Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Xianzhi as a rebel. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Xianzhi | 王仙芝 | Wáng Xiānzhī |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wáng |
| Personal name | Wang Xianzhi | 王仙芝 | Wang Xianzhi |
| Given | Xianzhi | 仙芝 | Xiānzhī |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0209
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · xintangshu:052:s0252
- Value: maleExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0193
Roles
- Rebel
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 乾符中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 874 · End: AD 879Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:050:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 乾符五年 · Western Year: AD 878Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:184:s0190, xintangshu:184:s0193
- Source Date: Text: 乾符初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 874 · End: AD 878Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:052:s0252, xintangshu:052:s0250
- Source Date: Text: 廣明初 · Western Year: AD 880Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:017:s0209
Events and relationships
- Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: burned and plundered Jiangling · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 廣明初 · Western Year: AD 880Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0209
- Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: overran · Place: Jing and Xiang / 荊、襄Explicit · jiuwudaishi:050:s0004
- Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rose in HenanExplicit · xintangshu:184:s0193
- Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: rose in rebellion · Other Person Id: Huang Chao (黃巢) · Outcome: the realm fell into chaos; public and private resources exhaustedExplicit · xintangshu:052:s0252
- Relation: fellow-rebel-with · Person Id: Huang Chao (黃巢)Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0252
References in the histories
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