Wang Shenzhi (王審知)

Overview

Wang Shenzhi was a ruler and Military Governor.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xintong	信通	Xìntōng
Posthumous name	Loyal and Cultivated	忠懿
Nickname	Third Son on the White Horse	白馬三郎

AD 925 同光三年
Age Value: 64 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 26

64
AD 925 同光三年 · Reckoning Sui · Point death
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 26

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Wang Chao (王潮)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 3
Parent of Wang Yanhan (王延翰)
eldest son 長子 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 27-28
Child of Ren (恁)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 2

military governor of the Weiwu Army 威武軍節度使
AD 897 乾寧四年後 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 16
Director of the Secretariat 中書令
AD 907 唐亡 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 17
deputy observation commissioner 副使
AD 892 景福元年後 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 185
Grand Councilor 同中書門下平章事
Promoted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 16
King of Min 閩王
AD 907 唐亡 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 17
Prince of Langya 瑯琊王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 16

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Loyal and Cultivated 忠懿
AD 925 同光三年 · Granted posthumously
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 26
Noted
Rose from banditry
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 19
AD 897 乾寧四年
Circuit leader
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 15

Polity Later Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 17
Polity Min 閩 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 17
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 16, 185
At Gushi in Guang Prefecture 光州固始
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 1
At Fuzhou 福州 · Relation Governed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 16-17
At Sweet Pear Harbor / Huangqi 甘棠港 / 黃崎 · Relation Credited with opening
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 25

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Organization Four Gates Academy 四門學 · Relation Founded
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 23

Attracted overseas merchants
Economic · Patron
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 24
Besieged and killed
AD 892 景福元年 · Military · Commander · With Fan Hui (范暉)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 182, 184
Enrolled
AD 881 to AD 885 唐末 · Military · Recruit · With Wang Xu (王緒)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 4
Established academy
Scholarly · Founder
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 23
Sent sea tribute
AD 907 to AD 925 唐亡後 · Diplomatic · Sender · At Deng and Lai 登、萊
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 18

Assessment frugal, ritual-honoring, respectful to scholars · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 19
Assessment harbor opening credited to his virtuous government · Mode popular-opinion
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 25
imposing build, prominent nose, square jaw/mouth; habitually rode a white horse
Physical description
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 14
Item white horse 白馬 · Relation Habitually rode
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 14