Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Sizheng as a general, official, and strategist. This record brings together 49 passages from 5 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Sizheng | 王思政 | Wang Sizheng |
| Title | Duke of Taiyuan | 太原郡公 | |
| Title | Grand General Wang | 王大將軍 | |
| Title | Marquis of Qi county | 祁縣侯 | |
| Given | Sizheng | 思政 | Sīzhèng |
| Courtesy name | Sizheng | 思政 | Sīzhèng |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | |
| Personal name | Wang Sizheng | 王思政 | Wang Sizheng |
| Personal name | Wang Sizheng | 王思政 | |
| Personal | Wang Sizheng | 王思政 | Wáng Sīzhèng |
| Personal name | Wang Sizheng | 王思政 | Wáng Sīzhèng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · beiqishu:027:s0068
- Sex: maleExplicit · zhoushu:018:s0080, zizhitongjian:159:s0307a
Roles
- General
- Official
- Strategist
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 中大同元年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit event contextual date · zizhitongjian:159:s0193, zizhitongjian:159:s0193a, zizhitongjian:159:s0246
- Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 542Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0125
- Source Date: Text: 十三年 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0139
- Source Date: Text: 十二年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0130
- Source Date: Text: 大統之後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 535 · End: AD 551Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0099
- Source Date: Text: 據長社 · Western Year: AD 549Explicit · beiqishu:027:s0068
- Source Date: Text: 時人以王思政為知人 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0307a
- Source Date: Text: 武定五年 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:003:s0054
- Source Date: Text: 西魏將王思政 · Western Year: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:038:s0126
- Source Date: Text: 魏正光中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 525Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0082
- Source Date: Text: 齊受禪 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0200
Family
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- Parent of Bing (秉)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Career and standing
- Label: commander of all Henan military affairs / 河南諸軍事 · Action: accepted
- Label: specially advanced / 特進 · Action: added · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十二年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0130
- Label: governor of Jing Province / 荊州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十二年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0130
- Label: director of the masters of punishments / 都官尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊受禪 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0200
- Label: grand commander / 大都督 · Action: appointedExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0088
- Label: grand general of the central army / 中軍大將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0088
- Label: overall commander of palace-guard troops / 總宿衛兵 · Action: appointedExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0088
- Label: attendant gentleman of scattered cavalry / 員外散騎侍郎 · Action: entered-service · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏正光中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 525Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0082
- Label: general who pacifies the east / 安東將軍 · Action: promotedExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0086
- Label: grand general of swift cavalry / 驃騎大將軍 · Action: receivedExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0126
- Label: Inspector of Jingzhou / 荊州刺史 · Action: transferred from Bingzhou · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大同元年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0246
- Label: general of swift cavalry / 驃騎將軍 · Action: transferredExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0111
- Label: governor of Bing Province / 幷州刺史 · Action: transferredExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0124
- Title: Duke of Taiyuan commandery / 太原郡公 · Action: advancedExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0098
- Title: Marquis of Qi county / 祁縣侯 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0087
- Status: captivity · Action: enteredExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0191, zhoushu:018:s0192, zhoushu:018:s0193, zhoushu:018:s0199
- Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0173
Places and affiliations
- Label: Northern Qi / 齊 · Relation: servedExplicit · zhoushu:018:s0200
- Label: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: servedExplicit · zhoushu:018:s0082
- Label: Western Wei / 西魏 · Relation: servedExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0099
- Polity: Western Wei / 魏 · Relation: servedExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0307a
- Place: Qi, Taiyuan / 太原祁Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0080
- Place: Hongnong / 弘農 · Relation: garrisoned-again
- Place: Hongnong / 弘農 · Relation: garrisonedExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0121
