Five Dynasties · Ruler and Aristocrat

Wang Rong 王鎔

Died AD 921

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Rong was a ruler and Aristocrat.

Life and dates

Death

AD 921 天祐十八年
assassinated 遇弑 · Authority Zhang Wenli (張文禮)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 29, passages 43-44

Attested activity

AD 921 天祐十八年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 29, passages 43-44

Career and standing

Prince of Zhao 趙王
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 29, passage 44

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 29Volume 29 Book of Later Tang 5: Zhuangzong Annals 3 · 2 passages

是月，鎮州大將張文禮殺其帥王鎔。 That month Zhang Wenli, a senior Zhen commander, murdered his lord Wang Rong.

時帝方與諸將宴，酒酣樂作，聞鎔遇弑，遽投觶而泣曰：「趙王與吾把臂同盟，分如金石，何負於人，覆宗絕祀，冤哉！」 Cunxu was drinking with his officers when word came that Rong had been killed; he flung down his cup and wept: "The Prince of Zhao was my sworn brother, our bond iron-hard—what had he done to anyone, that his clan is wiped out? Monstrous wrong!"