Overview
Wang Tan was a general and Official.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posthumous name | Loyal Resolute | 忠毅 |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 916 二年後至是Assassinated · Cause killed by personal guards who burst into his residence 數輩竊發，突入府第，遂為所害Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 175
Age
- 51AD 916 遇害時 · Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 175
Attested activity
- AD 916 二年二月Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 171
- AD 916 二年後尋授天平至遇害Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 173, 175
- AD 915 五年Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 166
- AD 913 末帝即位Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 165
- AD 915 貞明元年三月Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 167-168
- AD 915 貞明元年六月Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 168
Family
- Kinship Role sons · Count 6 · all rose to court officeDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 178
Career and standing
- military commissioner / general 節度使、將帥Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 165, 173, 183
- concurrent Director of the Secretariat 兼中書令AD 915 五年 · AddedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 166
- honorary Grand Preceptor 檢校太師AD 913 末帝即位 · AddedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 165
- deputy ambassador of the Tianping army and acting military commissioner 天平軍副大使，知節度使事AD 916 二年後 · AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 173
- Kuangguo Army military commissioner of Xu 許州匡國軍節度使AD 913 末帝即位 · AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 165
- observation commissioner of Yun, Qi, and Cao prefectures 鄆、齊、曹等州觀察等使AD 916 二年後 · Held concurrentlyDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 173
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- Grand Preceptor 太師AD 916 遇害後尋冊贈 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 177
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Liang 後梁 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 165-166, 183
- AD 916 遇害後At Gaomen plateau, Kaifeng county 開封縣之皋門原 · Relation Buried atDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 177
Works and attributed material
- Memorial · Author · With Last Emperor (末帝) · ParaphrasedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 170
Events and relationships
- Advanced in pincerDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 168
- AssaultedAD 916 二年二月 · Military · Commander · At Jinyang / Bingzhou 晉陽、并州Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 171
- Captured and presentedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 169
- Captured and presentedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 169
- CapturedAD 915 貞明元年六月後 · Military · Commander · At Weixian of Chuanzhou 澶州魏縣Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 169
- Marched westAD 915 to AD 916 貞明元年後至二年二月 · Military · Commander · At Hezhong and Yindi Pass toward Jinyang 河中、陰地關、晉陽Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 170-171
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- Plundered and withdrewDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 172
- Recruited bandits as guardsPersonnel · RecruiterDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 174
- Rose in lord serviceCareer · Subject · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 183
- Suppressed rebellionDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 166
- Relation Had deputy · Person Pei Yan (裴彥)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 176
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment excellent commander · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 183
References in the histories
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