Qin and Han · General

Wang Huang 王黃

Attested BC 196

Passages: 8
Chapters: 4
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Huang as a general and named individual. This record brings together 8 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Huang	王黃	Wang Huang
Personal name	Wang Huang	王黃	Wang Huang
Personal	Wang Huang	王黃	Wáng Huáng
Personal name	Wang Huang	王黃	Wáng Huáng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:051:s0022

Roles

General
Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 高帝十一年 · Western Year: BC 196
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:051:s0022

Events and relationships

Type: subordinate-of · Person Id: Hán Xin (信)
Explicit · hanshu:042:s0142

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 2Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 2 · 3 passages

信亡走匈奴，與其將曼丘臣、王黃共立故趙後趙利為王，收信散兵，與匈奴共距漢。 Xin fled to the Xiongnu, and together with his generals Manqiu Chen and Wang Huang established Zhao Li, a descendant of the former Zhao, as king. They gathered Xin's scattered troops and, together with the Xiongnu, resisted Han.

代地吾所急，故封豨為列侯，以相國守代，今乃與王黃等劫掠代地！ Dai territory is what concerns me urgently, so I enfeoffed Xi as a ranked marquis and had him guard Dai as Chancellor. Now he has joined Wang Huang and others in plundering Dai territory!

豨將侯敞將萬餘人游行，王黃將騎千餘軍曲逆，張春將卒萬餘人度河攻聊城。 Xi's general Hou Chang led more than ten thousand men in roaming operations, Wang Huang led more than a thousand cavalry to camp at Quni, and Zhang Chun led more than ten thousand soldiers across the river to attack Liaocheng.

Book of Han, Chapter 42Volume 33: Wei Bao, Tian Dan and Hán Xin (King of Han) · 3 passages

與其將白土人曼丘臣、王黃立趙苗裔趙利為王，復收信散兵，而與信及冒頓謀攻漢。 Together with his generals Manqiu Chen of Baitu and Wang Huang, he established Zhao Li, a descendant of the Zhao line, as king, gathered Xin's scattered soldiers again, and plotted with Xin and Modu to attack Han.

匈奴使左右賢王將萬餘騎與王黃等屯廣武以南，至晉陽，與漢兵戰，漢兵大破之，追至于離石，復破之。 The Xiongnu sent the Left and Right Wise Kings with more than ten thousand cavalry to encamp with Wang Huang and the others south of Guangwu. When they reached Jinyang and fought the Han troops, the Han troops routed them, pursued them to Lishi, and defeated them again.

信為匈奴將兵往來擊邊，令王黃等說誤陳豨。 As a Xiongnu commander, Xin kept raiding the border and had Wang Huang and others mislead Chen Xi into rebellion.

Book of Han, Chapter 44Volume 35: Princes of Jing, Yan and Wu · 1 passage

十一年，以將軍擊陳豨將王黃，封為營陵侯。 In the eleventh year he campaigned as a general against Wang Huang, one of Chen Xi’s officers, and received the marquisate of Yingling.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 51Houses of Jing and Yan · 1 passage

高帝十一年，澤以將軍擊陳豨，得王黃，為營陵侯。 In the eleventh year, Liu Ze campaigned as a general against Chen Xi. He captured Wang Huang and was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Yingling.