Wang Duo (王鐸) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Duo as an aristocrat, general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 15 passages from 7 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Duo	王鐸	Wang Duo
Noble title	Duke of Jin	晉公
Title	Duke of Jin	晉公	Jin Gong
Given	Duo	鐸	Duo
Personal name	Wang Duo	王鐸	Wang Duo
Personal	Wang Duo	王鐸
Personal	Wang Duo	王鐸	Wáng Duó

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:181:s0116, jiuwudaishi:007:s0138, jiuwudaishi:020:s0086
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0005, jiuwudaishi:062:s0029
Value: male
Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0180

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Manner: ambushed and killed · Agent Person Id: Le Congxun (樂從訓) · Place: Gaojipo / 高雞泊
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0116
Cause: murdered · Killer Person Id: Le Congxun (樂從訓)
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0108

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 中和元年 · Western Year: AD 881
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Source Date: Text: 乾符五年 · Western Year: AD 878
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:184:s0180, xintangshu:184:s0190
Source Date: Text: 僖宗朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 873 · End: AD 888
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0005
Source Date: Text: 光啟中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 885 · End: AD 888
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:020:s0086
Source Date: Text: 光啟末至文德 · Western Interval: Start: AD 887 · End: AD 888
Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:181:s0116, jiutangshu:181:s0134
Source Date: Text: 廣明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 880 · End: AD 881
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0138
Source Date: Text: 王鐸 · Western Year: AD 881
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0108

Career and standing

Label: Military Governor of Jingnan / 鎮荊南 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0194
Label: Overall Commander of All Circuits / 諸道都統 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xintangshu:184:s0194
Label: military authority at Huatai / 提兵柄，鎮滑台 · Action: held · Place: Huatai / 滑台
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0005
Label: Prefect/Inspector / 刺史 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0138
Label: supreme commander of allied armies / 諸道行營都統 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0029
Title: Duke of Jin / 晉公 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0005

Places and affiliations

Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0116

Works and attributed material

Kind: commission · Role: author · Other Person Id: Meng Fangli (孟方立)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0029

Events and relationships

Kind: administrative · Role: appointer · Action: appointed-Taizu-Tongzhou-prefect · Other Person Id: Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0138
Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Li Gu (李縠)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0005

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: admired Li Ting greatly · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0005

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan · 2 passages

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王鐸自滑移鎮滄州，過魏郊，從訓見其女妓，利之，先伏兵於漳南高雞泊，俟鐸之至，圍而害之，掠其所有。 When Wang Duo was transferred from Hua to Cangzhou and passed through Wei's borderlands, Congxun saw his female entertainers and coveted them. He ambushed troops at Gaojipo south of Zhang, surrounded Duo when he arrived, killed him, and looted all he possessed.

魏人素知鐸名望，議者惜之，而罪從訓。 The men of Wei had long respected Duo's standing; public opinion mourned him and condemned Congxun.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 2 passages

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王鐸自滑移鎮滄州，過魏郊，從訓見其女妓，利之，先伏兵於漳南高雞泊，俟鐸之至，圍而害之，掠其所有。 When Wang Duo was transferred from Hua to Cangzhou and passed through Wei territory, Congxun saw his female entertainers and coveted them. He hid troops at Gaojipo south of Zhang, waited for Duo to arrive, surrounded and killed him, and plundered everything he had.

魏人素知鐸名望，議者惜之，而罪從訓。 The people of Wei had long respected Duo's standing; public opinion mourned him and condemned Congxun.

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

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巢入長安，以刺史王鐸圍同州，太祖遂降，鐸承制拜同州刺史。 When Chao took Chang'an, Wang Duo besieged Tongzhou; Taizu surrendered, and Duo, with imperial warrant, made him prefect of Tong.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 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

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光啟中，以駢命遏晉公王鐸於鄭。 Midway through Guangqi he blocked Wang Duo, Duke of Jin, at Zheng on Pian's order.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 1 passage

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僖宗朝，晉公王鐸提兵柄，鎮滑台，縠居賓席，鐸見珽，大賞歎之。 During Xizong's reign Duke of Jin Wang Duo held the armies at Huatai; Gu was among his retainers; when Duo met Ting he admired him greatly.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 3 passages

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時王鐸領諸道行營都統，以潞未定，墨製假方立檢校左散騎常侍、兼御史大夫，知邢州事。 Wang Duo then commanded the allied armies; with Luzhou still unsettled, he issued an informal commission naming Fangli acting Left Regular Attendant and Grand Censor to govern Xingzhou.

方立不受，囚全勖，以書請鐸，願得儒臣守潞。 Fangli refused the commission, imprisoned Quanxu, and wrote to Duo asking that a scholar-official be sent to govern Luzhou.

鐸使參謀、中書舍人鄭昌圖知昭義留事，欲遂為帥。 Duo sent his adviser, Secretariat Drafter Zheng Changtu, to handle Zhaoyi affairs, hoping eventually to take command himself.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 184Volume 184 Biographies 109: Ma, Yang, Lu, Lu · 5 passages

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保衡舉進士王鐸第，於籍、蕭遘與同升，以嘗薄於己，皆見斥。 Baoheng had ranked Wang Duo in jinshi; Yu Ji and Xiao Gun rose with him, but because they had slighted him, all were dismissed.

及威殺尚君長，賊熾結，益不制，乃以王鐸鎮荊南，為諸道都統。 When Wei killed Shang Junzhang the rebels grew fiercer and less controllable; Wang Duo was stationed at Jingnan as overall commander of all circuits.

攜素厚高駢，屬令立功，乃固不可巢請，又欲激巢使戰而敗鐸，因授率府率。 Xie was close to Gao Pian and wished him merit; he firmly opposed Chao's request, also hoping to provoke Chao to fight and defeat Duo, and appointed him Rate-Setting Colonel.

及鐸失守，以駢代之，即按關東諸將為鐸、畋所任者，悉易置。 When Duo lost his post, Pian replaced him; he then reviewed eastern-pass generals appointed by Duo and Tian and replaced them all.

贊曰：盧攜之敗王鐸，私高駢，賊遂卷鹹、鎬而西，易若舉毛，可謂朝無人焉。 The appraisal says: Lu Xie's undoing of Wang Duo and private favoring of Gao Pian let the rebels sweep through Xian and Hao westward as easily as lifting a hair—the court had no one fit for the task.