Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Rong as a family member, official, poet, and scholar. This record brings together 44 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Rong | 王融 | Wang Rong |
| Given | Rong | 融 | Róng |
| Given | Rong | 融 | |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wáng |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | |
| Descriptive kinship | Wang Huan's son | 奐子 | |
| Personal name | Wang Rong | 王融 | Wang Rong |
| Personal | Wang Rong | 王融 | Wáng Róng |
| Courtesy | Yuanchang | 元長 | Yuáncháng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liangshu:036:s0011, nanqishu:036:s0004
- Sex: maleExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0003, nanqishu:047:s0266
Roles
- Family Member
- Official
- Poet
- Scholar
- Strategist
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: execution by edict in prison · Label: edict ordered death in prison / 詔於獄賜死 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 鬱林即位十餘日 · Western Year: AD 494Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0174
Age
- Age: 27 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0175
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: AD 491Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0097
- Source Date: Text: 十一年 · Western Year: AD 493Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0098
- Source Date: Text: 永明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
- Source Date: Text: 永明 · Western Year: AD 483Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0122
- Source Date: Text: 永明末 · Western Year: AD 493Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0070
- Source Date: Text: 鬱林即位十餘日 · Western Year: AD 494
- Source Date: Text: 齊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 493 · End: AD 501Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0011, liangshu:036:s0080
Family
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- Descendant of Wang Sengda (王僧達)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather
- Kin of Wang Jian (王儉)Kinship Term: cousin / 從叔 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: uncle
- Child of Wang Daoyan (王道琰)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Child of Mother of Wang Rong (王融母)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother · Line: maternal
- Child of Wang Huan (王奐)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: Director of Guests / 主客 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十一年 · Western Year: AD 493Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0098
- Label: Acting Aide in the Law Section under the Prince of Jingling / 竟陵王司徒板法曹行參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0012
- Label: Acting Aide to the Prince of Jin'an as Southern Commander-in-Chief / 晉安王南中郎板行參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0011
- Label: Assistant Magistrate of Danyang / 丹陽丞 · Action: appointedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0030
- Label: General Who Pacifies the North and army commander / 寧朔將軍、軍主 · Action: appointedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0142
- Label: Secretariat Gentleman / 中書郎 · Action: appointedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0030
- Label: Attendant of the Heir Apparent / 太子舍人 · Action: promotedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0012
- Label: Secretary Assistant / 祕書丞 · Action: promotedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0028
- Status: dismissal · Action: entered · Label: dismissed for official offense / 坐公事免Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0011
- Label: imprisoned by Minister of Justice / 收下廷尉獄 · Action: suffered · Authority Person Id: Prince of Yulin (鬱林王)Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0152
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · nanqishu:047:s0266
- Polity Name: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: servedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0013, nanqishu:047:s0070
- Place: Langya / 琅邪Explicit · liangshu:036:s0011
- Place: Linyi of Langya / 琅邪臨沂Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0003
Learning and skills
- Label: taught reading and writing by his mother / 母教融書學 · Teacher Person Id: Mother of Wang Rong (王融母)Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0008
- Credential: Cultivated Talent / provincial graduate / 秀才 · Action: earnedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0010
- Skill: literary quickness and talent / 文敏才華 · Level: notedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0266
- Skill: horsemanship / 騎馬 · Level: practicedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0145
- Skill: literary composition / 文才 · Level: renownedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0009, nanqishu:047:s0143
Works and attributed material
- Work: Preface to the Winding Water Poems / 曲水詩序 · Relation: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: AD 491Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0097
