Ming · Ming Grand Secretary

Wang Xijue 王錫爵

Attested AD 1573 - AD 1620

Passages
5
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Xijue as an official and statesman. This record brings together 5 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Xijue 王錫爵 Wang Xijue
Title Grand Secretary 大學士
Personal name Xijue 錫爵 Xijue

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 明神宗朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1573 · End: AD 1620
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:286:s0030
  • Source Date: Text: 王錫爵招 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1580 · End: AD 1600
    Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:298:s0183

Family

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  • Parent of Wang Shan (王掞)
    Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Wang Heng (王衡)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 298Volume 298 Biographies 186: Recluses · 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 286Volume 286 Biographies 73: Wang Shan, Lao Zhibian, Zhu Tianbao, Tao Yi · 4 passages