Wang Mao (王茂) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Mao was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Loyal and Ardent	忠烈	Zhonglie

Life and dates

Death

AD 515 視事三年，薨于州
At Jiangzhou 州 · Age 60 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 47
AD 515 俄而病，少日卒
Illness · At Jiangzhou 江州
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 64

Age

60
AD 515 時年六十 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 47

Attested activity

AD 508 七年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 37
AD 509 八年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passages 38-39
AD 507 六年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passages 35-36
AD 512 十一年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passages 40-41
AD 505 四年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 34
AD 513 明年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 46

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AD 502 是歲
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passages 31, 33
AD 515 視事三年，薨于州
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passages 47, 64

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wang Zhenxiu (王貞秀)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 65

Kinship Role servants and concubines · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 43

Career and standing

Chariots and Cavalry General 車騎將軍
AD 508 七年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 37
Danyang Intendant 丹陽尹
AD 509 八年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 38
Central Guard General 中衛將軍
AD 507 六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 36
Crown Prince Steward 太子詹事
AD 507 六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 36
Palace Attendant 侍中
AD 507 六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 36
Right Vice Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書右僕射
AD 507 六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 35

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Central Authority General 中權將軍
AD 512 十一年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 41
Minister of Works 司空
AD 512 十一年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 40
Bearer of the Staff, Scattered Cavalry Attendant, Fast Cavalry General, Open Office Equal to the Three Excellencies, Area Commander of Jiangzhou, Jiangzhou Inspector 使持節、散騎常侍、驃騎將軍、開府同三司之儀、都督江州諸軍事、江州刺史
AD 513 明年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 46
Area Commander of Jiangzhou military affairs 都督江州諸軍事
AD 502 是歲 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 31
Bearer of the Staff 使持節
AD 502 是歲 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 31
General Who Campaigns South 征南將軍
AD 502 是歲 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 31
Jiangzhou Inspector 江州刺史
AD 502 是歲 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 31
Scattered Cavalry Attendant 散騎常侍
AD 502 是歲 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 31
Right Vice Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書右僕射
AD 507 六年 · Declined
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passages 35-36
Capital Intendant 京尹
AD 512 十一年 · Declined
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 41
Crown Prince Steward 太子詹事
AD 508 七年 · Retained
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 37
Palace Attendant 侍中
AD 509 八年 · Retained
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 38
Palace Attendant 常侍
AD 507 六年 · Retained
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 35
Palace Attendant and Danyang Intendant 侍中、尹
AD 512 十一年 · Retained
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 40
one suite of drums and pipes 鼓吹一部
AD 502 是歲 · Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 31
posthumous name Zhonglie (Loyal and Ardent) 諡曰忠烈
AD 515 諡曰忠烈 · Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 57
Open Office Equal in Protocol to the Three Excellencies 開府儀同三司
AD 509 八年 · Granted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 38
posthumous Palace Attendant and Grand Commandant 贈侍中、太尉
AD 515 可贈侍中、太尉 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 56
twenty Office Swords and one suite of drums and pipes 加班劍二十人，鼓吹一部
AD 515 可贈侍中、太尉 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 56

Places and affiliations

AD 502 是歲
Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 31
AD 509 八年
At Danyang 丹陽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 38
AD 513 明年
At Jiangzhou 江州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 46
AD 502 是歲
At Jiujiang 九江 · Relation Administered
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 33

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Jiang Quan (江詮)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passages 62-63

Events and relationships

Campaigned south against
AD 502 是歲 · Military · Commander · With Chen Bozhi (陳伯之)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 31
Dreamed bells fell then they fell
AD 515 茂在江州 · Omen · Witness · At Jiangzhou 江州
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passages 59-61
Ordered west against Wei
AD 505 四年 · Military · Commander · At Hanzhong 漢中
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 34
Promoted farming and cut corvee
AD 502 是歲 · Administration · Governor · At Jiujiang 九江
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 33

Assessments and attributes

Assessment gazed upon by the multitude at court assemblies · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 45
Assessment generous and forbearing; officials and people at ease though he won little fame · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 42
Assessment ill at ease while Gaozu favored literary men; drunk speech forgiven · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 39
Assessment upright in private; never seen lax even by servants · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 43
splendid bearing; beard and brows like painted lines
Physical description
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 44
AD 515 高祖甚悼惜之
Item funeral money 300,000 cash and 300 bolts of cloth 賻錢三十萬，布三百匹 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 48