Qing · Military Officer and Rebel

Wang Wensheng 汪文生

Attested AD 1676

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Wensheng was a Military Officer and Rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1676 十五年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 251, passages 157, 167

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 251Volume 251 Biographies 38: Tu Hai, Li Zhifang · 2 passages

精忠所署置總兵馬鵬、汪文生、陳山，將軍程鳳等猶踞玉山、鉛山、弋陽、德興，之芳請會剿。 Regional commanders Ma Peng, Wang Wensheng, and Chen Shan and General Cheng Feng, whom Jingzhong had appointed, still held Yushan, Qianshan, Yiyang, and Dexing. Zhifang requested a joint campaign against them.

時吳三桂兵寇吉安、袁州，江西兵不能東，乃獨遣兵复玉山，文生遁； At the time Wu Sangui's troops threatened Ji'an and Yuanzhou, and Jiangxi's forces could not move east. Zhifang therefore sent troops on his own to recover Yushan, and Wensheng fled;