Sui and Tang · General

Wang Xiongdan 王雄誕

First attested AD 613; died AD 624

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Wang Xiongdan was a general.

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Posthumous name Loyal 忠

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 92Volume 92 Biographies 17: Du, Kan, Wang, Li, Yuan, Luo, Wang · 25 passages
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初，伏威度淮與李子通合，後子通憚其才，襲之，伏威被創墮馬，雄誕負逃葭澤中，裒嘯散亡，又為隋將來整所窘，眾復潰。 At first, when Fuwei crossed the Huai to ally with Li Zitong, Zitong later grew afraid of his talent and turned on him. Fuwei was wounded and thrown from his horse. Wang Xiongdan carried him on his back into the reed marshes, gathered the scattered troops, and fought on—only to be cornered again by the Sui general Lai Zheng, whereupon the army collapsed once more.
歙守汪華在郡稱王且十年，雄誕還師攻之，華以勁甲出新安洞拒戰，雄誕伏兵山谷，以弱卒數千鬥，輒走壁，華來攻，壁中奮殊死，不可下。 Wang Hua, the defender of She Prefecture, had styled himself king in the region for nearly ten years. Wang Xiongdan turned back to attack him. Wang Hua marched out in heavy armor through Xin'an Pass. Wang Xiongdan hid troops in the valleys and met him with a few thousand weak soldiers, then feigned retreat to the walls. When Wang Hua pressed the attack, the defenders fought with desperate fury and the position could not be taken.
蘇賊聞人遂安據昆山，無所屬，伏威使討之，雄誕以邑險而完，攻之引日，遂單騎造壘門，陳國威靈，因開曉禍福，遂安即降。 Wenren Suian, a bandit of Suzhou, held Kunshan and acknowledged no master. Fuwei sent Wang Xiongdan against him. The stronghold was steep and well defended, and the siege dragged on for days. Wang Xiongdan then rode alone to the camp gate, proclaimed the majesty of the state, and laid out the consequences of resistance and submission. Wenren Suian surrendered at once.