Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Ranyu as an envoy. This record brings together 3 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 Ranyu | 王然於 | Wang Ranyu |
| Personal name | Wang Ranyu | 王然於 | Wang Ranyu |
| Personal | Wang Ranyu | 王然于 | Wang Ranyu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:067:s0026, shiji:116:s0046
Roles
- Envoy
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元狩元年 · Western Year: BC 122Explicit event contextual date · shiji:116:s0043, shiji:116:s0046
- Source Date: Text: 南越破後 · Western Interval: Start: BC 111 · End: BC 109Explicit event contextual date · shiji:116:s0062, shiji:116:s0064
- Source Date: Text: 拜相如為中郎將…副使者王然於 · Western Year: BC 129
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:067:s0002, shiji:116:s0046
- Place: Dian / 滇 · Relation: traveled-toExplicit · shiji:116:s0047
Events and relationships
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: sought route to Shendu through western YiExplicit · shiji:116:s0046
- Relation: deputy-envoy-to · Person Id: Sima Xiangru (司馬相如)Explicit · hanshu:067:s0026
References in the histories
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