Dates uncertain · Noble

Wang Li 王立

Wáng Lì

Dates uncertain

Passages: 23
Chapters: 5
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Li as a named individual and official. This record brings together 23 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Li	王立	Wáng Lì
Personal name	Li	立
Given	Li	立	Li
Personal	Liu Li	立	Li
Title	Marquis of Hongyang	紅陽侯	Hongyang Hou
Title	Marquis of Hongyang	紅陽侯
Title	Marquis of Hongyang	紅陽侯	Hóngyáng Hóu
Personal	Wang Li	立	Li
Personal name	Wang Li	立	Wáng Lì
Personal	Wang Li	立	Wang Li
Personal	Wang Li	王立	Wang Li

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0016
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:070:s0246
Value: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:070:s0197, hanshu:105:s0149

Roles

Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Death

killed himself from shame and fear / 慚恐自殺
Explicit · hanshu:094:s0056

Career and standing

Title: Guannei Marquis / 關內侯
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0016
Title: Marquis / 列侯
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0081
Marquis of Hongyang / 紅陽侯
Explicit · hanshu:070:s0197, hanshu:070:s0246
Name: Marquis of Hongyang / 紅陽侯
Explicit · hanshu:094:s0256
Text: Marquis of Hongyang
Explicit · hanshu:088:s0302
Title: marquis of Hongyang
Explicit · hanshu:105:s0149
Title: Guannei Marquis / 關內侯
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0016
Reason: guilt · Result: sent to fief
Explicit · hanshu:094:s0257

Events and relationships

Type: maternal-uncle-of · Person: Emperor Xiaocheng (孝成皇帝)
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0016
Relation: maternal-uncle-of · Person Id: Emperor Xiaocheng (孝成皇帝)
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0081
Type: full-sibling · Person Id: Wang Gen (王根)
Explicit · hanshu:070:s0264
Type: father-of · Person Id: Rong (融)
Explicit · hanshu:105:s0151
Type: maternal-uncle · Person Local Id: Chunyu Chang (淳于長)
Explicit · hanshu:070:s0197

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 11Volume 10: Annals of Emperor Cheng · 2 passages

賜舅王譚、商、立、根、逢時爵關內侯。 Granted maternal uncle Wang Tan, Shang, Li, Gen, and Fengshi the noble rank of Guannei Marquis.

夏六月，封舅譚、商、立、根、逢時皆為列侯。 In the sixth month of summer, maternal uncle Tan, Shang, Li, Gen, and Fengshi were all enfeoffed as marquises.

Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 6 passages

會定陵侯長有罪，當就國，長舅紅陽侯立與業書曰：「誠哀老姊垂白，隨無狀子出關，願勿復用前事相侵。」 When Chunyu Chang was ordered to his fief for crimes, his uncle Wang Li, the marquis of Hongyang, wrote to Du Ye: "My poor white-haired sister must follow her worthless son through the pass—please do not use old scores against him."

丞相史搜得紅陽侯書，奏業聽請，不敬，坐免就國。 A clerk in the chancellor's office found Wang Li's letter and impeached Du Ye for honoring an improper request; Ye was stripped of rank and sent to his fief.

紅陽侯立坐子受長貨賂故就國耳，非大逆也，而方進復奏立黨友後將軍朱博、巨鹿太守孫宏、故少府陳咸，皆免官，歸咸故郡。 Wang Li, marquis of Hongyang, was punished because his son accepted Chang's bribes and therefore went to his fief—this was not great treason. Yet Fangjin again memorialized against Li's partisan associates: Rear General Zhu Bo, Administrator of Julu Sun Hong, and former Chamberlain for the Palace Revenues Chen Xian. All were dismissed, and Chen Xian was sent to his native commandery.

刑罰無平，在方進之筆端，眾庶莫不疑惑，皆言孫宏不與紅陽侯相愛。 Punishment lacked fairness—it lay at the tip of Fangjin's brush. The common people were all puzzled and said Sun Hong was not on friendly terms with the marquis of Hongyang.

