Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Aristocrat

Wang Hui 王惠

Died AD 426

Passages
21
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Hui as an administrator, aristocrat, family member, and official. This record brings together 21 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Hui 王惠 Wang Hui
Given Hui Huì
Courtesy name Lingming 令明 Lìngmíng
Surname Wang Wáng
Personal name Wang Hui 王惠 Wáng Huì

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉三年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 426 · Age: Value: 42 · Reckoning: sui
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0161

Age

  • Value: 42 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉三年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 426
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0161

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 元嘉三年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 426
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0161
  • Source Date: Text: 宋國初建 · Western Year: AD 420
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:058:s0017, songshu:058:s0019
  • Source Date: Text: 少帝即位 · Western Year: AD 422
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:058:s0154

Family

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  • Descendant of Wang Shao (王劭)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather
  • Child of Wang Shao (王劭)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather · Generation Distance: 2
  • Kin of Wang Hong (王弘)
    Kinship Term: distant paternal cousin / 從祖弟 · Line: paternal
  • Sibling of Wang Jian (王鑒)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full
  • Kin of Wang Dan (王誕)
    Kinship Term: elder clan cousin / 從兄 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Wang Mo (王默)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Kin of Wang Qiu (王球)
    Kinship Term: younger paternal cousin / 從弟 · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: paternal cousin / 從父弟 · Line: paternal
  • Kin of Wang Mi (王謐)
    Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 叔父 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: uncle

Career and standing

  • Label: Director of Palace Retainers / 郎中令 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宋國初建 · Western Year: AD 420
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0019
  • Label: Director of the Masters of Writing for Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 少帝即位 · Western Year: AD 422
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0154
  • Label: Acting Retainer to the Grand Commandant / 行太尉參軍事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0009
  • Label: Administrator of Wuxing / 吳興太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0020
  • Label: Attendant Gentleman / 從事中郎 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0009
  • Label: bureau chief clerk / 府主簿 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0009
  • Label: Chief Clerk of the Central Army / 中軍長史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0010
  • Label: Chief Clerk to the General Who Conquers the Barbarians / 征虜長史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0010
  • Label: Director of the Masters of Writing / 尚書 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0020
  • Label: Steward of the Heir Apparent's Household / 世子詹事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0020
  • Label: Administrator of Nan Commandery / 南郡太守 · Action: declined
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0016
  • Label: Grand Master of Sacrifices / 太常 · Action: posthumously-appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0162

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Skill: clear reasoned discourse / 言清理遠 · Level: renowned
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0007

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: Lingming—simple · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0149
  • Assessment: placid and unpretentious · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0005

References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 58Volume 58 Biographies 18: Wang Hui, Xie Hongwei, Wang Qiu · 21 passages