Wang Pi (王羆) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Pi as an administrator, general, and official. This record brings together 34 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Pi	王羆	Wang Pi
Title	Duke of Bachecheng	霸城縣公
Title	Duke Wang	王公
Given name	Pi	羆
Surname	Wang	王
Personal name	Wang Pi	王羆	Wáng Pí
Courtesy name	Xiongpi	熊羆	Xióngpí

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0002

Roles

Administrator
General
Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統七年 · Western Year: AD 541 · Place: at his garrison post / 於鎮
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0067

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大通初 · Reign: 大通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 527 · End: AD 529
Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:032:s0053
Source Date: Text: 大統七年 · Western Year: AD 541
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0067
Source Date: Text: 魏太和中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 477 · End: AD 499
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0004

Family

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Ancestor of Wang Changshu (王長述)
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Qingyuan (慶遠)
Descendant of Wang Zun (王遵)
Kinship Term: descendant / 之後 · Line: paternal
Parent of Wang Changshu (王長述)
Kinship Term: reared by / 鞠養 · Parentage: foster · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather
Parent of Qingyuan (慶遠)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Origins and identity

Label: leading provincial surname / 州郡著姓
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0002

Career and standing

Label: opening-the-feudatory / 開府 · Action: added
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0028
Label: palace attendant / 侍中 · Action: added
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0028
Label: palace-guard general / 殿中將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏太和中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 477 · End: AD 499
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0004
Label: governor of Jing Province / 荊州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0016
Label: grand commander / 大都督 · Action: appointed
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0027
Label: grand general of fast cavalry / 驃騎大將軍 · Action: appointed
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0028
Label: interior minister of West He / 西河內史 · Action: granted
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0006
Label: right general / 右將軍 · Action: granted
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0006
Label: Inspector of Western Jing province / 西荊州刺史 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大通初 · Reign: 大通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 527 · End: AD 529
Explicit · liangshu:032:s0053
Label: general who pacifies the army / 撫軍將軍 · Action: promoted
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0016
Label: governor of Jingzhou / 涇州刺史 · Action: transferred
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0026
Label: grand general of chariots and cavalry / 車騎大將軍 · Action: transferred
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0026
Label: posthumous grand commandant / 太尉 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統七年 · Western Year: AD 541
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0067
Title: Duke of Bachecheng county / 霸城縣公 · Action: advanced
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0025

Places and affiliations

Label: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: served
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0004
Label: Western Wei / 西魏 · Relation: served
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0028
Place: Bachecheng, Jingzhao / 京兆霸城
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0002
Place: Hedong / 河東 · Relation: garrisoned
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0052
Place: Huazhou / 華州 · Relation: garrisoned
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0027

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0040
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Gao Huan (高歡)
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0043
Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0009, zhoushu:018:s0010, zhoushu:018:s0011, zhoushu:018:s0020, zhoushu:018:s0021, zhoushu:018:s0022, zhoushu:018:s0048, zhoushu:018:s0049, zhoushu:018:s0050, zhoushu:018:s0056, zhoushu:018:s0057, zhoushu:018:s0058

Events and relationships

Kind: personal · Role: host · Action: ate discarded melon rind to shame wasteful guest
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0061, zhoushu:018:s0062, zhoushu:018:s0063
Kind: administrative · Role: administrator · Action: collected grain without concealment in famine
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0035, zhoushu:018:s0036, zhoushu:018:s0037
Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: defended Jing Province under flood siege over three years · Other Person Id: Cao Yizong (曹義宗)
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0017, zhoushu:018:s0018, zhoushu:018:s0019, zhoushu:018:s0020, zhoushu:018:s0021, zhoushu:018:s0022, zhoushu:018:s0023, zhoushu:018:s0024
Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: held Huazhou; Gao Huan dared not attack · Other Person Id: Gao Huan (高歡)
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0038, zhoushu:018:s0039, zhoushu:018:s0040, zhoushu:018:s0041, zhoushu:018:s0042, zhoushu:018:s0043, zhoushu:018:s0044
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: pacified Di and Qiang rebels; garrisoned Liang Province · Place: Liang Province / 梁州
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0005
Kind: personal · Role: host · Action: rebuked envoy who tore flatbread crust
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0054, zhoushu:018:s0055, zhoushu:018:s0056, zhoushu:018:s0057, zhoushu:018:s0058, zhoushu:018:s0059, zhoushu:018:s0060
Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: refused West He appointment
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0007, zhoushu:018:s0009, zhoushu:018:s0010, zhoushu:018:s0011
Kind: military · Role: advisor · Action: refused Zhou Huida summons; offered to break Rouran locally · Other Person Id: Zhou Huida (周惠達)
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0047, zhoushu:018:s0048, zhoushu:018:s0049, zhoushu:018:s0050
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: relieved Jing Province and defeated Liang · Other Person Id: Cao Yizong (曹義宗)
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0012, zhoushu:018:s0013
Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: repelled night raid · Other Person Id: Han Gui (韓軌)
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0030, zhoushu:018:s0031, zhoushu:018:s0032, zhoushu:018:s0033, zhoushu:018:s0034
Kind: legal · Role: official · Action: struck clerk with boot for private petition
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0064
Kind: military · Action: was assigned with ten thousand cavalry to hold Hulao · Role: defender · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大通初 · Reign: 大通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 527 · End: AD 529
Explicit · liangshu:032:s0053

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: frugal, plain, scorned appearances; stern and fair · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0051, zhoushu:018:s0053, zhoushu:018:s0202, zhoushu:018:s0203, zhoushu:018:s0204, zhoushu:018:s0205
Item: iron certificate / 鐵券 · Relation: received
Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0018