Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Aristocrat

Wang Qiu 王球

Died AD 441

Passages
23
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Qiu as an administrator, aristocrat, family member, and named individual. This record brings together 23 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Qiu 王球 Wang Qiu
Courtesy name Qianyu 倩玉 Qiànyù
Given Qiu Qiú
Surname Wang Wáng
Personal name Wang Qiu 王球 Wáng Qiú
Personal Wang Qiu 王球 Wáng Qiú

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member
  • Named Individual
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉十八年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 18 · Western Year: AD 441 · Age: Value: 49 · Reckoning: sui
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0144

Age

  • Value: 49 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉十八年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 18 · Western Year: AD 441
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0144

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 元嘉十七年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 17 · Western Year: AD 440
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0136
  • Source Date: Text: 元嘉十八年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 18 · Western Year: AD 441
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0144
  • Source Date: Text: 元嘉四年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 427
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0118
  • Source Date: Text: 宋元嘉中 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Western Interval: Start: AD 430 · End: AD 450
    Explicit · nanqishu:010:s0049
  • Source Date: Text: 元嘉三年後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 426 · End: AD 433
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:073:s0041, songshu:073:s0058, songshu:073:s0059
  • Source Date: Text: 宋初 · Western Year: AD 420
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:058:s0164
  • Source Date: Text: 宋國初建 · Western Year: AD 420
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:058:s0116
  • Source Date: Text: 高祖受命 · Western Year: AD 420
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:058:s0117

Family

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  • Kin of Wang Huan (王奐)
    Kinship Term: grand-nephew / 從孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Brother of Wang Qiu (王球兄)
    Kinship Term: brother / 兄 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: sibling · Object Role: sibling
  • Sibling of Brother of Wang Qiu (王球兄)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full
  • Kin of Wang Hong (王弘)
    Kinship Term: elder clan cousin / 從兄 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Wang Mi (王謐)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Kin of Wang Lü (王履)
    Kinship Term: nephew / 兄子 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
  • Kin of Wang Hui (王惠)
    Kinship Term: younger paternal cousin / 從弟 · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: paternal cousin / 從父弟 · Line: paternal

Career and standing

  • Label: Steward of the Heir Apparent's Household / 太子詹事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉十七年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 17 · Western Year: AD 440
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0136
  • Label: Administrator of Yixing / 義興太守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉四年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 427
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0118
  • Label: Gentleman of the Palace Suite to the heir apparent / 世子中舍人 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宋國初建 · Western Year: AD 420
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0116
  • Label: Acting Military Assistant to the Grand Marshal of Langya / 琅邪王大司馬行參軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0115
  • Label: Advising Military Assistant / 諮議參軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0117
  • Label: Champion General / 冠軍將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0120
  • Label: chief clerk / 主簿 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0115
  • Label: Commander of the Heir Apparent's Right Guard / 太子右衛率 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0119
  • Label: Director of the Imperial Secretariat / 中書令 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0120
  • Label: Director of the Masters of Writing for Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0121
  • Label: Friend to the Prince of Yidu / 宜都王友 · Action: appointed
  • Label: General Who Proclaims Might / 宣威將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0119
  • Label: Household Grandee of the Luminous Hall / 光祿大夫 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0127
  • Label: Merit Officer of the Central Army / 中軍功曹 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0115
  • Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0120
  • Label: Preceptor to the Prince of Luling / 廬陵王師 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0127
  • Label: Senior Arbiter of his home province / 本州大中正 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0120
  • Label: Vice Director of the Masters of Writing / 尚書僕射 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0137
  • Label: Assistant Gentleman of the Masters of Writing / 著作佐郎 · Action: declined
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0114
  • Label: Director of the Secretariat / 中書令 · Action: held
    Explicit · songshu:073:s0058
  • Label: Household Grandee of the Luminous Hall with golden seal and purple ribbon / 金紫光祿大夫 · Action: posthumously-appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0145
  • Label: Palace Cadet / 散騎常侍 · Action: posthumously-appointed
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0145
  • Title: Special Advancement / 特進 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · songshu:058:s0145

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References in the histories

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 10Volume 10 Treatises 2: Rituals 1 · 1 passage
Book of Song, Chapter 58Volume 58 Biographies 18: Wang Hui, Xie Hongwei, Wang Qiu · 20 passages
Book of Song, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 33: Yan Yanzhi · 2 passages