Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Family Member

Wang Jian 王儉

Wáng Jiǎn

Attested AD 482

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Jian was an official and Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 482 世祖卽位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 142, 147

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Wang Sengqian (王僧虔)
nephew 兄子 · paternal line · Through Brother of Wang Sengqian (王僧虔兄)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 142, 147
Child of Brother of Wang Sengqian (王僧虔兄)
father 父
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 142

Career and standing

chief minister 朝宰
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 147

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 142, 147

Works and attributed material

Speech · Addressee · With Wang Sengqian (王僧虔) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 142

Events and relationships

Built then demolished the Hall of the Long Beam
Domestic · Builder · With Wang Sengqian (王僧虔)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 147

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 33Volume 33 Biographies 14: Wang Sengqian, Zhang Xu · 2 passages

及授，僧虔謂兄子儉曰：「汝任重於朝，行當有八命之禮，我若復此授，則一門有二台司，實可畏懼。」 When the appointment came, Sengqian told his nephew Jian: "You already carry the court's weight and will soon take the eightfold rites; if I took this post too, one house would seat two terrace ministers—that is a thing to dread."

兄子儉爲朝宰，起長梁齋，制度小過，僧虔視之不悅，竟不入戶，儉卽毀之。 Nephew Jian was chief minister and built a Hall of the Long Beam whose scale edged past propriety; Sengqian looked on it with displeasure and never crossed the door—so Jian tore it down at once.