Wang Sengqian (王僧謙)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Sengqian as a family member, official, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Sengqian	王僧謙	Wáng Sēngqiān
Alternate	Qian	謙
Childhood name	Qian	阿謙	Ā Qiān
Given	Sengqian	僧謙
Personal name	Sengqian	僧謙	Sēngqiān
Surname	Wang	王
Personal	Wang Sengqian	王僧謙
Descriptive kinship	younger brother of Wang Wei	弟
Descriptive kinship	Younger brother of Wang Wei	弟

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · songshu:062:s0244, songshu:062:s0259

Roles

Family Member
Official
Scholar
Writer

Life and dates

Death

Cause: medicine taken in excess · Note: treated by Wang Wei
Explicit · songshu:062:s0213
Date Context: Source Date: Text: 僧謙卒後四旬而微終 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 30 · Western Year: AD 453 · Statement: died forty days before Wang Wei in Yuanjia 30
Explicit · songshu:062:s0259

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元嘉三十年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 30 · Western Year: AD 453
Explicit · songshu:062:s0258, songshu:062:s0259
Source Date: Text: 元嘉三十年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 30 · Western Year: AD 453
Explicit event contextual date · songshu:062:s0244, songshu:062:s0249, songshu:062:s0258, songshu:062:s0259
Western Interval: Start: AD 424 · End: AD 453 · Source Date: Text: 弟僧謙，亦有才譽，為太子舍人，遇
Explicit · songshu:062:s0213

Family

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Spouse of Liu the new wife (劉新婦)
Kinship Term: new wife / 新婦 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: widowed
Sibling of Wang Wei (王微)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

Label: Attendant in the Heir Apparent's household / 太子舍人 · Action: held
Explicit · songshu:062:s0213

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: lived-under
Strongly inferred · songshu:062:s0259

Learning and skills

Skill: literary talent likened to the treasures of Sui and He / 隨、和之寶 · Level: renowned · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Wang Wei (王微)
Explicit · songshu:062:s0254

Works and attributed material

Work: writings not yet brought to light / 文章 · Relation: author · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Wang Wei (王微)
Explicit · songshu:062:s0254
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Provenance: Mode: quoted-speech · Speaker Person Id: Wang Sengqian (王僧謙)
Explicit · songshu:062:s0232, songshu:062:s0233, songshu:062:s0237, songshu:062:s0238

Events and relationships

Kind: mourning · Role: deceased · Action: mourned-by-Wang-Wei · Other Person Id: Wang Wei (王微)
Explicit · songshu:062:s0247, songshu:062:s0255, songshu:062:s0259

References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 62Volume 62 Biographies 22: Yang Xin, Zhang Fu, Wang Wei · 8 passages

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至兄弟，尤為叨竊，臨海頻煩二郡，謙亦越進清階，吾高枕家巷，遂至中書郎，此足以闔棺矣。 As for my brothers, they have been especially presumptuous—Linhai repeatedly held two commanderies, Qian also rose beyond his station; I with high pillow in my lane reached Palace Gentleman—this is enough to close the coffin.

弟僧謙，亦有才譽，為太子舍人，遇疾，微躬自處治，而僧謙服藥失度，遂卒。 His younger brother Sengqian also had talent and reputation and served as Attendant in the Heir Apparent's household; when he fell ill Wei treated him personally, but Sengqian took medicine in excess and died.

微深自咎恨，發病不復自治，哀痛僧謙不能已，以書告靈曰： Wei blamed himself deeply, fell ill and no longer treated himself, and could not cease grieving for Sengqian; he wrote to tell the spirit:

吾窮疾之人，平生意志，弟實知之。 I, a man broken by illness—my lifelong intent my brother truly knew.

端坐向窗，有何慰適，正賴弟耳。 Sitting upright by the window, what comfort is there—I truly relied on my brother alone.

阿謙！ Ah, Qian!

弟懷隨、和之寶，未及光諸文章，欲收作一集，不知忽忽當辦此不？ Brother held treasures like those of Sui and He, not yet brought to light in writing; I wished to gather his works into one collection—will it be done in time?

僧謙卒後四旬而微終。 Wei died forty days after Sengqian.