Sui and Tang · Warlord and Ruler

Wang Shichong 王世充

Attested AD 618 - AD 621

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Shichong was a warlord and Ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 621 世充平
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 175
AD 618 後密敗
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 161

Events and relationships

Campaigned against then pacified
Military · Opponent · With Taizong (太宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passages 173, 175
Did not dare stop defectors
Political · Abandoned lord · With Qin Shubao (秦叔寶)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 163
Went out to resist imperial army
Military · Commander · At Jiuqu 九曲
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 162
Relation Appointed · Person Qin Shubao (秦叔寶)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 161

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 72Volume 68 Biographies 18: Weichi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, Zheng Gongjin · 5 passages

後密敗，又為王世充所得，署龍驤大將軍。 After Mi's defeat Wang Shichong took him and made him dragon-soaring grand general.

叔寶薄世充之多詐，因其出抗官軍，至於九曲，與程咬金、吳黑闥、牛進達等數十騎西馳百許步，下馬拜世充曰：「雖蒙殊禮，不能仰事，請從此辭。」 Shubao despised Shichong's deceit; at Jiuqu, with Cheng Yaojin, Wu Heita, Niu Jinda, and dozens of riders, he rode west, dismounted, and said: "Though you have honored me, I cannot serve you—I take my leave."

世充不敢逼，於是來降。 Shichong did not dare stop them, and they defected to the Tang.

從討王世充，每為前鋒。 In the war on Wang Shichong he always led the van.

世充平，進封翼國公，賜黃金百斤、帛七千段。 After Shichong's fall he was made Duke of Yi with a hundred jin of gold and seven thousand lengths of silk.