為丞相，即時詆欺，奏免咸，復因紅陽侯事歸咸故郡。 As chancellor he immediately slandered and memorialized to dismiss Xian, and again through the marquis of Hongyang affair sent Xian back to his native commandery.

內嫉妒同產兄姊紅陽侯立及淳于氏，皆老被放棄。 Within the family he envied his full siblings Wang Li, marquis of Hongyang, and the Chunyu clan; all were old and cast aside.

Book of Han, Chapter 88Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He · 4 passages

時帝舅紅陽侯立使客因南郡太守李尚占墾草田數百頃，頗有民所假少府陂澤，略皆開發，上書願以入縣官。 At the time, the emperor's maternal uncle Wang Li, Marquis of Hongyang, had retainers use Nan Commandery Administrator Li Shang's influence to claim several hundred qing of uncultivated land. Much of it was marshland that the Privy Treasurer had leased to commoners and that they had already reclaimed. Wang Li then memorialized offering it to the government.

寶聞之，遣丞相史按驗，發其姦，劾奏立、尚懷姦罔上，狡猾不道。 Sun Bao sent a chancellor's investigator, exposed the fraud, and impeached Li and Shang for deceiving the throne.

立雖不坐，後兄大司馬衞將軍商薨，次當代商，上度立而用其弟曲陽侯根爲大司馬票騎將軍。 Wang Li escaped punishment, but when his brother Wang Shang died the emperor skipped him and made Wang Gen Grand Marshal instead.

寶前失車騎將軍，與紅陽侯有隙，自恐見危，時淳于長方貴幸，友寶，寶亦欲附之，始視事而長以稚季托寶，故寶窮，無以復應文。 Sun Bao feared Hongyang and needed Chunyu Zhang—who had just asked him to spare Du Zhiji—so he could not touch Hou Wen's target.

Book of Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Xue Xuan and Zhu Bo · 7 passages

池陽令舉廉吏獄掾王立，府未及召，聞立受囚家錢。 The magistrate of Chiyang nominated jail clerk Wang Li for an incorrupt award; before the summons arrived, word spread that Wang had taken money from a prisoner's kin.

宣責讓縣，縣案驗獄掾，乃其妻獨受系者錢萬六千，受之再宿，獄掾實不知。 Xue Xuan rebuked the county; their inquiry showed that Wang Li's wife alone had accepted sixteen thousand cash from a detainee's family for two nights, while Wang himself knew nothing.

宣聞之，移書池陽曰：「縣所舉廉吏獄掾王立，傢俬受賕，而立不知，殺身以自明，立誠廉士，甚可閔惜！ Hearing this, Xue Xuan wrote to Chiyang: "Wang Li was nominated as incorrupt, yet someone in his household secretly took a bribe without his knowledge; he died to prove his innocence—a truly honest man, and deeply to be mourned!

其以府決曹掾書立之柩，以顯其魂。 Let the headquarters decision clerk inscribe his name on the coffin to honor his spirit.

府掾史素與立相知者，皆予送葬。」 Every yamen clerk who knew him should join the funeral cortege."

久之，遷後將軍，與紅陽侯立相善。 Promoted rear general, he grew close to Liu Li, Marquis of Hongyang.

立有罪就國，有司奏立黨友，博坐免。 When Liu Li was sent to his fief for crimes, the authorities listed Zhu Bo among his partisans and cashiered him.

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 4 passages

紅陽侯立獨不得為大司馬輔政，立自疑為長毀譖，常怨毒長。 Wang Li, marquis of Hongyang, alone had been passed over for the regency; he was convinced Chang had slandered him and nursed a murderous grudge.

及長當就國也，立嗣子融從長請車騎，長以珍寶因融重遺立，立因為長言。 When Chang prepared to leave the capital, Wang Li's heir Rong asked him for horses and carriages; Chang funneled rare gifts through Rong, and Wang Li put in a good word.

史捕融，立令融自殺以滅口。 Clerks seized Rong; Wang Li ordered his own son to commit suicide to seal his lips.

紅陽侯立就國。 Wang Li, marquis of Hongyang, was packed off to his fief as well.