Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official in the deposition coup

Wang Yan 王晏

Attested AD 479 - AD 502

Passages: 11
Chapters: 8
Histories: 2

Overview

Wang Yan was an official in the deposition coup.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 494 延興元年八月甲辰
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 5, passage 13
AD 482 to AD 493 AD 482-493
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 30
AD 481 三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 142, 145; nanqishu:032:s0139f
AD 491 九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 161
AD 479 to AD 502 南齊
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 114
AD 495 建武二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 10, passages 175, 202

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AD 493 永明十一年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 10, passage 150
AD 494 隆昌元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 108
AD 479 to AD 502 齊
Directly stated · Book of Liang 31, passage 37

Family

Sibling of Wang Xu (王詡)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Book of Liang 31, passage 37

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書令
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 延興元年八月甲辰 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 8 · Sexagenary Day: 甲辰 · Western Year: AD 494
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 5, passage 13
Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 31, passage 37
Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 10, passage 202
Minister of Personnel 吏部尚書
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 161
Right Vice Director 右僕射
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 10, passage 150

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 5, passage 13
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 161

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Wu of Qi (齊武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passages 31, 33

Events and relationships

Coup advance
AD 494 隆昌元年 · Political · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 108
Memorialized promotion to golden seal
Petition · Sponsor · With Ren Xia (任遐) · Outcome Failed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 114
Presented fan and rewarded
Political · Intermediary · With He Ji (何戢)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 145
Relation Addressee of edict from · Person Emperor Wu of Qi (齊武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 161

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 114; Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 136

References in the histories

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History

11 passages

Book of Liang, Chapter 31Volume 31: Yuan Ang; Yuan Junzheng · 1 passage

時尚書令王晏弟詡爲廣州，多納賕貨，昂依事劾奏，不憚權豪，當時號爲正直。 Wang Yan's younger brother Xu was then in Guangzhou and took heavy bribes; Ang impeached him on the facts without fear of the powerful, and men of the day called him upright.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Prince of Yulin · 1 passage

王晏、徐孝嗣、蕭坦之、陳顯達、王廣之、沈文季系進。 Wang Yan, Xu Xiaosi, Xiao Tanzhi, Chen Xianda, Wang Guangzhi, and Shen Wenji followed in turn.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Prince of Hailing · 1 passage

八月甲辰，以新除衛尉蕭諶爲中領軍，司空王敬則進位太尉，新除車騎大將軍陳顯達爲司空，尚書左僕射王晏爲尚書令，左衛將軍王廣之爲豫州刺史，驃騎大將軍鄱陽王鏘爲司徒。 Eighth month, day jiachen: Xiao Chen, newly made commandant of the guard, became central army-inspector-in-chief; Wang Jingze, minister of works, was raised to grand commandant; Chen Xianda, newly made general of chariots and cavalry, became minister of works; Wang Yan, left vice director of the masters of writing, became director; Wang Guangzhi, left guards general, took Yuzhou; Xiao Chao, prince of Poyang and general of agile cavalry, became minister of education.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 10Volume 10 Treatises 2: Rituals 1 · 2 passages

永明十一年，文惠太子薨，右僕射王晏等奏：「案喪服經『為君之父、長子，同齊衰朞』。 Yongming 11: Crown Prince Wenhui died. Vice Director Wang Yan and others wrote: "The Mourning Garments classic says: "For the lord's father and eldest son, the same equated mourning period."

尚書令王晏等十九人同佟之議。 Wang Yan, director of the Masters of Writing, and nineteen colleagues sided with He Tongzhi.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 16Volume 16 Treatises 8: Official Posts · 1 passage

樂安任遐爲光祿，就王晏乞一片金，晏乃啓轉爲金紫，不行。 Ren Xia of Le'an held the grandeeship of splendor; he asked Wang Yan for a piece of gold, and Yan memorialized to promote him to golden seal and purple ribbon, but the request failed.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 24Volume 24 Biographies 5: Liu Shilong, Zhang Gui · 1 passage

上又敕吏部尚書王晏曰：「世隆雖抱疾積歲，志氣未衰，冀醫藥有效，痊差可期。 The emperor again instructed Wang Yan, Minister of Personnel: "Though Shilong had been ill for years, his spirit had not waned; We hoped the physicians would prevail and recovery was still in sight.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 32Volume 32 Biographies 13: Wang Kun, Zhang Dai, Chu Xuan, He Ji, Wang Yanzhi, Ruan Tao · 1 passage

戢因王晏獻之，上令晏厚酬其意。 Ji presented it through Wang Yan; the throne had Yan reward him handsomely.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 3 passages

彖性剛，嘗以微言忤世祖，又與王晏不協。 Tuan was by nature inflexible; he had once offended the Emperor with an oblique remark, and he was also on bad terms with Wang Yan.

世祖在便殿，用金柄刀子治瓜，晏在側曰：「外間有金刀之言，恐不宜用此物。」 The Emperor was in a side hall, cutting a melon with a gold-handled knife, when Yan beside him said: "There is talk abroad of a 'golden knife'—I fear it would be unwise to use such an object."

晏曰：「袁彖爲臣說之。」 Yan said: "Yuan Tuan told me this."