Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Jian as a general. 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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Jian | 王堅 | Wáng Jiān |
| Given | Jian | 堅 | Jiān |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wáng |
| Personal name | Wang Jian | 王堅 | Wáng Jiān |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · yuanshi:003:s0208
- Sex: maleExplicit · yuanshi:003:s0227
Roles
- General
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 九年己未春正月乙巳朔 · Regnal Year: 9 · Season: spring · Lunar Month: 1 · Sexagenary Day: 乙巳 · Western Year: AD 1259Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0210, yuanshi:003:s0214
- Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十二月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 1258
- Source Date: Text: 六月丁巳 · Western Year: AD 1259Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:003:s0227, yuanshi:003:s0226
Career and standing
- Label: defending general of He Prefecture / 合州守將 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十二月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 1258Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0208
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Song / 宋 · Relation: served · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十二月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 1258Strongly inferred · yuanshi:003:s0208
- Name: Song / 宋 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · yuanshi:003:s0227, yuanshi:003:s0224
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: battle-interrupted-by-rain-and-broken-ladders · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六月丁巳 · Western Year: AD 1259Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:003:s0228, yuanshi:003:s0227
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: principal · Action: declined the summons to surrender brought by Jin Guobao · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…十二月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 1258 · Other Person Id: Jin Guobao (晉國寶)Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0208
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: led-troops-to-battle · Other Person Id: Wang Tiange (汪田哥) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六月丁巳 · Western Year: AD 1259Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0227, yuanshi:003:s0226
- Kind: military · Role: principal · Action: pursued Guobao to the gorge mouth, brought him back and killed him · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年己未春正月乙巳朔 · Regnal Year: 9 · Season: spring · Lunar Month: 1 · Sexagenary Day: 乙巳 · Western Year: AD 1259 · Other Person Id: Jin Guobao (晉國寶)Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0214
References in the histories
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