Qin and Han · Aristocrat

Wang Xin 王信

Attested BC 143

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Xin as an aristocrat and royal family member. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Xin 王信 Wang Xin
Title Marquis of Gai 蓋侯
Personal Wang Xin 王信
Given Xin

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 封王信為蓋侯 · Western Year: BC 143
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:057:s0226

Family

  • Sibling of Empress, sister of Wang Xin (皇后)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-sister

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 57House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang · 5 passages