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0171, zhoushu:018:s0172
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: advisor · Action: accompanied Yuan Hao against rebels · Other Person Id: Yuan Hao (元顥)Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0083, zhoushu:018:s0084
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: advanced on Hou Jing; held Yingchuan · Other Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十三年 · Western Year: AD 547
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: built and moved garrison to YubiExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0122, zhoushu:018:s0123
- Kind: ritual · Role: actor · Action: buried enemy dead with ritesExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0174
- Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: declined most titles transferred from Hou Jing
- Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: defended Yingchuan; city fell; taken captive · Other Person Id: Prince Yue of Qinghe (清河王岳)Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0150, zhoushu:018:s0151, zhoushu:018:s0152, zhoushu:018:s0153, zhoushu:018:s0154, zhoushu:018:s0155, zhoushu:018:s0156, zhoushu:018:s0157, zhoushu:018:s0158, zhoushu:018:s0159, zhoushu:018:s0160, zhoushu:018:s0161, zhoushu:018:s0162, zhoushu:018:s0163, zhoushu:018:s0164, zhoushu:018:s0165, zhoushu:018:s0166, zhoushu:018:s0167, zhoushu:018:s0168, zhoushu:018:s0169, zhoushu:018:s0170, zhoushu:018:s0171, zhoushu:018:s0172, zhoushu:018:s0173, zhoushu:018:s0174, zhoushu:018:s0175, zhoushu:018:s0176, zhoushu:018:s0177, zhoushu:018:s0178, zhoushu:018:s0179, zhoushu:018:s0180, zhoushu:018:s0181, zhoushu:018:s0182, zhoushu:018:s0183, zhoushu:018:s0184, zhoushu:018:s0185, zhoushu:018:s0186, zhoushu:018:s0187, zhoushu:018:s0188, zhoushu:018:s0189, zhoushu:018:s0190, zhoushu:018:s0191, zhoushu:018:s0192, zhoushu:018:s0193
- Kind: military · Role: fighter · Action: fought at Heqiao; wounded; rescued by Lei Wu'an · Other Person Id: Lei Wu'an (雷五安)Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0113, zhoushu:018:s0114, zhoushu:018:s0116, zhoushu:018:s0117, zhoushu:018:s0118, zhoushu:018:s0119, zhoushu:018:s0120
- Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: held Yubi against Eastern Wei · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 542Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0125
- Kind: personal · Role: subject · Action: ordered estate plantings destroyed · Other Person Id: Huo Qubing (霍去病)
- Kind: administrative · Role: official · Action: remitted thirty jin of gold · Other Person Id: Lin Xiaohuan (藺小歡)Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0132, zhoushu:018:s0133, zhoushu:018:s0134, zhoushu:018:s0135
- Kind: personal · Role: subject · Action: suicide attempt stopped by Luo Xun · Other Person Id: Luo Xun (駱訓)Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0185, zhoushu:018:s0188, zhoushu:018:s0189, zhoushu:018:s0190
- Kind: personal · Role: participant · Action: swore and cast lu for Yuwen Tai gold belt · Other Person Id: Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0100, zhoushu:018:s0101, zhoushu:018:s0102, zhoushu:018:s0103, zhoushu:018:s0104, zhoushu:018:s0105, zhoushu:018:s0106, zhoushu:018:s0107, zhoushu:018:s0108, zhoushu:018:s0109, zhoushu:018:s0110
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: took and garrisoned Luoyang with Dugu Xin · Other Person Id: Dugu Xin (獨孤信)Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0112
- Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: urged Xiaowu to move westExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0089, zhoushu:018:s0090, zhoushu:018:s0091, zhoushu:018:s0092, zhoushu:018:s0093, zhoushu:018:s0094, zhoushu:018:s0095, zhoushu:018:s0096, zhoushu:018:s0097
- Relation: recommended-for-command · Person Id: Wei Xiaokuan (韋孝寬)Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0246, zizhitongjian:159:s0246a
- Relation: recommender-of · Person Id: Wei Xiaokuan (韋孝寬)Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0136
- Relation: client-of · Person Id: Emperor Xiaowu of Wei (魏孝武帝)Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0085
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: knew how to judge men · Provenance: Mode: common-opinionExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0307a
- Assessment: knew how to judge men · Provenance: Mode: named-source-reportExplicit · zhoushu:018:s0138
- Assessment: loyal; impassioned and unbroken in captivity · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
- Kind: physical-description · Statement: tall and imposing appearanceExplicit · zhoushu:018:s0081
- Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0109
- Item: two hundred thousand cash / 錢二十萬 · Relation: bestowed · Other Person Id: Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0135
Source notes
- Field: wording · Statement: 時陷 / （害） variant near Heqiao wounding
- Statement: after captivity his household had no stores / 身陷之後，家無畜積 · Negated: true · Topic: household-wealthExplicit · zhoushu:018:s0199
References in the histories
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