Five Dynasties · Official and Writer

Wang Jian 王緘

First attested AD 890; died AD 918

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15
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3
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2

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Wang Jian was an official and Writer.

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  1. Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 60 Volume 60 Book of Later Tang 36: Biographies 12: Li Xiji, Wang Jian, Li Jingyi, Lu Rubi, Li Dexiu, Su Xun 12 passages
  2. Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69 Volume 69 Book of Later Tang 45: Biographies 21: Zhang Xian, Wang Zhengyan, Hu Zhuang, Cui Yisun, Meng Hu, Sun Yue, Zhang Yanlang, Liu Yanhao, Liu Yanlang 2 passages
  3. History of Liao, Chapter 74 Volume 74 Biographies 4: Yelu Dila, Xiao Hendu, Kang Moji, Han Yanhui, Han Zhigu 1 passage

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 60Volume 60 Book of Later Tang 36: Biographies 12: Li Xiji, Wang Jian, Li Jingyi, Lu Rubi, Li Dexiu, Su Xun · 12 passages
〈(《契丹國誌·韓延徽傳》:延徽自契丹奔晉,晉王欲置之幕府掌書記,王緘嫉之,延徽不自安,求東歸省母,遂復入契丹,寓書於晉王,敘所以北去之意。 (Khitan State Records, Biography of Han Yanhui: Yanhui fled the Khitan for Jin; the Prince of Jin wished to make him chief secretary. Wang Jian resented him; uneasy in Taiyuan, Yanhui asked leave to visit his mother in the east, returned to the Khitan, and wrote the prince explaining why he had gone north.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69 Book of Later Tang 45: Biographies 21: Zhang Xian, Wang Zhengyan, Hu Zhuang, Cui Yisun, Meng Hu, Sun Yue, Zhang Yanlang, Liu Yanhao, Liu Yanlang · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 74Volume 74 Biographies 4: Yelu Dila, Xiao Hendu, Kang Moji, Han Yanhui, Han Zhigu · 1 passage