Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Artisan and Official

Wang Shenhuan 王神歡

Attested AD 557 - AD 572

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Shenhuan was an Artisan and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 557 to AD 572 塚宰宇文護擢
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 10

Career and standing

dye-work artisan senior officer 染工上士
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 10
Senior Clerk in the Accounting Bureau 計部下大夫
Promoted · With Yuwen Hu (宇文護)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 10
Self advancement
Advanced by bribery
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 10, 12

Events and relationships

Relation Protege of · Person Yuwen Hu (宇文護)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passage 10

Assessments and attributes

Assessment no distinction apart from family wealth; unfit to stand with the gentry · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Lu Kai (盧愷)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 56, passages 11-12

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 21: Lu Kai, Ling Huxi, Xue Zhou, Yu Wenbi, Zhang Heng, Yang Wang · 2 passages

染工上士王神歡者，嘗以賂自進，塚宰宇文護擢為計部下大夫。 A dye-work artisan named Wang Shenhuan had once bought his way forward; Grand Minister Yuwen Hu raised him to senior clerk in the accounting bureau.

今神歡出自染工，更無殊異，徒以家富自通，遂與搢紳並列，實恐惟鵜之刺，聞之外境。」 Now Shenhuan rose from the dye pits without any distinction otherwise. He gained access solely through family wealth and now ranks beside the silk-gowned elite. I fear the sting of the proverb about a lone pelican among fine birds will be heard beyond our borders."