Ming · Official

Wang Shangxian 王尚賢

Wáng Shàngxián

Attested AD 1368 - AD 1398

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Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Shangxian as an administrator and official. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

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Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Shangxian 王尚賢 Wáng Shàngxián
Personal name Wang Shangxian 王尚賢 Wáng Shàngxián

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 明初（與常遇春、徐達等同時之洪武朝事） · Western Interval: Start: AD 1368 · End: AD 1398
    Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:140:s0316

Career and standing

  • Label: assistant magistrate of Ningyuan / 寧遠尉 · Action: held
    Explicit · mingshi:140:s0316
  • Label: administrative commissioner of Guangxi / 廣西參政 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · mingshi:140:s0316

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 28: Wei Guan, Tao Houzhong, Liu Shihuan, Wang Zongxian, Lu Wensui, Wang Guan, Dao Tong, Lu Xi, Qing Wensheng · 1 passage
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其自下僚不次擢用者，寧遠尉王尚賢為廣西參政，祥符丞鄒俊為大理卿，靜寧州判元善為僉都御史，芝陽令李行素為刑部侍郎。 Among those promoted out of turn from junior posts: Wang Shangxian, assistant magistrate of Ningyuan, became administrative commissioner of Guangxi; Zou Jun, assistant magistrate of Xiangfu, became minister of the Court of Judicial Review; Yuan Shan, judge of Jingning, became censor-in-chief; and Li Xingsu, magistrate of Zhiyang, became vice minister of justice.