Five Dynasties · Son of Wang Chang

Wang Jigong 王繼恭

Wáng Jìgōng

Attested AD 937

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Jigong was a Son of Wang Chang.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 937 天福二年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 103

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Wang Chang (王昶)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 103

Career and standing

Prince of Linhai 臨海郡王
AD 937 天福二年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 103

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68: Hereditary House of Min · 3 passages

晉天福二年，昶遣使朝貢京師，高祖遣散騎常侍盧損冊昶閩王，拜其子繼恭臨海郡王。 In the second year of Tianfu, Chang sent tribute envoys to the Jin capital. Emperor Gaozu dispatched Lu Sun, Regular Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry, to invest Chang as King of Min and appoint his son Jigong Prince of Linhai.

損至閩，昶稱疾不見，令繼恭主之。 When Sun arrived in Min, Chang pleaded illness and refused an audience, leaving Jigong to receive him.

而其子繼恭遣其佐鄭元弼隨損至京師貢方物，致書晉大臣，述昶意求以敵國禮相往來。 Meanwhile his son Jigong sent aide Zheng Yuanbi to accompany Sun to the capital with tribute goods and a letter to Jin ministers asking that Min and Jin exchange embassies as equal states.