Sui and Tang · Servant

Wang Yi 王義

Attested AD 811 - AD 817

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Yi was a Servant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 811 to AD 817 元和間
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passage 24

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 24

Events and relationships

Seized assassin
Violence · Rescuer
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 24
Relation Servant of · Person Pei Du (裴度)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 24

Assessments and attributes

hand severed by assassin
Injury
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 24

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 24

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 173Volume 173 Biographies 98: Pei Du · 1 passage

哄導駭伏，獨騶王義持賊大呼，賊斷義手。 His escort scattered in panic, but his groom Wang Yi alone seized the assassin and shouted for help. The assassin cut off Wang Yi's hand.