Overview
Wang Fu was an official and Statesman.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 1118 九月庚寅Dated from the passage context · History of Song 21, passage 297
- AD 1119 to AD 1125 又方事燕雲Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 75
- AD 1122 to AD 1123 圖燕Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 239
- AD 1124 宣和六年七月Directly stated · History of Song 80, passage 290
- AD 1102 崇甯元年Directly stated · History of Song 80, passage 291
- AD 1100 to AD 1126 徽宗朝Dated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 174
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- AD 1120 to AD 1121 方臘Dated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 176
- AD 1120 to AD 1121 方臘起Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 212
- AD 1118 正月庚戌Directly stated · History of Song 21, passage 257
- AD 1120 黼罷，乃拜中書舍人，蔡攸又惡之Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 81
Key source chapters
- History of Song, Chapter 357 Volume 357 Biographies 116: He Guan, Li Xijing, Wang Yun, Tan Shiji, Mei Zhili, Cheng Zhen, Liu Yanqing 13 passages
- History of Song, Chapter 21 Volume 21 Annals 21: Huizong 3 2 passages
- History of Song, Chapter 80 Volume 80 Treatises 33: Measures and Calendar 13 2 passages
Career and standing
- Vice Director of the Secretariat 中書侍郎AD 1118 九月庚寅 · AppointedDated from the passage context · History of Song 21, passage 297
- overall director of the Bureau for Discussing and Manufacturing the Ji and Yuheng 討論製造璣衡所總領AD 1124 宣和六年七月 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 80, passage 317
- left vice director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書左丞AD 1118 正月庚戌 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 21, passage 257
- Chief Councillor 宰臣AD 1124 宣和六年七月 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 80, passage 290
- Hanlin Academician-in-Chief 翰林學士承旨AD 1118 正月庚戌 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 21, passage 257
- chief minister 宰相HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 175
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- Grand Chancellor 太宰HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 75
- head of the Imperial Offerings Office 領應奉司HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 75
- Fell from powerDismissedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 81
Places and affiliations
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Song 21, passages 257, 297; History of Song 357, passages 75, 175, 212
- AD 1102 崇甯元年At the capital 京師 · Relation Present atDirectly stated · History of Song 80, passage 291
- AD 1124 宣和六年七月Organization Bureau for Discussing and Manufacturing the Ji and Yuheng 討論製造璣衡所 · Relation DirectedDirectly stated · History of Song 80, passage 317
Works and attributed material
- finished book on the instrument design 成書AD 1124 宣和六年七月 · Relation Proposed compilerDirectly stated · History of Song 80, passage 316
- AD 1120 to AD 1121 方臘起Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 213
- Memorial · Author · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 80, passages 290-316
Events and relationships
- Displeased by counselDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 213-214
- Established frontier pacification officeAD 1119 to AD 1125 又方事燕雲 · Military administrative · DirectorDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 75
- Gave a banquet displaying gardens, ponds, and courtesansSocial · HostDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 174
- Had impeached as factionalistDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 217
- Proposed new ji heng instrumentAD 1124 宣和六年七月 · Petition · PetitionerDirectly stated · History of Song 80, passages 290, 314-317
- Received ji heng bookDirectly stated · History of Song 80, passage 291
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- Sought to reassignDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 215
- AD 1124 宣和六年七月Directly stated · History of Song 80, passage 317
- AD 1102 崇甯元年Directly stated · History of Song 80, passage 291
- Relation Friend of · Person Mei Zhili (梅執禮)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 174
- Relation Resented · Person Feng Xizai (馮熙載)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 216
- Relation Patron of · Person Shen Jizhong (沈積中)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 239
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment grew steadily more displeased with Xijing · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 78
- Assessment proud of luxury; shamed and angered by rebuke · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 174, 178
- AD 1102 崇甯元年Item xuanji / water-driven astronomical model 璿璣 · Relation Commissioned modelDirectly stated · History of Song 80, passage 292
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Song 21, passage 257
References in the histories
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