Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Xin as an administrator, named individual, official, and scholar. This record brings together 30 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Xin | 王昕 | Wang Xin |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wang |
| Personal name | Wang Xin | 王昕 | |
| Personal name | Wang Xin | 王昕 | Wang Xin |
| Given name | Xin | 昕 | Xin |
| Courtesy name | Yuanjing | 元景 | Yuanjing |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · beiqishu:033:s0153
Roles
- Administrator
- Named Individual
- Official
- Scholar
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: execution · Place: before the throne; corpse cast into Zhang River / 斬於御前，投尸漳水 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保十年 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0050
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 五月 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:030:s0126
- Source Date: Text: 天保十年 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:031:s0050
- Source Date: Text: 尒朱榮入洛前 · Western Year: AD 528Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:029:s0007, beiqishu:029:s0008
- Source Date: Text: 魏末至齊初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 530 · End: AD 550
- Source Date: Text: 齊世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 570Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:033:s0153
Family
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- Descendant of Wang Meng (王猛)Kinship Term: sixth-generation ancestor / 六世祖 · Generation Distance: 6 · Line: paternal
- Sibling of Wang Hui (王暉)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full
- Child of Wang Yun (王雲)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Child of Mother of Wang XinKinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Child of Lady Cui of Qinghe (清河崔氏)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Parent of Wang Yan (王顗)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Sibling of Wang Xi (王晞)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Origins and identity
- Line: Wang of Beihai / 北海王氏Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0002, beiqishu:031:s0003
Career and standing
- Label: Administrator of Donglai / 東萊太守 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0024
- Label: attendant-at-court / 常侍 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0025
- Label: cavalry staff officer / 騎兵參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0005
- Label: concurrent charge of Ministry of Rites / 判祠部尚書事 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0042
- Label: Director of the Secretariat / 秘書監 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0030
- Label: Grand Master of Splendid Happiness with Golden Seal and Purple Ribbon / 金紫光祿大夫 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0026
- Label: Grand Master with Silver Seal and Purple Ribbon / 銀青光祿大夫 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0042
- Status: exile · Action: endedExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0042
- Status: exile · Action: entered · Place: Youzhou / 幽州Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0041
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Northern Qi / 齊 · Relation: servedExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0039, beiqishu:031:s0050
- Polity: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: servedExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0005, beiqishu:031:s0027
- Place: Beihai / 北海Explicit · beiqishu:029:s0007
- Place: Ju in Beihai / 北海劇Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0002
- Place: Donglai / 東萊 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0024, beiqishu:031:s0035
- Place: Youzhou / 幽州 · Relation: exiled-toExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0041
Works and attributed material
- Work: Collected works in twenty scrolls / 文集二十卷 · Relation: authorExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0051
- Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0037
- Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0045
- Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0018, beiqishu:031:s0022
- Kind: speech · Role: speakerExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0032
Events and relationships
- Kind: execution · Role: victim · Action: beheaded · Other Person Id: Gao Yang (高洋) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保十年 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0050
- Kind: judicial · Role: judge · Action: interrogated-murderer · Place: Donglai / 東萊Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0035
- Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0032, beiqishu:031:s0033
- Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Xing Shao (邢卲)Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0031
- Relation: guest-of · Person Id: Yuan Luo (元羅)Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0031
- Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0005
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: fine house, vile person · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Gao Yang (高洋)Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0039
- Assessment: loose and insolent, not what the age required · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Gao Yang (高洋)Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0039
- Kind: physical-description · Statement: Formerly very stout; after mourning remained gaunt for lifeExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0028
References in the histories
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