Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Mang as an aristocrat, artisan, merchant, and named individual. This record brings together 169 passages from 42 chapters across 8 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Mang | 王莽 | Wáng Mǎng |
| Surname | Bing | 丙 | Bǐng |
| Personal name | Bing | 丙氏 | Bǐng shì |
| Epithet | doomed Xin | 亡新 | |
| Title | Duke of Anhan | 安漢公 | Anhan Gong |
| Title | Lord of Anhan | 安漢公 | Anhan Gong |
| Personal | Mang | 莽 | Mang |
| Given | Mang | 莽 | Mang |
| Given name | Mang | 莽 | Mang |
| Personal name | Mang | ||
| Given | Mang | 莽 | |
| Surname | Mang | 莽 | Mang |
| Given | Mang | 莽 | Mǎng |
| Given name | Mang | 莽 | Mǎng |
| Title | Marquis of Xindu | 新都侯 | Xīndū Hóu |
| Title | Marquis of Xindu | 新都侯 | Xindu hou |
| Title | Marquis of Xindu | 新都侯 | Xindu Hou |
| Title | Marquis of Xindu Mang | 新都侯莽 | |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wang |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wáng |
| Personal | Wang Mang | 王莽 | Wang Mang |
| Personal name | Wang Mang | 王莽 | Wang Mang |
| Personal name | Wang Mang | 王莽 | Wáng Mǎng |
| Personal name | Wang Mang | 王莽 | |
| Personal | Wang Mang | 王莽 | |
| Title | Wang Mang of Xindu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:011:s0301, hanshu:026:s0285, hanshu:048:s0256, hanshu:056:s0076, hanshu:070:s0207, hanshu:090:s0003, hanshu:096:s0214, hanshu:103:s0096, hanshu:103:s0106, hanshu:104:s0250, houhanshu:031:s0023, houhanshu:108:s0013, houhanshu:110:s0088, houhanshu:126:s0251, liangshu:038:s0309, liaoshi:057:s0005, liaoshi:067:s0001
- Sex: maleExplicit · hanshu:069:s0191, hanshu:082:s0188, hanshu:085:s0202, hanshu:088:s0248, hanshu:091:s0090, hanshu:099:s0183, hanshu:101:s0022, hanshu:105:s0244, houhanshu:034:s0004, houhanshu:085:s0022, houhanshu:089:s0142, houhanshu:094:s0014, houhanshu:094:s0301, houhanshu:118:s0023, houhanshu:125:s0010, jiutangshu:150:s0206, weishu:027:s0115
- Value: maleExplicit · hanshu:093:s0046, houhanshu:028:s0042
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:105:s0138
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Artisan
- Merchant
- Named Individual
- Official
- Rebel
- Ruler
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: executed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢既誅莽 · Western Year: AD 23Explicit · hanshu:091:s0096
- Han forces executed MangExplicit · hanshu:027:s0387
- Manner: executed · Note: Han troops executed MangExplicit · houhanshu:118:s0023
- Manner: execution · Statement: dismembered; clan slaughteredExplicit · houhanshu:034:s0026
- Manner: perished-with-regimeExplicit · hanshu:026:s0309
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: AD 9-23 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0022
- Source Date: Text: Wang Mang (45 BC-AD 23) · Western Interval: Start: BC 45 · End: AD 23Strongly inferred · zizhitongjian:159:s0133c
- Source Date: Text: 亡新/王莽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Explicit · houhanshu:089:s0100, houhanshu:089:s0142
- Source Date: Text: 元始二年 · Western Year: AD 2Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:056:s0076
- Source Date: Text: 元始元年 · Western Year: AD 1Explicit · hanshu:091:s0165
- Source Date: Text: 及莽篡位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Explicit · hanshu:099:s0186, hanshu:099:s0196
- Source Date: Text: 周、漢...莽、卓之亂 · Western Year: AD 9Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:150:s0206
- Source Date: Text: 哀帝崩，新都侯王莽為大司馬 · Western Year: BC 1Explicit · hanshu:082:s0188
- Source Date: Text: 哀帝至元始中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 7 · End: AD 5Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:093:s0046, hanshu:093:s0071
- Source Date: Text: 天凤中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 14 · End: AD 19Explicit · houhanshu:118:s0023
- Source Date: Text: 建武三十二年二月 · Western Year: AD 56Explicit · houhanshu:108:s0118, houhanshu:108:s0101
- Source Date: Text: 建武元年 · Western Year: AD 25Explicit · houhanshu:108:s0013, houhanshu:108:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 建武初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 25 · End: AD 36Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:034:s0026
- Source Date: Text: 新室 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Strongly inferred · liaoshi:067:s0001
- Source Date: Text: 末年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 20 · End: AD 23Explicit · hanshu:026:s0302
- Source Date: Text: 漢末新莽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Explicit event contextual date · weishu:027:s0115
- Source Date: Text: 王莽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:101:s0234
- Source Date: Text: 王莽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Explicit · houhanshu:110:s0088, houhanshu:126:s0251
- Source Date: Text: 王莽居攝，遂篡位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 6 · End: AD 9Explicit · hanshu:026:s0285
- Source Date: Text: 王莽居攝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 6 · End: AD 8Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:028:s0044
- Source Date: Text: 王莽居攝篡弑 · Western Interval: Start: AD 6 · End: AD 23Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0023
