Wang De (王德) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang De as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 15 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang De	王德	Wang De
Title	Baron of Shenze	深澤縣男
Given	De	德	De
Title	Duke of Hejian	河間郡公
Title	Earl of Xiabo	下博縣伯
Courtesy name	Tian'en	天恩	Tian'en
Title	Viscount of Neiguan	內官縣子
Surname	Wang	王	Wang
Personal name	Wang De	王德	Wang De
Clan	Wuhuan	烏丸	Wuhuan
Posthumous name	Xian	獻	Xian

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · zhoushu:017:s0135

Roles

Administrator
Aristocrat
General
Official

Life and dates

Death

Place: Jing Province / 涇州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Western Year: AD 548
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:017:s0186, zhoushu:017:s0185

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 侯莫陳悅害岳 · Western Year: AD 534
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0141
Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Western Year: AD 548
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0185, zhoushu:017:s0186
Source Date: Text: 大統元年 · Western Year: AD 535
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0179
Source Date: Text: 魏永安二年 · Western Year: AD 529
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0137

Family

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Parent of Daughter of Wang De
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
Child of Father of Wang De
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Child of Mother of Wang De
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Parent of Wang Qing (王慶)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Origins and identity

Statement: granted surname Wuhuan
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0178

Career and standing

Label: posthumous name Xian / 諡獻 · Action: granted
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0187
Status: enslavement-sale · Action: sold-children · Other Person Id: Wang Qing (王慶)
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0149

Places and affiliations

Polity Name: Western Wei / 西魏 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · zhoushu:017:s0137, zhoushu:017:s0179
Place: Wuchuan / 武川 · Relation: native-of
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0135

Learning and skills

Skill: mounted archery / 騎射 · Level: skilled
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0136

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: volunteer · Action: first to ascend at Henei · Other Person Id: Yuan Hao (元顥) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏永安二年 · Western Year: AD 529
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:017:s0137
Kind: personal · Role: actor · Action: sold son Gongnu and a daughter to bury father
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0149

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: famed for bold resolve yet followed filial duty · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0155
Assessment: grave, honest, cautious; praised for filial piety · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0145, zhoushu:017:s0136
Kind: literacy · Statement: could not read / did not know books · Negated: false
Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0143