Wang Wenshu (王文殊)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Wenshu as a named individual. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Wenshu	王文殊	Wáng Wénshū

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 永明十一年 · Regnal Year: 11 · Western Year: AD 493
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Family

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Child of Father of Wang Wenshu (文殊父)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

Label: Merit Officer / 功曹 · Action: declined
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Status: unmarried and without office by choice · Marriage: false · Office: false
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Places and affiliations

Place: Guzhang, Wuxing · Relation: native-of
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References in the histories

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 4 passages

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崔懷慎公孫僧遠吳欣之韓係伯孫淡華寶韓靈敏封延伯吳達之王文殊朱謙之蕭叡明樂頤江泌杜栖陸絳 Cui Huaishen, Gongsun Sengyuan, Wu Xinzhi, Han Xibo, Sun Dan, Hua Bao, Han Lingmin, Feng Yanbo, Wu Dazhi, Wang Wenshu, Zhu Qianzhi, Xiao Ruiming, Le Yi, Jiang Bi, Du Qi, and Lu Jiang

王文殊，吳興故鄣人也。 Wang Wenshu was from Guzhang in Wuxing.

父沒虜，文殊思慕泣血，蔬食山谷三十餘年。 His father died in the north. Wenshu mourned until he wept blood, eating only plain food in the hills for more than thirty years.

永明十一年，太守孔琇之表曰：「文殊性挺五常，心符三教。 In the eleventh year of Yongming Administrator Kong Xiuzhi wrote: "Wenshu's nature embodies the five constant virtues; his heart accords with the three teachings.