Qing · Official and Grand Secretary

Wang Yan 王掞

c. AD 1645 - AD 1728

Passages
30
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

Wang Yan was an official and Grand Secretary.

PeriodQing
IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Zaoru 藻儒 Zaoru

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Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Key source chapters

  1. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 286 Volume 286 Biographies 73: Wang Shan, Lao Zhibian, Zhu Tianbao, Tao Yi 29 passages
  2. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 282 Volume 282 Biographies 69: Jiang Xizhe, Yu Jin, De Ge Lei, Chen Zizhi, Ren Hongjia, Gao Cengyun, Shen Kaiceng, Gong Xianglin, Gao Xiachang 1 passage

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References in the histories

30 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 282Volume 282 Biographies 69: Jiang Xizhe, Yu Jin, De Ge Lei, Chen Zizhi, Ren Hongjia, Gao Cengyun, Shen Kaiceng, Gong Xianglin, Gao Xiachang · 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 286Volume 286 Biographies 73: Wang Shan, Lao Zhibian, Zhu Tianbao, Tao Yi · 29 passages
既而御史陶彝等十二人連名入奏,上疑出掞意,大怒,召諸王大臣,降旨責掞植黨希榮,且謂:「錫爵在明神宗時,力奏建儲,泰昌在位,未及數月,天啟庸懦,天下大亂,至愍帝而不能守。 Then Censors Tao Yi and eleven others submitted a joint memorial. Suspecting Shan had orchestrated it, the emperor flew into a rage, summoned the princes and senior ministers, and rebuked Shan for faction-building and ambition. He said: "Under the Ming Shenzong, Xijue pressed hard for an heir. Taichang reigned only months. Tianqi was weak, the realm collapsed, and even Chongzhen could not hold the state.