Wang He (王龁) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang He as a general and official. This record brings together 5 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 He	王龁	Wang He

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Value: male
Explicit · shiji:073:s0036

Roles

General
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 四十七年 · Western Year: BC 260
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:073:s0036
Source Date: Text: 四十九年 · Western Year: BC 258
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:073:s0089, shiji:073:s0099
Source Date: Text: 四十八年 · Western Year: BC 259
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:073:s0069, shiji:073:s0070

Career and standing

Label: assistant general / 尉裨將 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四十七年 · Western Year: BC 260
Explicit · shiji:073:s0050
Label: Left Senior Minister / 左庶長 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四十七年 · Western Year: BC 260
Explicit · shiji:073:s0036

Places and affiliations

Label: Qin / 秦 · Relation: served
Explicit · shiji:073:s0036

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Action: captured Pi Lao · Role: commander · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四十八年 · Western Year: BC 259
Explicit · shiji:073:s0070
Kind: military · Action: replaced Wang Ling and besieged Handan unsuccessfully · Role: commander · Other Person Id: Wang Ling (王陵) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四十九年 · Western Year: BC 258
Explicit · shiji:073:s0099
Kind: military · Action: seized Shangdang and attacked Zhao · Role: commander · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四十七年 · Western Year: BC 260
Explicit · shiji:073:s0036, shiji:073:s0039
Kind: military · Action: served as Bai Qi's assistant general at Changping · Role: assistant commander · Other Person Id: Bai Qi (白起) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四十七年 · Western Year: BC 260
Explicit · shiji:073:s0050

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 73Biographies of Bai Qi and Wang Jian · 5 passages

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四十七年，秦使左庶長王龁攻韓，取上黨。 In the forty-seventh year, Qin dispatched left senior minister Wang He to attack Han and seize Shangdang.

四月，龁因攻趙。 In the fourth month, He turned to attack Zhao.

而王龁為尉裨將，令軍中有敢泄武安君將者斬。 Wang He became assistant general, and they ordered that anyone in the army who dared reveal that Lord Wu'an was commanding would be executed.

秦分軍為二：王龁攻皮牢，拔之； Qin divided their forces into two: Wang He assaulted Pi Lao and captured it;

秦王使王龁代陵將，八九月圍邯鄲，不能拔。 The King of Qin sent Wang He to replace Ling as commander. In the eighth and ninth months they besieged Handan but could not conquer it.