Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Wang Sengqian 王僧虔

Attested AD 420 - AD 502

Passages
6
Chapters
6
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Sengqian as an administrator, aristocrat, family member, and general. This record brings together 6 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Sengqian 王僧虔 Wang Sengqian
Title Grand Administrator Wang Sengqian 太守王僧虔
Personal Sengqian 僧虔 Sengqian
Personal name Sengqian 僧虔
Surname Wang Wang
Surname Wang
Personal name Wang Sengqian 王僧虔 Wang Sengqian
Personal name Wang Sengqian 王僧虔
Personal Wang Sengqian 王僧虔 Wáng Sēngqián
Personal Wang Sengqian 王僧虔

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Family Member
  • General
  • Official
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: AD 465-479 · Western Interval: Start: AD 465 · End: AD 479
    Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:048:s0059
  • Source Date: Text: 僧虔之孫 · Western Interval: Start: AD 450 · End: AD 485
    Explicit · liangshu:020:s0146
  • Source Date: Text: 南齊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 502
    Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:055:s0177
  • Source Date: Text: 司徒送湘州 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482
    Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0039
  • Source Date: Text: · Western Interval: Start: AD 420 · End: AD 479
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:024:s0012
  • Source Date: Text: 建元元年 · Western Year: AD 479

Family

  • Ancestor of Wang Guan (王觀)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2
    Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2

Career and standing

  • Label: General Who Pacifies the Army / 撫軍 · Action: held
    Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0033
  • Label: Governor of Xiangzhou / 湘州刺史 · Action: held
    Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0177

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Skill: paleography / tadpole script identification / 科斗書 · Level: identified
    Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0033

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 20Volume 20: Liu Lijian; Chen Bozhi · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 24Volume 24: Xiao Jing; Xiao Chang; Xiao Ang; Xiao Yu · 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 21Volume 21 Biographies 2: Crown Prince Wenhui · 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 17: Xie Chaozong, Liu Xiang · 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 1 passage