Chongbi, Chen Baoji, Wang Yu, Zhang Jizuo, Zhen Ruan, Hu Rao, Liu Suiqing, Fang Gao, Meng Chenghui, Liu Jixun, Zheng Shouyi, Cheng Xun, Li Yu, Zheng Xuansu, Ma Zhongji, Chen Xuan 1 passage
- New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 4 Volume 4 Later Tang Annals 1: Zhuangzong 1 4 passages
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 54 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 2 passages
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 5 Volume 5 Book of Later Liang 5: Taizu Annals 5 1 passage
Career and standing
- military governor of Hezhong 河中节度使AD 885 光启元年 · HeldDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 51
- Military Governor of Hezhong 河中節度使HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 70
- GrantedAD 909 開平三年十二月Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 73
- praise and enfeoffment 褒獎而封崇AD 909 開平三年十二月 · ReceivedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 73
- EnteredRebelDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 71
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 70
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 194, passage 284
- At Hezhong 河中 · Relation Based atDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 176
- At Hezhong 河中 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 70
- At Two Ponds 兩池 · Relation ControlledDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 70
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · With Li Keyong (李克用) · Mode quotation Speaker Wang Chongrong (王重榮)Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passages 52-53
Events and relationships
- Controlled Two Ponds and sent annual salt tributeFiscal · Military governor · Quantity three thousand cartloads yearly 歲貢鹽三千車Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 70
- Forged edict to trick KeyongDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passages 52-53
- Tu wrote a stele for Wang Chongrong father and sonDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 285
- Refused edict and raised troopsDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 71
- Refused transfer to YanzhouPolitical · AppointeeDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 55
- Esteemed Tu and often sent giftsDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 284
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- Relation Opponent of · Person Tian Lingzi (田令孜)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 71
- Relation Rival of · Person Tian Lingzi (田令孜)Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 51
- Relation Rebelled against · Person Xizong (僖宗)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 71
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment remembered for old achievements · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 73
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 284
References in the histories
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