Wang Shichong (王世充)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Shichong as a general, official, ruler, and warlord. This record brings together 23 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Shichong	王世充	Wang Shichong
Title	Prince of Zheng	鄭王	Zhèng Wáng
Given	Shichong	世充	Shichong
Given	Shichong	世充	Shìchōng
Personal name	Wang Shichong	王世充	Wang Shichong
Personal	Wang Shichong	王世充	Wáng Shìchōng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiutangshu:085:s0005, suishu:043:s0051
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · suishu:005:s0034
Value: male
Explicit · suishu:059:s0115, suishu:059:s0168

Roles

General
Official
Ruler
Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二年春正月壬戌 · Western Year: AD 618
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Source Date: Text: 武德初 · Western Year: AD 618
Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:085:s0005
Source Date: Text: 王世充與李密 · Western Interval: Start: AD 617 · End: AD 621
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:043:s0051, suishu:043:s0065
Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0115, suishu:059:s0168

Family

Kin of Wife of Yang Qing (楊慶妻)
Kinship Term: uncle / 叔父 · Subject Role: niece · Object Role: uncle · Intermediary Person Ids: Elder brother of Wang Shichong (王世充兄)
Sibling of Wang Shiyun (王世惲)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger · Object Role: elder brother
Sibling of Elder brother of Wang Shichong (王世充兄)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger brother · Object Role: elder brother
Kin of Wang Xingben (王行本)
Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew

Career and standing

Label: Acting Minister of Personnel / 攝吏部尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618
Explicit · suishu:059:s0115
Label: Director of the Chancellery / 納言 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618
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Label: General-in-Chief of the Left Wing Guards / 左翊衛大將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618
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Honor: gold-inscribed iron tally / 金書鐵券 · Action: granted
Explicit · suishu:059:s0115
Honor: Nine Bestowals / 九錫 · Action: received
Explicit · suishu:059:s0173
Title: Prince of Zheng / 鄭王 · Action: assumed
Explicit · suishu:059:s0173
Action: executed · Other Person Id: Grand Consort Yuan (元太妃) · Reason: Qing defected
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Action: usurped the imperial title
Explicit · suishu:059:s0184

Places and affiliations

Polity: Eastern Capital regime · Relation: associated-with
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:059:s0115, suishu:059:s0168
Organization: Seven Nobles / 七貴 · Relation: called-member-of
Explicit · suishu:059:s0116

Works and attributed material

Kind: apology and covenant · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yang Tong (楊侗) · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Wang Shichong (王世充)
Explicit · suishu:059:s0169, suishu:059:s0170
Kind: promise to restore Tong · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yang Tong (楊侗) · Provenance: Mode: relayed-direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Wang Shichong (王世充)
Explicit · suishu:059:s0181, suishu:059:s0182

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: usurper · Action: assumed dynastic title
Explicit · suishu:043:s0068
Kind: military · Action: defeated Li Mi · Other Person Id: Li Mi (李密)
Explicit · suishu:059:s0173
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-by · Other Person Id: Li Mi (李密) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年正月壬戌 · Western Year: AD 618
Explicit · suishu:005:s0034
Kind: political killing · Action: killed Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu, Guo Wenyi, and Zhao Changwen · Other Person Ids: Yuan Wendu (元文都), Lu Chu (盧楚), Guo Wenyi (郭文懿), Zhao Changwen (趙長文) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 皇泰元年 · Western Year: AD 618
Explicit · suishu:059:s0168

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 85Volume 81 Biographies 31: Cui Dunli, Lu Chengqin, Liu Xiangdao, Li Jingxuan, Li Yiyan, Sun Chuyue, Le Yanwei, Zhao Renben · 1 passage

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武德初，隱太子總兵東征，臨詣軍獻平王世充之策，太子引直典書坊，尋授右衛率府鎧曹參軍。 Early in the Wude era, when the crown prince led the eastern campaign, Lin went to the camp and offered a plan to defeat Wang Shichong. The prince installed him in the crown prince's document office, and he was soon made a staff officer in the Right Guard's armor bureau.

Book of Sui, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Gong · 1 passage

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壬戌，將軍王世充為李密所敗，河內通守孟善誼、武賁郎將王辯、楊威、劉長恭、梁德、董智通皆死之。 On renxu day General Wang Shichong was defeated by Li Mi; Meng Shanyi, Administrator-General of Henei, and the Brave Guard lieutenants Wang Bian, Yang Wei, Liu Changgong, Liang De, and Dong Zhitong all perished.

Book of Sui, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 8: He Jian Wanghong, Yang Chugang, Yang Zichong, Guang De, Wang Xiong · 8 passages

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今王世充屢被摧蹙，自救無聊，偷存晷漏，詎能支久？ Wang Shichong is already battered on every side, barely able to save himself; he lives on borrowed time. How long can he last?

世充朝亡，達便夕滅。 When Shichong falls in the morning, Duan Da will be gone by nightfall.

密為王世充所破，複歸東都，更為楊氏，越王侗不之責也。 After Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong, Qing returned to the Eastern Capital, took the Yang surname once more, and Yang Tong, Prince of Yue, did not hold it against him.

世充將篡，慶首為勸進。 When Wang Shichong prepared to seize the throne, Qing was first to urge him on.

世充既僭偽號，降爵郇國公，慶複為郭氏。 After Shichong declared himself emperor, Qing was demoted to Duke of Xun and again adopted the surname Guo.