Wang Songnian (王松年)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Songnian as an administrator, diplomat, and official. This record brings together 9 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Songnian	王松年	Wang Songnian
Posthumous	Ping	平	Ping
Given	Songnian	松年	Songnian
Surname	Wang	王	Wang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:035:s0128

Roles

Administrator
Diplomat
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died of illness on the road · Place: between Jinyang and Ye / 晉陽之鄴
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0142

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天保初 · Western Year: AD 550
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:035:s0131
Source Date: Text: 孝昭崩 · Western Year: AD 561
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:035:s0135

Family

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Parent of Wang Shao (王卲)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Object Birth Order: 3

Kinship Role: sons · Count: 3
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0144

Career and standing

Label: concurrent palace attendant / 兼侍中 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0137
Label: imperial censor / 御史中丞 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0141
Label: magistrate of Linzhang / 臨漳令 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0132
Label: secretary to Gao Cheng at Bingzhou / 主簿 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0129
Label: supervising secretary of the yellow gate attendant / 給事黃門侍郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0133
Label: Minister of Personnel and inspector of Bing; posthumous Ping / 贈吏部尚書、幷州刺史，諡曰平 · Action: posthumously-honored
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0143
Label: imprisoned and beaten over Wei shu criticism / 禁止、杖罰 · Action: punished
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0131

Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: deputy-envoy · Other Person Id: Li Wei (李緯) · Action: mission-to-Liang
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0129
Kind: ritual · Role: herald · Action: proclaimed-deathbed-edict · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝昭崩 · Western Year: AD 561
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0135, beiqishu:035:s0136
Kind: legal · Role: plaintiff · Action: sued-over-Wei-shu
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0077

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: loyal composure while proclaiming edict · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0135, beiqishu:035:s0138

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 27: Pei Rangzhi; Li Guo; Zhang Yanzhi; Lu Ang; Wang Songnian; Liu Yi · 9 passages

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裴讓之弟諏之讞之皇甫和李構張宴之陸卬王松年劉禕 Pei Rangzhi; younger brothers Souzhi and Yanzhi; Huangfu He; Li Gou; Zhang Yanzhi; Lu Ang; Wang Songnian; Liu Yi

《魏書》出，庶與盧斐、王松年等訟其不平，並繫獄。 When the History of Wei was published, Shu joined Lu Fei, Wang Songnian, and others in suing over its bias and was imprisoned with them.

王松年，少知名。 Wang Songnian was known from his youth.

文襄臨幷州，辟為主簿，累遷通直散騎常侍，副李緯使梁。 When Gao Cheng took Bingzhou he made Songnian his secretary; he rose to regular attendant of the scattered cavalry and went to Liang as deputy to Li Wei.

魏收撰《魏書》成，松年有謗言，文宣怒，禁止之，仍加杖罰。 When Wei Shou completed the Book of Wei, Songnian spoke against it; Gao Yang was furious, had him imprisoned, and had him beaten.

孝昭崩，松年馳驛至鄴都宣遺詔，發言涕泗，迄於宣罷，容色無改，辭吐諧韻。 When Gao Yan died, Songnian raced by post to Ye to proclaim the deathbed edict; he wept as he spoke, yet from beginning to end his composure did not alter and his delivery stayed measured.

諸舊臣避形跡，無敢盡哀，唯松年哭甚流涕，朝士咸恐。 Former ministers held themselves in check and none dared mourn openly; only Songnian wept freely, and courtiers were uneasy.

武成雖忿松年戀舊情切，亦雅重之。 Though Gao Zhan resented Songnian's loyalty to the late emperor, he still respected him.

贈吏部尚書、幷州刺史，諡曰平。 He was posthumously made minister of personnel and inspector of Bing province, with the posthumous name Ping.