- Source Date: Text: 王莽敗 · Western Year: AD 23Explicit · hanshu:082:s0195
- Source Date: Text: 王莽時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23
- Source Date: Text: 王莽時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 9 · End: AD 23Explicit · hanshu:085:s0202
- Source Date: Text: 王莽末 · Western Year: AD 23Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:037:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 王莽移漢鼎 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Strongly inferred · liangshu:038:s0309, liangshu:038:s0310
- Source Date: Text: 王莽篡位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23
- Source Date: Text: 王莽篡位 · Western Year: AD 9Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0014, houhanshu:094:s0301
- Source Date: Text: 王莽篡漢 · Western Year: AD 9Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:057:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 至王莽乃絕 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Explicit · hanshu:090:s0105
- Source Date: Text: 與王莽、劉歆並 · Western Interval: Start: BC 22 · End: AD 9Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0183, hanshu:099:s0185
- Source Date: Text: 讫于王莽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23Explicit · houhanshu:125:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 魯人…丙氏…富至巨萬 · Western Interval: Start: BC 150 · End: BC 50Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:103:s0096
Family
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- Parent of Wang Yu (宇)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Kinship Role: household-males · Note: fathers, elder brothers, sons, younger brothers bound by frugality covenant · Count: 4Explicit · hanshu:103:s0097
Career and standing
- Label: iron smelter and merchant / 鐵冶Explicit · hanshu:103:s0096
- Label: Grand Marshal / 大司馬 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 哀帝崩，新都侯王莽為大司馬 · Western Year: BC 1Explicit · hanshu:082:s0188
- Label: six assistant ministers under the Minister of Agriculture / 大司農六部丞 · Action: establishedExplicit · houhanshu:028:s0042
- Label: Grand Marshal / 大司馬 · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:093:s0177
- Label: one of the Three Dukes / 三公 · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:099:s0185
- Attendant at the Palace / 侍中Explicit · hanshu:011:s0176
- Cavalry Commandant / 騎都尉Explicit · hanshu:011:s0176
- Grand Marshal / 大司馬Explicit · hanshu:096:s0214
- Guanglu Grandee / 光祿大夫Explicit · hanshu:011:s0176
- served as regentExplicit · hanshu:027:s0283
- 大司馬Explicit · hanshu:105:s0244
- Title: grand marshalExplicit · hanshu:105:s0159
- Title: Lord of Anhan / 安漢公Explicit · hanshu:104:s0144
- Title: Marquis of Xindu / 新都侯 · Date Text: 五月Explicit · hanshu:011:s0176
- Title: Marquis Zhen / Marquis of Integrity / 貞侯 · Action: bestowed-posthumously · Other Person Id: Fu Xi (傅喜)Explicit · hanshu:093:s0078
- Title: Duke of Anhan / 安漢公 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元始中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1 · End: AD 5Explicit · hanshu:093:s0046
- Title: Marquis of Xindu / 新都侯 · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:082:s0188
- Duke of Anhan / 安漢公Explicit · hanshu:094:s0161
- Marquis of Xindu / 新都侯Explicit · hanshu:011:s0176, hanshu:096:s0214
- 新都侯Explicit · hanshu:105:s0244
- Title: marquis of XinduExplicit · hanshu:105:s0138
- Status: monopolized-power · Action: entered · Label: seized sole power / 秉政專權 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 秉政專權 · Western Year: BC 1Explicit · hanshu:082:s0188
- Status: regent · Action: enteredExplicit · hanshu:026:s0285
- Status: retired to yield to Emperor Ai's maternal relatives · Action: enteredExplicit · hanshu:093:s0177
- Status: usurper · Action: enteredExplicit · liaoshi:057:s0005
- Status: regent · Action: held-power · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 王莽居攝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 6 · End: AD 8Explicit · houhanshu:028:s0042, houhanshu:028:s0044
- Status: usurper · Action: heldExplicit · houhanshu:108:s0013, houhanshu:108:s0118
- As: usurped the position / 篡位 · Note: usurpationExplicit · hanshu:011:s0301
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及莽篡位 · Western Year: AD 9 · Statement: usurped the throneExplicit · hanshu:099:s0186
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遂篡位 · Western Year: AD 9Explicit · hanshu:026:s0285
- Mang formally took the throneExplicit · hanshu:027:s0288
Places and affiliations
- Label: Xin / 新 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · hanshu:069:s0191
- Polity: HanExplicit · hanshu:027:s0283, hanshu:027:s0387
- Polity: Western Han · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:026:s0285
- Polity: Xin · Relation: ruledExplicit · hanshu:026:s0285
- Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: usurpedExplicit · liaoshi:057:s0005
- Polity: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:082:s0188
- Polity: Xin / 新 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · houhanshu:125:s0010
- Polity: Xin / 新 · Relation: usurpedStrongly inferred · houhanshu:108:s0013, houhanshu:108:s0118
- Polity: Xin · Relation: ruledExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0100, houhanshu:089:s0142
