Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Xuanmo as an administrator, general, and official. This record brings together 42 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Xuanmo | 王玄謨 | Wáng Xuánmó |
| Posthumous name | Duke Zhuang | 莊公 | |
| Nickname | Old Barbarian | 老傖 | |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wáng |
| Personal name | Wang Xuanmo | 王玄謨 | Wáng Xuánmó |
| Given | Xuanmo | 玄謨 | Xuánmó |
| Courtesy name | Yande | 彥德 | Yàndé |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Administrator
- General
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Age: 81Explicit · songshu:076:s0163
Age
- Age: 81 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · songshu:076:s0163
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 元嘉28年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 28 · Western Year: AD 451Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0115
- Source Date: Text: 孝武崩 · Western Year: AD 464Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0149
- Source Date: Text: 武帝臨徐州 · Western Interval: Start: AD 420 · End: AD 422Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0087
- Source Date: Text: 泰始二年 · Western Year: AD 466Explicit event contextual date · songshu:086:s0033, songshu:086:s0034
Family
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- Descendant of Wang Lao (王牢)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Descendant of Wang Hong (王宏)Kinship Term: sixth-generation ancestor / 六世祖 · Generation Distance: 6 · Line: paternal
- Kin of Wang Rui (王蕤)
- Child of Wang Xiu (王秀)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
- Parent of Wang Shen (王深)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Career and standing
- Label: Inspector of Jizhou / 冀州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元凶弒立 · Western Year: AD 453Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0116
- Label: attendant clerk / 從事史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武帝臨徐州 · Western Interval: Start: AD 420 · End: AD 422Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0087
- Label: General Who Pacifies the North / 寧朔將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · songshu:076:s0100
- Label: Inspector of Xuzhou / 徐州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · songshu:076:s0118
- Label: Inspector of Yuzhou / 豫州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · songshu:076:s0119
- Label: Administrator of Ruyin / 汝陰太守 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 424 · End: AD 453Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0090
- Label: Defender of Wuning / 武寧太守 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 少帝末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 423 · End: AD 424Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0088
- Label: Supreme Commander / 大統 · Action: heldExplicit · songshu:086:s0033
- Title: Marquis of Qujiang / 曲江縣侯 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · songshu:076:s0121
- Status: pardon · Action: receivedExplicit · songshu:076:s0089
- Status: dismissal · Action: sufferedExplicit · songshu:076:s0123
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: servedExplicit · songshu:076:s0087
- Place: Qi in Taiyuan / 太原祁Explicit · songshu:076:s0082
Learning and skills
- Belief: Guanyin Sutra / Avalokitesvara / 觀音經 · Relation: recitedExplicit · songshu:076:s0112, songshu:076:s0113
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Quoted: true
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: trueExplicit · songshu:076:s0152
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: besieged · Place: Huatai / 滑臺 · Outcome: failed-then-routed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉北伐 · Western Interval: Start: AD 450 · End: AD 451Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0101, songshu:076:s0108
- Kind: relief · Role: benefactor · Action: distributed-grain · Place: the north / 北土Explicit · songshu:076:s0147
- Explicit · songshu:076:s0125
- Explicit · songshu:076:s0108
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: wounded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元嘉二十八年正月 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 28 · Western Year: AD 451Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0114, songshu:076:s0115
- Relation: co-recipient-of-testament-with · Person Id: Liu Yuanjing (柳元景)Explicit · songshu:076:s0149
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: harsh yet admirable in great principles; risked himself under the Deposed Emperor · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · songshu:076:s0167, songshu:076:s0168
- Assessment: stern, seldom smiled; brow never relaxed · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · songshu:076:s0132
- Item: Zhuge Liang's linked tube armor / 諸葛亮筩袖鎧 · Relation: bestowedExplicit · songshu:076:s0158
Source notes
- Statement: Sons and nephews urged him to feign illnessExplicit · songshu:076:s0152
References in the histories
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