Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Warlord

Wang Mi 王彌

Attested AD 309

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Mi was a warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 309 王彌謂聰曰
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 101, passage 217

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Liu Cong (劉聰)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passages 217-218

Events and relationships

Defeated at Xinji
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passage 222

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 101Volume 101 Records 1: Liu Yuanhai and Liu Xuan · 4 passages

是冬，復大發卒，遣聰、彌與劉曜、劉景等率精騎五萬寇洛陽，使呼延翼率步卒繼之，敗王師于河南。 Winter brought a second offensive: fifty thousand horse under Liu Cong, Liu Yao, and Liu Jing, foot under Huyan Yi, crushing Jin south of the Yellow River.

壁于洛水，尋進屯宣陽門，曜屯上東門，彌屯廣陽門，景攻大夏門，聰親祈嵩嶽，令其將劉厲、呼延朗等督留軍。 They bridged the Luo, ringed Xuanyang, Upper East, and Guangyang gates, while Liu Cong climbed Songshan to pray and left Liu Li and Huyan Lang holding the rear.

王彌謂聰曰：「今既失利，洛陽猶固，殿下不如還師，徐為後舉。 Wang Mi urged Liu Cong, "Luoyang still holds; pull back and strike another day.

王彌出自轘轅，越遣薄盛等追擊彌，戰於新汲，彌師敗績。 Wang Mi slipped through Huanyuan; Sima Yue's Bo Sheng ran him down at Xinji and broke his column.