- Work: collected writings / 文集 · Relation: authorExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0180
- Work: Ode to Sweet Dew / 甘露頌 · Relation: authorExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0167
- Work: Silver Urn Memorial / 銀甕啓 · Relation: authorExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0167
- Work: Three-Day Poem Preface / 三日詩序 · Relation: authorExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0167
- Work: Words on Receiving Barbarian Envoys / 接虜使語辭 · Relation: authorExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0167
- Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0013, nanqishu:047:s0014, nanqishu:047:s0015, nanqishu:047:s0016, nanqishu:047:s0017, nanqishu:047:s0018, nanqishu:047:s0019, nanqishu:047:s0020, nanqishu:047:s0021, nanqishu:047:s0022, nanqishu:047:s0023, nanqishu:047:s0024, nanqishu:047:s0025, nanqishu:047:s0026, nanqishu:047:s0027, nanqishu:047:s0032, nanqishu:047:s0033, nanqishu:047:s0034, nanqishu:047:s0035, nanqishu:047:s0036, nanqishu:047:s0037, nanqishu:047:s0038, nanqishu:047:s0039, nanqishu:047:s0040, nanqishu:047:s0041, nanqishu:047:s0042, nanqishu:047:s0043, nanqishu:047:s0044, nanqishu:047:s0045, nanqishu:047:s0046, nanqishu:047:s0047, nanqishu:047:s0048, nanqishu:047:s0049, nanqishu:047:s0050, nanqishu:047:s0051, nanqishu:047:s0052, nanqishu:047:s0053, nanqishu:047:s0054, nanqishu:047:s0055, nanqishu:047:s0056, nanqishu:047:s0057, nanqishu:047:s0058, nanqishu:047:s0059, nanqishu:047:s0060, nanqishu:047:s0061, nanqishu:047:s0062, nanqishu:047:s0063, nanqishu:047:s0064, nanqishu:047:s0065, nanqishu:047:s0066, nanqishu:047:s0071, nanqishu:047:s0072, nanqishu:047:s0073, nanqishu:047:s0074, nanqishu:047:s0075, nanqishu:047:s0076, nanqishu:047:s0077, nanqishu:047:s0078, nanqishu:047:s0079, nanqishu:047:s0080, nanqishu:047:s0081, nanqishu:047:s0082, nanqishu:047:s0083, nanqishu:047:s0084, nanqishu:047:s0085, nanqishu:047:s0086, nanqishu:047:s0087, nanqishu:047:s0088, nanqishu:047:s0089, nanqishu:047:s0090, nanqishu:047:s0091, nanqishu:047:s0092, nanqishu:047:s0093, nanqishu:047:s0094, nanqishu:047:s0095, nanqishu:047:s0124, nanqishu:047:s0125, nanqishu:047:s0126, nanqishu:047:s0127, nanqishu:047:s0128, nanqishu:047:s0129, nanqishu:047:s0130, nanqishu:047:s0131, nanqishu:047:s0132, nanqishu:047:s0133, nanqishu:047:s0134, nanqishu:047:s0135, nanqishu:047:s0136, nanqishu:047:s0137, nanqishu:047:s0138, nanqishu:047:s0139, nanqishu:047:s0140, nanqishu:047:s0141
- Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0156, nanqishu:047:s0157, nanqishu:047:s0158, nanqishu:047:s0159, nanqishu:047:s0160, nanqishu:047:s0161, nanqishu:047:s0162, nanqishu:047:s0163, nanqishu:047:s0164, nanqishu:047:s0165, nanqishu:047:s0166, nanqishu:047:s0167, nanqishu:047:s0168, nanqishu:047:s0169, nanqishu:047:s0170, nanqishu:047:s0171, nanqishu:047:s0172, nanqishu:047:s0173
- Kind: speech · Role: speakerExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0151, nanqishu:047:s0176
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: attempted-enthronement · Other Person Id: Xiao Ziliang (蕭子良) · Label: blocked Eastern Palace guards to install Ziliang / 欲立子良Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0148
- Kind: life · Role: subject · Action: died-ambitions-thwartedExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0270
- Kind: cultural · Role: supervisor · Action: oversaw · Label: Northern expedition painting project / 掌漢武北伐圖事 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永明末 · Western Year: AD 493 · Other Person Id: Mao Huixiu (毛惠秀)Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0070
- Kind: political · Role: memorialist · Action: submitted-strategic-memorialsExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0266
- Relation: compared-to · Person Id: Jia Yi (賈誼)Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0268
- Relation: client-of · Person Id: Xiao Ziliang (蕭子良)Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0144, nanqishu:047:s0146
- Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Kong Xiuyuan (孔休源)Explicit · liangshu:036:s0011
- Relation: recommender-of · Person Id: Kong Xiuyuan (孔休源)Explicit · liangshu:036:s0011
- Relation: compared-to · Person Id: Zhong Jun (終軍)Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0268
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: brilliant and ready to fly · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0269
- Assessment: craved fame and achievement · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0071
- Assessment: eloquent and quick at spontaneous composition · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0143
- Assessment: of the company of Jia Yi and Zhong Jun · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · nanqishu:047:s0268
References in the histories
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