Wang Jingze (王敬則)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Jingze as an administrator, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 16 passages from 11 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Jingze	王敬則	Wang Jingze
Title	Grand Administrator Wang Jingze	太守王敬則
Given	Jingze	敬則
Title	the prince	王公
Surname	Wang	王
Personal name	Wang Jingze	王敬則	Wang Jingze
Personal name	Wang Jingze	王敬則	Wáng Jìngzé
Personal	Wang Jingze	王敬則	Wáng Jìngzé
Personal	Wang Jingze	王敬則

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liangshu:017:s0018, nanqishu:047:s0241, nanqishu:050:s0044, nanqishu:053:s0183, nanqishu:055:s0083, songshu:089:s0002
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:002:s0043, nanqishu:005:s0013, nanqishu:031:s0129, nanqishu:048:s0065, nanqishu:056:s0140

Roles

Administrator
General
Military Officer
Official
Rebel
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Statement: died because of Xie Tiao's report · Cause: consequence of denunciation
Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0261

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 延興元年八月甲辰 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 8 · Sexagenary Day: 甲辰 · Western Year: AD 494
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:005:s0013
Source Date: Text: AD 480-490 · Western Interval: Start: AD 480 · End: AD 490
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:048:s0065
Source Date: Text: Shen Xian's Shanyin tenure · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 493
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0183
Source Date: Text: 南齊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 502
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:055:s0083
Source Date: Text: 太祖末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482
Explicit · nanqishu:031:s0129
Source Date: Text: 建元元年 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:002:s0043
Source Date: Text: 建武四年 · Western Year: AD 497
Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0220
Source Date: Text: 昇明元年 · Western Year: AD 477
Explicit event contextual date · songshu:089:s0068
Source Date: Text: 永泰元年 · Western Year: AD 498
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0018
Source Date: Text: 永泰元年 · Western Year: AD 498
Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0140
Source Date: Text: 王敬則伏誅 · Western Interval: Start: AD 498 · End: AD 499
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:050:s0044
Source Date: Text: 王敬則往構凶逆 · Western Year: AD 498
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:047:s0241, nanqishu:047:s0258

Family

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Parent of Wife of Xie Tiao (朓妻)
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter

Career and standing

Label: Inspector of South Yanzhou / 南兖州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0043
Action: held · Appointments: Governor of Kuaiji / 爲會稽
Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0183
Label: Commandery Administrator / 太守 · Action: held
Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0083
Label: Grand Commandant / 太尉 · Action: promoted · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 延興元年八月甲辰 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 8 · Sexagenary Day: 甲辰 · Western Year: AD 494
Explicit · nanqishu:005:s0013
Status: rebel · Action: accused
Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0241

Places and affiliations

Polity: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · nanqishu:005:s0013, nanqishu:047:s0241
Organization: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: affiliated-with
Explicit · nanqishu:050:s0001

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)
Explicit · nanqishu:031:s0129

Events and relationships

Kind: biographical · Role: participant · Action: did not relay the Tu girl’s case to the court
Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0083
Kind: legal · Role: executed-person · Action: put-to-death
Explicit · nanqishu:050:s0044
Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永泰元年 · Western Year: AD 498
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0018
Relation: trusted-follower-of · Person Id: Prince of Qi (齊王)
Explicit · songshu:089:s0068

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Zhenguo; Ma Xianpin; Zhang Qi · 2 passages

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永泰元年，會稽太守王敬則反，珍國又率衆距之。 In Yongtai year one, Kuaiji prefect Wang Jingze rebelled; Zhenguo again led troops against him.

