Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Shenzhi as a general, military officer, ruler, and warlord. This record brings together 8 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 Shenzhi | 王審知 | Wang Shenzhi |
| Given | Shenzhi | 審知 | Shěnzhī |
| Personal name | Wang Shenzhi | 王審知 | Wáng Shěnzhī |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
Roles
- General
- Military Officer
- Ruler
- Warlord
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同光元年十二月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 923 · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: Old History of the Five Dynasties / 五代舊史Textual variant · xinwudaishi:071:s0054, xinwudaishi:071:s0061
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同光三年十二月 · Regnal Year: 3 · Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 925Explicit · xinwudaishi:071:s0058, xinwudaishi:071:s0061
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 同光元年十二月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 923Textual variant · xinwudaishi:071:s0054
- Source Date: Text: 同光三年十二月 · Regnal Year: 3 · Month: 12 · Western Year: AD 925Explicit · xinwudaishi:071:s0058
- Source Date: Text: 同光二年五月丙午 · Regnal Year: 2 · Month: 5 · Sexagenary Day: 丙午 · Western Year: AD 924Explicit · xinwudaishi:071:s0056
- Source Date: Text: 唐乾寧四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 897Explicit · xinwudaishi:071:s0060
- Source Date: Text: 乾化元年五月 · Western Year: AD 911Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:006:s0099
- Source Date: Text: 開平三年 · Western Year: AD 909Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:005:s0077
Family
- Kinship Role: sons · Count: 1 · Note: one son granted sixth-rank regular postExplicit · jiuwudaishi:006:s0099
Career and standing
- Label: acting Grand Preceptor and concurrent Director of the Secretariat / 檢校太師守中書令 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同光二年五月丙午 · Regnal Year: 2 · Month: 5 · Sexagenary Day: 丙午 · Western Year: AD 924Explicit · xinwudaishi:071:s0056
- Label: circuit military commissioner / 諸道節度使 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:006:s0099
- Label: military governor of Fujian / 福建節度使 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:005:s0077
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐乾寧四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 897Explicit · xinwudaishi:071:s0060
Places and affiliations
- Label: Min / 閩 · Relation: ruledExplicit · xinwudaishi:071:s0050, xinwudaishi:071:s0058
Events and relationships
- Kind: religious · Role: sponsor · Action: built-monastery · Place: Fujian / 福建Explicit · jiuwudaishi:005:s0077, jiuwudaishi:005:s0078
Source notes
- Field: death-date · Statement: Old History and Jiuguo Zhi: Tongguang 1; Yunli Tu and Ouyang inference: Tongguang 3/12 · Preferred: Tongguang 3 month 12
References in the histories
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