Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Statesman

Wang Tang 王棠

Wáng Táng

Died AD 1085

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Tang as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Tang 王棠 Wáng Táng
Given name Tang 棠 Táng
Surname Wang 王 Wáng
Personal name Wang Tang 王棠 Wáng Táng
Personal Wang Tang 王棠 Wang Tang
Given 棠 Tang
Surname 王 Wang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大安末 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Western Interval: Start: AD 1085 · End: AD 1094
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0168

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 十五年六月戊辰 · Regnal Year: 15 · Month: 6 · Sexagenary Day: 戊辰 · Western Year: AD 1046
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0189
  • Source Date: Text: 大康二年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1076
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0166
  • Source Date: Text: 大安末 · Reign Id: liao-daan · Western Interval: Start: AD 1085 · End: AD 1094
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0168
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1046
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0161

Career and standing

  • Label: Vice Privy Councillor / 樞密副使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大康三年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1077
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0167
  • Label: Chancellor of the Southern Office / 南府宰相 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0167
  • Label: Commissioner of the Eastern Capital Revenue Bureau / 東京戶部使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0165
  • Label: Salt and Iron Commissioner of the Upper Capital / 上京鹽鐵使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0163
  • Label: accused of bribery then cleared / 誣以賄，無狀，釋之 · Action: cleared
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0164

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: first in provincial, Ministry of Rites, and palace examinations / 鄉貢、禮部、廷試對皆第一 · Action: earned
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0162
  • Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十五年六月戊辰 · Regnal Year: 15 · Month: 6 · Sexagenary Day: 戊辰 · Western Year: AD 1046
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0189
  • Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 重熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1046
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0161
  • Skill: literary composition / 屬文 · Level: skilled
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0160

Events and relationships

  • Kind: examination · Role: graduate · Action: received-jinshi · Other Person Id: Xingzong (興宗) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十五年六月戊辰 · Regnal Year: 15 · Month: 6 · Sexagenary Day: 戊辰 · Western Year: AD 1046
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:019:s0189
  • Kind: administrative · Role: petitioner · Action: requested-famine-relief · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大康二年 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1076
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0166

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: practiced-in-court-affairs-and-clarified-laws · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:105:s0169

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 19Volume 19 Annals 19: Xingzong 2 · 1 passage
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History of Liao, Chapter 105Volume 105 Biographies 35: Capable Officials · 3 passages
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