敬則平，遷寧朔將軍、青、冀二州刺史，將軍如故。 When Jingze was pacified, he was made pacifying-the-north general and inspector of Qing and Ji, general as before.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Emperor Gao of Southern Qi 2 · 1 passage

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以齊國左衛將軍陳顯達爲中護軍，中領軍王敬則爲南兖州刺史，左衛將軍李安民爲中領軍。 Chen Xianda, left guards general of Qi, became director of the central guard; Wang Jingze, central army commander, inspector of South Yanzhou; Li Anmin, left guards general, central army commander.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Prince of Hailing · 1 passage

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八月甲辰，以新除衛尉蕭諶爲中領軍，司空王敬則進位太尉，新除車騎大將軍陳顯達爲司空，尚書左僕射王晏爲尚書令，左衛將軍王廣之爲豫州刺史，驃騎大將軍鄱陽王鏘爲司徒。 Eighth month, day jiachen: Xiao Chen, newly made commandant of the guard, became central army-inspector-in-chief; Wang Jingze, minister of works, was raised to grand commandant; Chen Xianda, newly made general of chariots and cavalry, became minister of works; Wang Yan, left vice director of the masters of writing, became director; Wang Guangzhi, left guards general, took Yuzhou; Xiao Chao, prince of Poyang and general of agile cavalry, became minister of education.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 31Volume 31 Biographies 12: Jiang Mi, Xun Boyu · 1 passage

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晝卧太陽殿，王敬則直入，叩頭啓上曰：「官有天下日淺，太子無事被責，人情恐懼，願官往東宮解釋之。」 At noon he lay down in the Hall of the Great Sun. Wang Jingze walked straight in, kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty has had the realm only a little while; the crown prince was punished without cause, and hearts are afraid—go to the Eastern Palace and make peace."

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 47Volume 47 Biographies 28: Wang Rong, Xie Tiao · 4 passages

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啓王敬則反謀，上甚嘉賞之。 He reported Wang Jingze's plot to rebel, and the emperor greatly praised him.

王敬則往構凶逆，微有誠效，自爾昇擢，超越倫伍。 Wang Jingze had plotted treason; Tiao's small service in exposing it won promotion beyond his peers.

朓初告王敬則，敬則女爲朓妻，常懷刀欲報朓，朓不敢相見。 When Tiao first reported Wang Jingze, Jingze's daughter was Tiao's wife and often carried a knife to avenge her father; Tiao did not dare meet her.

朓臨敗歎曰：「我不殺王公，王公由我而死。」 Facing ruin Tiao sighed, "I did not kill the prince, but the prince died because of me."

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 1 passage

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仲智妾李氏驕妒無禮，稚珪白太守王敬則殺之。 Zhongzhi's concubine Lady Li was arrogant, jealous, and insolent; Zhigui reported her to Grand Administrator Wang Jingze, who had her put to death.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 50Volume 50 Biographies 31: Emperor Wen's Two Princes, Emperor Ming's Seven Princes · 1 passage

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王敬則伏誅，徙寶源爲都督會稽東陽臨海永嘉新安五郡軍事、會稽太守，將軍如故。 After Wang Jingze was put to death, Bao Yuan was reassigned as Area Commander of Kuaiji, Dongyang, Linhai, Yongjia, and Xin'an and appointed Governor of Kuaiji, retaining his rank as general.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 34: Virtuous Officials · 1 passage

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王敬則爲會稽，憲仍留爲鎮軍長史，令如故。 When Wang Jingze was posted to Kuaiji, Xian remained chief secretary to the pacification army, with his magistracy unchanged.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 1 passage

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縣令于琳之具言郡，太守王敬則不以聞。 Magistrate Yu Linzhi reported the matter fully to the commandery, but Administrator Wang Jingze did not relay it to the court.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 37: Trusted Officials · 1 passage

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永泰元年，王敬則事平，法亮復受敕宣慰。 In the first year of Yongtai, when Wang Jingze's revolt was put down, Faliang again received orders to proclaim imperial comfort.

Book of Song, Chapter 89Volume 89 Biographies 49: Yuan Can · 2 passages

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又令腹心王敬則為直閣，與伯興共揔禁兵。 He also made his trusted follower Wang Jingze Direct Attendant, together with Boxing jointly commanding forbidden troops.

齊王以報敬則，率所領收蘊殺之，并誅伯興。 The Prince of Qi reported to Jingze; he led those under him to seize and kill Yun, and Boxing was also executed.