Qin and Han · Official

Wang Ji 王吉

Died AD 179

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Ji as an administrator, judge, and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Ji 王吉 Wang Ji
Given Ji 吉 Ji
Surname Wang 王 Wang
Personal name Wang Ji 王吉 Wang Ji

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Judge
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Place: Luoyang prison / 洛阳狱 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及阳球奏甫 · Western Year: AD 179
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0268

Age

  • Age: Value: 20 · Unit: sui · Qualifier: more-than · Statement: a little more than twenty sui / 年二十余 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 年二十余，为沛相 · Western Year: c. AD 174
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0257

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Wang Fu (王甫)
    Kinship Term: adoptive father / 养父 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: commandery chancellor / 相
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0257
  • Label: Chancellor of Pei / 沛相 · Action: held · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 年二十余，为沛相 · Western Year: c. AD 174 · End Date: Source Date: Text: 及阳球奏甫 · Western Year: AD 179
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0257, houhanshu:085:s0268
  • Label: arrested / 收执 · Action: arrested · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及阳球奏甫 · Western Year: AD 179
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0268

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Skill: reciting texts and histories / 诵读书传 · Level: fond-of
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0256

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: narrative · Role: subject · Note: silent subject of arrest and death after Yang Qiu impeached Wang Fu
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0268

Events and relationships

  • Kind: legal · Role: administrator · Action: displayed-dismembered-corpses-through-the-commandery
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0262, houhanshu:085:s0263, houhanshu:085:s0264
  • Kind: legal · Role: administrator · Action: executed-parents-who-refused-to-rear-newborns
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0261
  • Kind: legal · Role: administrator · Action: killed-more-than-ten-thousand · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 视事五年，凡杀万余人 · Western Interval: Start: c. AD 174 · End: AD 179
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0265
  • Kind: legal · Role: administrator · Action: ordered-denunciations-of-corrupt-clerks-and-magnates · Place: Pei commandery / 沛
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0259
  • Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: terrorized-the-commandery
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0267

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: cruel nature · Statement: his nature was cruel / 性残忍 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0256
  • Assessment: delighted in reputation · Statement: delighted in reputation / 喜名声 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0256
  • Assessment: savagery beyond enumeration · Statement: The other atrocities beggar enumeration / 其余惨毒刺刻，不可胜数 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0266
  • Kind: character · Statement: pitiless / cruel nature despite love of books and fame
    Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0256

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 85Volume 77: Biographies of Cruel Officials · 3 passages
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