Sui and Tang · General

Wang Xiongdan 王雄誕

Attested AD 619 - AD 623

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Xiongdan was a general.

Life and dates

Death

Killed · Cause Killed by Fu Gongduo during rebellion
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 94

Attested activity

AD 619 to AD 623 武德二年至六年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 87, passages 89, 94

Career and standing

Right General 右將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 89
Lay ill at home
Ill
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 92
Suffered
Killed · Authority Fu Gongduo (輔公祏)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 94

Events and relationships

Left as deputy with troops
AD 623 武德六年 · Military · Deputy commander · With Fu Gongduo (輔公祏)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 91

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 87, passage 89

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 87Volume 87 Biographies 12: Xiao, Fu, Shen, Li, Liang · 4 passages

伏威稍忌之，乃署養子闞棱為左將軍，王雄誕為右將軍，推公祏為仆射，陰解其柄。 Fuwei slowly grew jealous. He made his adopted son Kan Ling Left General and Wang Xiongdan Right General, raised Gongduo to Vice President in name, and quietly stripped him of real power.

六年，伏威入朝，留公祏居守，復令雄誕握兵副之，陰誡曰：「吾至京不失職，無容公祏為變。」 In the sixth year Fuwei went to court and left Gongduo behind as guardian. He again put Wang Xiongdan in command as his deputy and secretly warned him, "I shall keep my post in the capital—you must not let Gongduo stir up trouble."

後左遊仙說公祏反，會雄誕以疾臥家，公祏奪其兵，紿言伏威移書令舉事。 Later Zuo Youxian talked Gongduo into rebellion. Xiongdan happened to be ill at home, and Gongduo seized his army, falsely claiming Fuwei had written ordering a rising.

殺王雄誕，署百官，以左遊仙為兵部尚書、東南道大使、越州總管； He killed Wang Xiongdan, appointed officials at every rank, and made Zuo Youxian Minister of War, commissioner of the southeastern circuit, and general-in-chief of Yuezhou.