Wang Xu (王翃) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Xu as an administrator and official. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Xu	王翃	Wang Xu
Personal name	Wang Xu	王翃	Wáng Xóng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:131:s0010

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 建中四年 · Western Year: AD 783
Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:131:s0010, jiutangshu:131:s0006

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 131Volume 127 Biographies 77: Yao Lingyan, Zhang Guangcheng, Yuan Xiu, Qiao Lin, Zhang She, Jiang Zhen, Hong Jinglun, Peng Yan · 1 passage

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時詔京兆尹王翃犒軍士，唯糲食菜啖而已，軍士覆而不顧，皆憤怒，揚言曰：「吾輩棄父母妻子，將死於難，而食不得飽，安能以草命捍白刃耶！ At that time the court had ordered Wang Xu, metropolitan governor of Jingzhao, to feast the soldiers, but only coarse grain and vegetables were offered; the troops overturned the food and would not touch it. All were enraged, and they said aloud: "We have abandoned parents, wives, and children to face death in hardship, yet we cannot eat our fill—how can we shield our worthless lives against bare blades?