Wang Xiu (王秀) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Xiu was a Family Member.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 850 to AD 910 lifetime before Yanzhang's rise; posthumous honors Kaiping era
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 167-168

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Wang Yanzhang (王彥章)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Wang Qingzong (王慶宗)
grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Wang Qingzong (王慶宗)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 167
Parent of Wang Qingzong (王慶宗)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
father 父 · paternal line
son 子 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 167

Career and standing

Left Regular Cavalry Attendant 左散騎常侍
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 168
Held
Never held office · Negated true
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 167

Source notes

never held office
Negated true
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 167

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Book of Later Liang 21: Biographies 11: Pang Shigu, Huo Cun, Fu Daozhao, Xu Huaiyu, Guo Yan, Li Tangbin, Wang Qianyu, Liu Kangyi, Wang Yanzhang, He Delun · 2 passages

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祖秀，父慶宗，俱不仕。 His grandfather Xiu and father Qingzong never held office.

以彥章貴，秀贈左散騎常侍，慶宗贈右武衛將軍。 When Yanzhang rose, Xiu was posthumously made Left Regular Cavalry Attendant and Qingzong Right Martial Guard General.