Ming · Official and Statesman

Wang Wen 王文

Wáng Wén

Attested AD 1457

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Wen was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1457 景泰八年正月壬午
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 204

Career and standing

Grand Secretary 大學士
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 204
Entered
AD 1457 景泰八年正月壬午 · Imprisonment
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 204
Sentenced
AD 1457 景泰八年正月壬午 · Treason conviction
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 209

Events and relationships

Argued fiercely against false charges
AD 1457 景泰八年正月壬午 · Legal · Defendant
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 210
Relation Co defendant with · Person Yu Qian (于謙)
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passages 204, 209

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 170Volume 170 Biographies 58: Yu Qian · 2 passages

景泰八年正月壬午，亨與吉祥、有貞等既迎上皇復位，宣諭朝臣畢，即執謙與大學士王文下獄。 On renwu day in the first month of Jingtai 8, after Heng, Jixiang, and Youzhen had restored the former emperor and addressed the court, they seized Qian and Grand Secretary Wang Wen and threw them into prison.

文不勝誣，辯之疾，謙笑曰：「亨等意耳，辯何益？」 Wen could not bear the false charges and argued fiercely; Qian smiled and said, "This is Heng's doing—what good is argument?"