Wang Shou'en (王守恩)

Overview

Wang Shou'en was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 947 守恩乘時效順
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 254

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 後漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 254

Assessments and attributes

Assessment submitted opportunely but greedily harmed the people; not worthy of esteem · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 254

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 125Volume 125 Book of Later Zhou 27: Biographies 5: Lie Chuanwu, Zhao Hui, Wang Shou'en, Kong Zhijun, Wang Jihong, Feng Hui, Gao Yunquan, Zhe Congruan, Wang Rao, Sun Fangjian · 1 passage

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守恩乘時效順，雖有可觀，好利殘民，夫何足貴！ Shou'en seized the moment to submit to the new dynasty, and there was something admirable in that. Yet he loved profit and harmed the people—what is there to esteem in such a man!