Five Dynasties · Chancellor under Wang Chang

Wang Tan 王倓

Wáng Tán

Attested AD 936 - AD 939

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Tan was a Chancellor under Wang Chang.

Life and dates

Death

Already dead when tomb was opened
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 137

Attested activity

AD 936 to AD 939 昶相
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 133

Career and standing

chancellor 相
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 133

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 135

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68: Hereditary House of Min · 4 passages

曦自昶世倔強難制，昶相王倓每抑折之，曦亦憚倓，不敢有所發。 Xi had been unruly and defiant even under Chang. Chang's chancellor Wang Tan had repeatedly reined him in, and Xi feared Tan enough to keep his resentment hidden.

新羅遣使聘閩以寶劍，昶舉以示倓曰：「此將何為？」 Silla sent envoys to Min bearing a precious sword. Chang held it up for Tan and asked, "What do you suppose this is for?"

倓曰：「不忠不孝者，斬之。」 Tan replied, "To behead the disloyal and unfilial."

曦既立，而新羅復獻劍，曦思倓前言，而倓已死，命發冢戮其屍，倓面如生，血流被體。 After Xi took the throne Silla sent another sword. Remembering Tan's earlier remark, and learning Tan was dead, Xi ordered his tomb opened and his corpse flogged. Tan's face looked as if he were alive, and blood streamed over his body.