Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Wang Yanzhi 王延之

Attested AD 482

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Yanzhi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 482 四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 257

Career and standing

director of the secretariat 中書令
AD 482 四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 257

Events and relationships

Replaced Zhang Xu as director of the secretariat
Personnel · Successor · With Zhang Xu (張緒)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 257

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 33Volume 33 Biographies 14: Wang Sengqian, Zhang Xu · 1 passage

緒旣遷官，上以王延之代緒爲中書令，時人以此選爲得人，比晉朝之用王子敬、王季琰也。 After Xu's transfer the emperor set Wang Yanzhi in his place as director of the secretariat; contemporaries called the pick a happy one, comparing it to the Jin dynasty's pairing of Wang Zijing and Wang Jiyan.