Overview
Wang Kai was an official and Aristocrat.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Jin
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Junfu | 君夫 | Junfu |
| Posthumous name | Chou | 醜 | Chou |
Life and dates
Death
- died; received posthumous name ChouDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 80
Attested activity
- AD 291 to AD 300 惠帝朝豪侈及鴆毒案Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 93, passages 77-78
- AD 291 討楊駿Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 93, passage 74
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Wang Su (王肅)father 父 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 93, passages 59, 67
- Sibling of Wang Xun (王恂)younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 67
Career and standing
- court official and imperial affine 世族國戚Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 77
- Regular Cavalier Attendant 散騎常侍AddedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 75
- Valiant Cavalry General 驍騎將軍Held concurrentlyDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 75
- Dragon-Prancing General 龍驤將軍PromotedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 75
- Colonel of the Sound-of-the-Bowstring Archers 射聲校尉RestoredDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 76
- Rear General 後將軍TransferredDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 76
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- Duke of Shandu County 山都縣公AD 291 討楊駿 · Enfeoffed · Households 1800Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 74
- Chou (‘the Repulsive’) 醜Posthumously namedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 80
- great-clan magnate and imperial in-law 世族國戚Imperial affine and great clanDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 77
- Dismissed from officeDismissal · Cause Sat on a matterDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 75
- Specially pardonedPardon · authorities recommended heavy crimes; an edict pardoned themDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 78
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passages 74-75
Events and relationships
- Implicated in poison plotDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 78
- PunishedDated from the passage context · Book of Jin 93, passage 74
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment talented from youth; loose in private morals but reputed diligent in public duty · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 73
- Assessment thereafter everyone feared him and he indulged every whim · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 79
- Item red bole plastered on walls 赤石脂泥壁 · Relation UsedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 77
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 67
References in the histories
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