Overview
Wang Ningzhi was an official, Calligrapher, and Daoist.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Jin
Life and dates
Death
- AD 399 遂為孫所害Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 211
Attested activity
- AD 355 to AD 399 子 凝之Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 80, passages 204, 207
- AD 399 孫恩之攻會稽Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 209, 211
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Sibling of Wang Huizhi (王徽之)brother 子 · Full siblingsStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passages 204, 212
- Sibling of Wang Xianzhi (王獻之)brother 子 · Full siblingsStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passages 204, 232
- Sibling of Wang Xuanzhi (王玄之)next [brother] 次 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 206-207
- Child of Wang Xizhi (王羲之)son 子Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 204, 207
Origins and identity
- Lineage Wang clan 王氏Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 208
Career and standing
- General of the Left 左將軍HeldDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 207
- Inspector of Jiang province 江州刺史Held · At Jiang province 江州Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 207
- Internal Administrator of Kuaiji 會稽內史Held · At Kuaiji 會稽Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 207
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 207
- At Jiang province 江州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 207
- At Kuaiji 會稽 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 207, 209
- Organization Wang clan 王氏 · Relation Member ofDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 208
- Organization Zhang family's Way of the Five Pecks of Rice 張氏五斗米道 · Relation Member ofDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 208
Learning and skills
- Belief Way of the Five Pecks of Rice 五斗米道 · Relation Adherent ofDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 208
- Skill cursive and clerical script 草隸 · Level skilledDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 207
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wang Ningzhi (王凝之)Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 210
Events and relationships
- Refused to prepare defensesDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 209-211
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment most fervent Wang-clan adherent of the Five Pecks of Rice Way · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 208
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 204
References in the histories
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