Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Courtier

Wang Tanshou 王曇首

Wáng Tánshǒu

First attested c. AD 386; died AD 430

Passages
33
Chapters
5
Histories
2

Overview

Wang Tanshou was an official and Courtier.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Posthumous name Marquis Wen 文侯 Wen Hou

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

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Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Key source chapters

  1. Book of Song, Chapter 63 Volume 63 Biographies 23: Wang Hua, Wang Tanshou, Yin Jingren, Shen Yanzhi 27 passages
  2. Book of Song, Chapter 71 Volume 71 Biographies 31: Xu Zhan, Jiang Zhan, Wang Sengchao 2 passages
  3. Book of Song, Chapter 58 Volume 58 Biographies 18: Wang Hui, Xie Hongwei, Wang Qiu 1 passage
  4. Book of Song, Chapter 69 Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye 2 passages
  5. Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 16 Volume 16 Treatises 8: Official Posts 1 passage

Career and standing

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Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

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Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment judgment, breadth, and wisdom; emotions not shown; harmonious household · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 68
  • would not handle gold or jade; forbade household ornaments; accepted only salary and royal gifts
    Conduct
    Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 69

Source notes

References in the histories

33 passages

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 16Volume 16 Treatises 8: Official Posts · 1 passage
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Book of Song, Chapter 58Volume 58 Biographies 18: Wang Hui, Xie Hongwei, Wang Qiu · 1 passage
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Book of Song, Chapter 63Volume 63 Biographies 23: Wang Hua, Wang Tanshou, Yin Jingren, Shen Yanzhi · 27 passages
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時與侍中右衞將軍王華、侍中驍騎將軍王曇首、侍中劉湛四人，並時為侍中，俱居門下，皆以風力局幹，冠冕一時，同升之美，近代莫及。 At the time he, with palace attendant and general of the right guards Wang Hua, palace attendant and general of agile cavalry Wang Tanshou, and palace attendant Liu Zhan—all four serving as palace attendants at once and dwelling in the Gate Department—were alike in force of character and administrative capacity, the ornament of their age; the beauty of their simultaneous rise had no equal in recent times.
Book of Song, Chapter 69Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye · 2 passages
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Book of Song, Chapter 71Volume 71 Biographies 31: Xu Zhan, Jiang Zhan, Wang Sengchao · 2 passages
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