Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Li as a general and military officer. This record brings together 15 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Li | 王離 | Wáng Lí |
| Descriptive kinship | Grandson of Wang Jian | 王翦之孫 | |
| Given | Li | 離 | Lí |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wáng |
| Personal | Wang Li | 王離 | Wang Li |
| Personal | Wang Li | 王離 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:054:s0024, shiji:057:s0028
- Sex: maleExplicit · shiji:073:s0171
Roles
- General
- Military Officer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 擊王離軍 · Western Year: BC 207Explicit event contextual date · shiji:054:s0024, shiji:057:s0028
- Source Date: Text: 鉅鹿之圍 · Western Year: BC 207Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:041:s0104
- Source Date: Text: 陳勝之反秦 · Western Year: BC 209Explicit · shiji:073:s0171
- Source Date: Text: 項羽救趙，擊秦軍，果虜王離 · Western Year: BC 207Explicit · shiji:073:s0179
Family
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- Descendant of Wang Jian (王翦)Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson · Intermediary Person Ids: Wang Ben (王賁)
- Child of Wang Ben (王賁)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
Origins and identity
- Generation: 3 · Statement: third-generation Qin general in the Wang lineExplicit · shiji:073:s0175, shiji:073:s0178
Career and standing
- Label: Qin general / 秦將Explicit · shiji:073:s0172
- Status: renowned-general · Label: Qin's renowned general / 秦之名將Explicit · shiji:073:s0172
- Status: captivity · Action: captured · Authority Person Id: Xiang Yu (項羽) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 果虜王離 · Western Year: BC 207Explicit · shiji:073:s0179, shiji:073:s0183
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Qin / 秦 · Relation: servedExplicit · shiji:073:s0171, shiji:073:s0172
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: subject · Statement: praised as Qin's renowned general · Provenance: Mode: hearsayExplicit · shiji:073:s0172, shiji:073:s0173
- Kind: speech · Role: subject · Statement: third-generation generals must fail · Provenance: Mode: hearsay
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Place: Zhao / 趙 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 陳勝之反秦 · Western Year: BC 209Explicit · shiji:073:s0171
- Explicit · hanshu:041:s0104
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: besieged · Other Person Id: King of Zhao (趙王) · Place: Julu City / 鉅鹿城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 圍趙王及張耳鉅鹿城 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 207Explicit · shiji:073:s0171
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: besieged · Other Person Id: Zhang Er (張耳) · Place: Julu City / 鉅鹿城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 圍趙王及張耳鉅鹿城 · Western Interval: Start: BC 209 · End: BC 207Explicit · shiji:073:s0171
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Other Person Id: Xiang Yu (項羽) · Place: Zhao / 趙 · Outcome: Wang Li captured; his forces surrendered to the feudal lords · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 項羽救趙，擊秦軍，果虜王離 · Western Year: BC 207Explicit · shiji:073:s0179
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: as a third-generation general he would certainly meet defeat because of ancestral bloodshed · Provenance: Mode: hearsay
- Assessment: Qin's renowned general who would certainly succeed against newly founded Zhao · Provenance: Mode: hearsayExplicit · shiji:073:s0172, shiji:073:s0173
References in the histories
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