Wang Wentong (王文統)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Wentong as an official, rebel, statesman, and strategist. This record brings together 28 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Wentong	王文統	Wang Wentong
Surname	Wang	王
Personal name	Wang Wentong	王文統	Wang Wentong
Given	Wentong	文統	Wentong
Courtesy	Yidao	以道	Yidao

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:199:s0026
Sex: male
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0056

Roles

Official
Rebel
Statesman
Strategist

Life and dates

Death

Manner: execution
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0101, yuanshi:206:s0109

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 世祖初年 · Western Interval: Start: c. AD 1260 · End: c. AD 1270
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:191:s0057
Source Date: Text: 中統三年 · Western Year: AD 1262
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:206:s0044
Source Date: Text: 中統元年 · Western Year: AD 1260
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:206:s0063
Source Date: Text: 中統初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1260 · End: AD 1264
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:199:s0025, yuanshi:199:s0026

Family

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Parent of Daughter of Wang Wentong (女)
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
Parent of Wang Rao (蕘)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Grand Councillor / 平章政事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0063
Label: Grand Councillor / 平章 · Action: held
Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0057
Status: in-power · Action: held-power
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0026
Status: execution · Action: executed
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0109

Places and affiliations

Polity: Yuan / 元 · Relation: served
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0063
Polity Id: yuan · Relation: served
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0026
Place: Yidu / 益都
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0056

Works and attributed material

Work: Jin history / 金史 · Relation: proposed-supervisor
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0078
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Addressee Person Id: Shizu (世祖)
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0085, yuanshi:206:s0090, yuanshi:206:s0091

Events and relationships

Kind: appointment · Role: appointing official · Action: appointed Xu Ji a Central Secretariat clerk · Other Person Id: Xu Ji (許楫)
Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0057
Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: corresponded-with-Li-Tan
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0082, yuanshi:206:s0088
Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Li Yanjian (彥簡)
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0059

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: jealous and harsh · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0072
Assessment: shaped Yuan institutions · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · yuanshi:206:s0114