Qin and Han · Official

Wang Yi 王邑

Attested AD 9 - AD 25

Passages: 6
Chapters: 4
Histories: 2

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Yi as a general and official. This record brings together 6 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Yi	王邑	Wang Yi
Personal name	Wang Yi	王邑
Personal	Wang Yi	邑	Yi
Personal name	Wang Yi	王邑	Wáng Yì
Personal name	Wang Yi	王邑	Wang Yi
Given	Yi	邑	Yi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:099:s0212, houhanshu:094:s0043
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:108:s0013

Roles

General
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天鳳五年…王邑 · Western Year: AD 18
Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:099:s0211, hanshu:099:s0212
Source Date: Text: 建武元年 · Western Year: AD 25
Explicit · houhanshu:108:s0013, houhanshu:108:s0007
Source Date: Text: 王莽大司空 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23
Explicit · houhanshu:094:s0043

Career and standing

Label: Grand Minister of Works / 大司空 · Action: held
Explicit · hanshu:099:s0212, houhanshu:094:s0043
Title: Grand Minister of Works / 大司空
Explicit · hanshu:104:s0153

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 99Volume 87b: Yang Xiong 2 · 1 passage

時，大司空王邑、納言嚴尤聞雄死，謂桓譚曰：「子常稱揚雄書，豈能傳於後世乎？」 When Grand Minister of Works Wang Yi and Yan You heard of his death, they asked Huan Tan, "You always praised Yang Xiong. Will his books survive?"

Book of Han, Chapter 104Volume 92: Youxias · 3 passages

而成都侯商子邑為大司空，貴重，商故人皆敬事邑，唯護自安如舊節，邑亦父事之，不敢有闕。 Wang Yi, Wang Shang's son, became Grand Minister of Works; every old friend flattered him—except Lou Hu, who kept the easy equality of earlier days, so Yi treated him like a father and never slipped in courtesy.

時請召賓客，邑居樽下，稱「賤子上壽」。 At feasts Wang Yi took the seat below the wine jar and toasted him as "your humble son."

坐者百數，皆離席伏，護獨東鄉正坐，字謂邑曰：「公子貴如何！」 A hundred guests dropped to the kowtow while Lou Hu alone sat facing east and drawled, "Well, Yi—how does it feel to be the great man?"

Book of Later Han, Chapter 94Volume 83: Biographies of Hermits · 1 passage

王莽大司空王邑辟之，连年乃至，欲荐之于莽，固辞乃止。 Wang Mang's grand minister Wang Yi summoned him; he dragged his feet for years, and when Yi tried to push him at court he refused point-blank.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 108Volume 97: Rituals and Worship Part One · 1 passage

咸曰王莽篡弑竊位，秀發憤興義兵，破王邑百萬眾於昆陽，誅王郎、銅馬、赤眉、青犢賊，平定天下，海内蒙恩，上當天心，下爲元元所歸。 They declared that Wang Mang had seized the throne by murder and usurpation; that Xiu, roused to action, had raised a loyal army, shattered Wang Yi’s host of a million at Kunyang, put down Wang Lang and the Bronze Horse, Red Eyebrows, and Green Calf rebels, restored peace to the realm, and won the gratitude of every shore—that Heaven above approved him and the people below rallied to him.