Five Dynasties · General and Official

Wang Yanjun 王延鈞

Attested AD 929 - AD 931

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Yanjun as a general, official, and ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Yanjun 王延鈞 Wang Yanjun
Surname Wang Wang
Personal name Wang Yanjun 王延鈞 Wang Yanjun
Personal Wang Yanjun 王延鈞
Given Yanjun 延鈞 Yanjun

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Official
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: Fuzhou military commissioner / 福州節度使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
  • Label: Fujian military commissioner / 福建節度使 · Action: held
  • Status: ruler in Fujian · Action: held · Source Label: 福建王 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: military-report · Role: author · Action: reported the executions of Wang Yanbing and Jixiong · Other Person Id: Wang Yanbin (王延稟) · Provenance: Mode: document · Speaker Person Id: Wang Yanjun (王延鈞) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
  • Kind: memorial · Role: author · Action: requested kingly titles for seven shrines in his circuit · Provenance: Mode: document · Speaker Person Id: Wang Yanjun (王延鈞) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 2 passages