Overview
Wang Wentong was an official and Administrator.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 612 to AD 614 及帝征遼東Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 295
Attested activity
- AD 612 to AD 614 及帝征遼東Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passages 289-295
- AD 604 煬帝嗣位Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 283
- AD 581 to AD 600 開皇中Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 282
Career and standing
- Assistant Administrator of Guizhou 桂州司馬AD 581 to AD 600 開皇中 · AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 282
- Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Entertainments 光祿少卿AD 604 煬帝嗣位 · Summoned and appointedDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 283
- Assistant Governor of Hengshan Commandery 恆山郡丞AD 604 煬帝嗣位 · Transferred outDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 283
- Grand Master Equal in Ceremony to the Three Dukes 儀同AD 581 to AD 600 開皇中 · AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 282
- BeheadedAD 612 to AD 614 及帝征遼東 · Execution · At Hejian 河間 · Authority Emperor Yang (煬帝) · With Daxi Shanyi (達奚善意)Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 295
- Demoted and sent outDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 283
Places and affiliations
- Polity Sui 隋 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 282-283
- At Yingyang in Jingzhao 京兆潁陽Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 280
- AD 612 to AD 614 及帝征遼東At Hebei commanderies 河北諸郡 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 289
- AD 604 煬帝嗣位At Hengshan Commandery 恆山郡 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 283
- AD 581 to AD 600 開皇中At Guizhou 桂州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 282
- At Hejian 河間 · Relation Traveled toDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 291
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- At Yingyang in Jingzhao 京兆潁陽 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 280
Works and attributed material
- Historian remark · Subject · Paraphrased · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 298-301
Events and relationships
- Appointed for military meritAD 581 to AD 600 開皇中 · Appointment · RecipientDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 282
- Beheaded several hundred monks and elders as seditionLegal · Executioner · At Hejian 河間Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 292
- Bound and beat until flesh burstDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 286-287
- Clubbed tardy commandery officials to deathLegal · Executioner · At Hejian 河間Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 291
- Coffin opened flesh sliced and eaten by enemiesPosthumous · Victim · At Hejian 河間Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 295
- Commandery memorials against himPolitical · Subject of reportsDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 294
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- Imprisoned fasting monks as deludedLegal · Persecutor · At Hebei 河北Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 290
- Ordered to inspectAD 612 to AD 614 及帝征遼東 · Administrative · Inspector · At Hebei commanderies 河北諸郡 · With Emperor Yang (煬帝)Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 289
- Stripped monks and nuns and prepared to kill several thousandLegal · PersecutorDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 293
- Summoned and rebukedDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 285
- Relation Served under · Person Emperor Yang (煬帝)Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 283, 289
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment ignorant of moral power and truly harbored cruelty; flayed flesh as wood and stone; valued life less than straw dogs; persisted in wickedness without repentance and was executed · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 298-300
- Assessment sharp in debate and capable in practical affairs · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 281
- Assessment terrified the whole commandery; officials and commoners were cowed · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 288
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 280
- Enemies opened his coffin, carved his flesh, and ate it until nothing remained.Field treatment-of-bodyDirectly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 295
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