Wang Jian (王緘) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Jian as a general, official, and scholar. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Jian	王緘	Wang Jian
Personal name	Wang Jian	王緘	Wang Jian
Personal	Wang Jian	王緘	Wáng Jiān

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:069:s0009, liaoshi:074:s0053

Roles

General
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 十五年 · Western Year: AD 918
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:069:s0012, jiuwudaishi:069:s0018
Source Date: Text: 延徽南奔後 · Western Year: AD 920
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:074:s0053
Source Date: Text: 霸府初開 · Western Year: AD 910
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:069:s0009

References in the histories

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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

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時霸府初開，幕客馬鬱、王緘，燕中名士，盡與之遊。 At that time the chief's headquarters had just been opened; the staff members Ma Yu and Wang Jian, both celebrated names from Yan, all associated with him.

是夜，莊宗令於軍中求憲，或曰：「與王緘俱歿矣！」 That night Zhuangzong ordered a search for Xian in the army; someone said, "He perished together with Wang Jian!"

History of Liao, Chapter 74Volume 74 Biographies 4: Yelu Dila, Xiao Hendu, Kang Moji, Han Yanhui, Han Zhigu · 1 passage

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已而與他將王緘有隙，懼及難，乃省親幽州，匿故人王德明舍。 Soon he fell out with the general Wang Jian and, fearing reprisal, visited his family in Youzhou and hid with his friend Wang Deming.