Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Administrator

Wang Ge 王革

Attested AD 1113

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Ge was an official and Administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1113 政和三年
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 22

Career and standing

Kaifeng intendant 開封尹
Held · At Kaifeng 開封
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 22

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 22
At Kaifeng 開封 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 22

Works and attributed material

New Protocols of the Five Rites (generally applicable excerpts) 五禮新儀通行者
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 22

Events and relationships

generally applicable New Protocols of the Five Rites 五禮新儀通行者
Scholarly · Compiler · Ordered to compile and print
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 22

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 98Volume 98 Treatises 51: Rites 1 · 1 passage

三年，《五禮新儀》成，凡二百二十卷，增置禮直官，許士庶就問新儀，而詔開封尹王革編類通行者，刊本給天下，使悉知禮意，其不奉行者論罪。 In the third year the New Protocols of the Five Rites was completed in 220 juan. Additional ritual liaison officers were appointed, and scholars and commoners were allowed to consult them. The Kaifeng intendant Wang Ge was ordered to compile generally applicable provisions, print them, and distribute copies throughout the empire so that everyone would understand ritual norms; failure to comply was made punishable by law.