- Place: Lu / 魯Explicit · hanshu:103:s0096
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · houhanshu:031:s0092, houhanshu:031:s0093
- Kind: edict · Role: author
- Explicit · hanshu:082:s0191, hanshu:082:s0192
Events and relationships
- Explicit · hanshu:103:s0107
- Explicit · hanshu:103:s0107
- Explicit · hanshu:103:s0124
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: actor · Action: demoted-gouting-king · Other Person Id: King of Gouting (鉤町王)Explicit · hanshu:026:s0289
- Explicit · hanshu:026:s0289
- Kind: political purge · Action: executed those who would not support him · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元始中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1 · End: AD 5Explicit · hanshu:093:s0046
- Kind: legal · Role: authority · Action: executed · Other Person Id: Zhen Feng (甄豐) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莽誅豐父子 · Western Year: AD 9Explicit · hanshu:099:s0197
- Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: fell · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 王莽敗 · Western Year: AD 23Explicit · hanshu:082:s0195
- Kind: regency · Role: regent · Action: held-regency · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 王莽居攝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 6 · End: AD 8Explicit · hanshu:091:s0168
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: mobilized-against-xiongnuExplicit · hanshu:026:s0291, hanshu:026:s0292
- Kind: usurpation · Role: usurper · Action: moved the tripod of Han / shifted the Han throneExplicit · liangshu:038:s0310
- Kind: disaster-relief · Role: ruler · Action: opened-granaries-and-taught-wood-gruelExplicit · hanshu:026:s0304, hanshu:026:s0305
- Kind: imperial recommendation · Action: persuaded the empress dowager to recall and reward Fu Xi · Other Person Id: Fu Xi (傅喜)Explicit · hanshu:093:s0072, hanshu:093:s0076
- Kind: court usurpation · Role: power-holder · Action: received Empress Yuan's trust · Provenance: Mode: historical-example · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0133c
- Kind: fiscal · Role: ruler · Action: renamed-kings-fields-banned-saleExplicit · hanshu:026:s0295
- Kind: administrative · Role: ruler · Action: renamed-tiger-guard · Label: named tiger-rank after Meng Ben / 以古有勇士孟贲，故名焉 · Other Person Id: Meng Ben (孟賁)Explicit · houhanshu:126:s0251
- Kind: fiscal · Role: ruler · Action: restored-land-slave-salesExplicit · hanshu:026:s0298
- Kind: political · Role: usurper · Action: seized throneExplicit · hanshu:056:s0077, hanshu:056:s0178
- Kind: political · Role: usurper · Action: seized-Han-throne · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 王莽篡漢 · Western Year: AD 9Explicit · liaoshi:057:s0005
- Kind: political · Role: power-holder · Action: seized-sole-power · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 秉政專權 · Western Year: BC 1Explicit · hanshu:082:s0188
- Explicit · hanshu:091:s0095
- Kind: political purge · Action: stripped the Fu clan of palace ranks and titlesExplicit · hanshu:093:s0071
- Kind: political · Role: usurper · Action: usurped the throne and invited Kong Xiu to become National Teacher · Other Person Id: Kong Xiu (孔休)Explicit · houhanshu:028:s0308
- Kind: political · Role: usurper · Action: usurped throneExplicit · houhanshu:034:s0026
- Kind: political · Role: usurper · Action: usurped-HanExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0100, houhanshu:089:s0101
- Kind: usurpation · Role: usurper · Action: usurped-the-throne · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 王莽篡位 · Western Year: AD 9Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0301
- Kind: political · Role: usurper · Action: usurped-throne
- Kind: political · Role: resentful-superior · Action: withheld-retirement-gifts · Other Person Id: Peng Xuan (彭宣) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莽恨宣求退 · Western Year: BC 1Explicit · hanshu:082:s0193
- Type: son-of · Person: Man (曼)Explicit · hanshu:011:s0176
- Type: nephew-of · Person Id: Wang Gen (王根)Explicit · hanshu:105:s0138
- Type: sought-friendship-with · Person Id: Wujiang Long (毌將隆)Explicit · hanshu:088:s0248
- Type: son-of · Person Id: Wang Mang's mother (莽母)Explicit · hanshu:105:s0144
- Relation: reported-to · Person Id: Empress Dowager (太后)Explicit · hanshu:082:s0191
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: ashamed-to-admit-governance-caused-disaster · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:026:s0307
- Assessment: belonged to the Wang house whose power ultimately overturned the dynasty · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:093:s0081, hanshu:093:s0082
- Assessment: cited as a usurper whose disaster should be remembered · Provenance: Mode: quoted-historical-exemplum · Speaker Person Id: Zhou Xu (周䊸)Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0149
- Assessment: source of consort-kin calamity under Han · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liaoshi:067:s0001
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:085:s0022
- Statement: usurpation lasted eighteen years before punishment from the capitalExplicit · houhanshu:089:s0101
References in the histories
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