Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Named Individual

Wang Mu 王睦

Attested AD 409

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Mu was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 409 義熙五年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passages 102, 105

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wang Yanzu (王延祖)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 102

Career and standing

Pardoned
AD 409 義熙五年 · Pardon recommended
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passages 109-110

Events and relationships

Reported and delivered son
AD 409 義熙五年 · Legal · Accuser · With Wang Yanzu (王延祖)
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passages 102, 104, 109

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 66Volume 66 Biographies 26: Wang Jinghong, He Shangzhi · 4 passages

義熙五年，吳興武康縣民王延祖為劫，父睦以告官。 In the fifth year of Yixi, Wang Yanzu of Wukang County in Wuxing committed robbery, and his father Mu reported him to the authorities.

睦既自告，於法有疑。 Because Mu had reported the crime himself, the case raised a legal question.

睦父子之至，容可悉共逃亡，而割其天屬，還相縛送，螫毒在手，解腕求全，於情可愍，理亦宜宥。 The bond between father and son might have led them to flee together, yet Mu severed his closest kin and bound and delivered his son instead. With poison in hand he cut his wrist to save himself—a deed pitiable in feeling and deserving of pardon in principle.

睦既糾送，則餘人無應復告，並合從原。」 Since Mu has already reported and delivered the culprit, the others need not report again, and all should be pardoned."