Sui and Tang · Magistrate and Judicial Official

Wang Hui 王晬

Attested AD 756 - AD 762

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Hui was a Magistrate and Judicial Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 756 to AD 762 肅宗朝
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 16

Events and relationships

Relation Former subordinate of · Person Li Mian (李勉)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 16

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 4 passages

勉以故吏前密縣尉王晬勤干，俾攝南鄭令，俄有詔處死，勉問其故，乃為權幸所誣。 Mian had appointed his former subordinate Wang Hui, once magistrate of Mi County, to act as magistrate of Nanzheng on account of his diligence and ability. Soon an edict ordered Wang's execution. When Mian inquired, he learned that Wang had been framed by powerful favorites at court.

即停詔拘晬，飛表上聞，晬遂獲宥，而勉竟為執政所非，追入為大理少卿。 He at once withheld the edict, detained Wang Hui, and sent an urgent memorial to the throne. Wang was spared, but Mian was censured by the chief ministers and recalled to the capital as vice minister of justice.

謁見，面陳王晬無罪，政事條舉，盡力吏也。 On presenting himself at court he told the emperor face to face that Wang Hui was innocent, that his administration was thorough and well ordered, and that he was an official who gave his utmost.

王晬後以推擇拜大理評事、龍門令，終有能名，時稱知人。 Wang Hui was later recommended and appointed reviewer in the Court of Judicial Review and magistrate of Longmen. He retained a reputation for competence to the end, and contemporaries praised Mian for discerning talent.