Five Dynasties · Official

Wang Fan 王翻

Attested AD 942

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Fan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 942 十五年
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passages 90, 94

Events and relationships

Proposed succession plan
Political · Advisor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 97

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65: Hereditary House of Southern Han · 2 passages

龑病臥寢中，召右僕射王翻與語，呼洪度、洪熙小字曰：「壽、俊雖長，然皆不足任吾事，惟洪昌類我，吾欲立之。 Yan lay ill in his chamber and summoned Right Vice Director Wang Fan to speak with him. Calling Hongdu and Hongxi by their childhood names, he said, "Shou and Jun are older, yet neither is fit to bear my affairs — only Hongchang is like me, and I wish to make him heir.

翻為龑謀，出洪度以邕州，洪熙容州，然後立洪昌為太子。 Fan devised a plan for Yan: send Hongdu out to Yongzhou and Hongxi to Rongzhou, then establish Hongchang as heir apparent.