Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Statesman and Scholar

Wang Jian 王儉

Attested AD 483 - AD 493

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Jian was a statesman and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 483 to AD 493 永明纂襲
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 240

Career and standing

chief minister 輔
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 240

Learning and skills

Skill classics and ritual 經禮 · Level excelled
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 240

Events and relationships

Served as assistant during Yongming school revival
AD 483 to AD 493 永明纂襲 · Political · Chief minister
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 240

Assessments and attributes

Assessment the court looked up to his example; students followed his standard · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 240

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 39Volume 39 Biographies 20: Liu Huan, Di Jin, Lu Cheng · 1 passage

永明纂襲，克隆均校，王儉爲輔，長於經禮，朝廷仰其風，冑子觀其則，由是家尋孔教，人誦儒書，執卷欣欣，此焉彌盛。 Under Yongming the succession continued, schools multiplied and instruction was balanced; Wang Jian served as chief minister, excelling in the classics and ritual. The court looked up to his example; students followed his standard. Thereupon households sought Confucian teaching and men recited Confucian books; holding their scrolls with delight, learning flourished here all the more.