Wang Chucun (王處存)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Chucun as a family member, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Chucun	王處存	Wang Chucun
Personal name	Chucun	處存	Chucun
Personal name	Chucun	處存	Chǔcún
Title	circuit commissioner	巡使
Surname	Wang	王	Wang
Personal name	Wang Chucun	王處存	Wang Chucun
Personal name	Wang Chucun	王處存	Wáng Chǔcún

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:007:s0010, jiuwudaishi:054:s0131
Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0089

Roles

Family Member
General
Military Officer
Official
Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Expression: died / 卒
Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0089

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光化三年前 · Western Interval: Start: AD 880 · End: AD 900
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:075:s0089
Source Date: Text: 廣明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 880 · End: AD 881
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0010
Source Date: Text: 武皇之起雲中 · Western Year: AD 878
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:050:s0006
Source Date: Text: 處直傳 · Western Year: AD 900
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:054:s0131

Family

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Kin of Wang Yu (王鬱)
Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 伯父 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Intermediary Person Ids: Wang Chuzhi (王處直)
Sibling of Wang Chuzhi (王處直)
Kinship Term: younger maternal brother / 母弟 · Shared Parentage: maternal-half · Subject Relative Age: younger · Line: maternal · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother · Intermediary Person Ids: Mother of Wang Chucun and Wang Chuzhi (王處存母)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother · Line: paternal
Child of Mother of Wang Chucun and Wang Chuzhi (王處存母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
Parent of Wang Gao (王郜)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Label: Dingzhou Military Commissioner / 定州節度使 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0010
Label: governor of Yiwu / 鎮義武 · Action: held
Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0089

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commissioner · Action: besieged · Other Person Id: Li Kerang (李克讓) · Place: Qinren Ward / 親仁坊
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:050:s0006

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0131

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Book of Later Liang 7: Taizu Annals 7 · 1 passage

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廣明喪亂，客于北諸侯，為定州節度使王處存所辟，去載領貢獻至闕。 During the Guangming upheaval he had lived among northern lords; Wang Chucun, military commissioner of Dingzhou, had recruited him, and the year before he had led tribute to court.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50Volume 50 Book of Later Tang 26: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 1 passage

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武皇之起雲中，殺段文楚，朝議罪之，命加兵於我，懼，將逃歸，天子詔巡使王處存夜圍親仁坊捕克讓。 When Li Keyong rose in Yunzhong and killed Duan Wenchu, the court condemned him and ordered troops sent against the clan. Fearing arrest, he prepared to flee north, and the emperor ordered the commissioner Wang Chucun to surround Qinren Ward by night and capture Ke Rang.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 54Volume 54 Book of Later Tang 30: Biographies 6: Wang Rong, Wang Zhaohui, Wang Chuzhi · 1 passage

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今考《舊唐書》列傳云：處直，字允明，處存母弟也。 Examining the biographies in the Old Book of Tang, it states: Chuzhi, courtesy name Yunming, was the younger maternal brother of Chucun.

History of Liao, Chapter 75Volume 75 Biographies 5: Yelu Dilie, Yelu Duozhen, Wang Yu, Yelu Tulujiong · 1 passage

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伯父處存鎮義武，卒，三軍推其子郜襲，處直為都知兵馬使。 His uncle Chucun had governed Yiwu; when he died the army installed his son Gao as successor, with Chuzhi as director of military affairs.