Wang Yin (王殷) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Yin was a general and Official.

Life and dates

Birth

At Kaiyuan Temple in Wei Prefecture 魏州開元寺 · Mode self-report Speaker Wang Yin (王殷)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 5

Death

AD 953 廣順三年冬
Executed · At outside the capital 都城外
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 33

Attested activity

AD 953 三年秋
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 26
AD 950 乾祐末
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 18
AD 952 二年夏
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 24
AD 926 唐同光末
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 6
AD 926 to AD 930 天成中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 7
AD 951 太祖即位
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 21

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AD 953 是年冬
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passages 28, 33
AD 936 to AD 944 晉天福中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 13
AD 942 晉少帝嗣位
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 16
AD 934 to AD 936 清泰中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 8
AD 947 漢祖受命
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 17

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xian'gui (鹹珪)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 4
Child of Mother of Wang Yin (王殷母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passages 9, 13
Descendant of Guang (光)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 3
Descendant of Changyi (昌裔)
great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 2
Parent of Second son of Wang Yin (王殷次子)
second son 次子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 36

Kinship Role family members · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 36

Career and standing

commander of the palace infantry 侍衛步軍都指揮使
AD 950 乾祐末 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 18
military governor of Kuizhou 夔州節度使
AD 950 乾祐末 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 18
deputy commander of Hua Prefecture horse and foot 華州馬步軍副指揮使
AD 926 唐同光末 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 6
commander of Lingwu 靈武都指揮使
AD 926 to AD 930 天成中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 7
military governor of the Tianxiong army 天雄軍節度使
AD 951 太祖即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 21
prefect of Xian Prefecture 憲州刺史
AD 936 to AD 944 晉天福中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 13

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commander of the right wing of the Fengguo army 奉國右廂都指揮使
AD 942 晉少帝嗣位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 16
commander of the palace guard 侍衛親軍都指揮使
AD 950 殷從平京師 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 20
prefect of Qi Prefecture 祁州刺史
AD 934 to AD 936 清泰中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 8
prefect of Yuan Prefecture 原州刺史
AD 934 to AD 936 清泰中 · Transferred
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 8
co-equal with the Secretariat and Chancellery 同平章事
AD 951 太祖即位 · Granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 21
Executed
AD 953 廣順三年冬 · Execution
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 33
Sentenced
AD 953 廣順三年冬 · Exile
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 33

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 17
Polity Later Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 13
Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 6
Polity Later Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 21
At Ying Prefecture 瀛州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 1
At Cang Prefecture 滄州 · Relation Family settled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 3

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At Hua region 華下 · Relation Resided
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 6

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Emperor Gaozu of Jin (晉高祖)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passages 13-14
Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou (周太祖)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 30

Events and relationships

Arrested and killed
AD 953 廣順三年冬 · Political · Subject
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 33
Campaigned against
AD 934 to AD 936 清泰中 · Military · Commander · With Zhang Lingzhao (張令昭)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 8
Fought
AD 947 漢祖受命 · Military · Commander · With Du Chongwei (杜重威) · At Ye 鄴
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 17
Garrisoned
AD 950 乾祐末 · Military · Commander · At Chanzhou 澶州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 18
Pacified capital
AD 950 殷從平京師 · Political · Participant
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 20
Relation Ally of · Person Li Hongyi (李洪義)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 19

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Relation Served under · Person Fan Yanguang (範延光)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 8
Relation Rival of · Person He Fujin (何福進)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 27

Assessments and attributes

Assessment filial · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 9
Assessment modest and careful · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 9
Assessment overbearing · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id He Fujin (何福進)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 27
tall and imposing bearing
Physical description
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 29

Source notes

handed the rod to a servant and had himself beaten before his mother
Field filial-punishment · Source Work Ouyang History 歐陽史
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 12

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 124Volume 124 Book of Later Zhou 26: Biographies 4: Wang Yin, He Fejin, Liu Ci, Wang Jin, Shi Yanchao, Shi Yi, Wang Lingwen, Zhou Mi, Li Huaizong, Bai Wenke, Bai Yanyu, Tang Jinsi · 25 passages

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王殷，瀛州人。 Wang Yin was a native of Ying Prefecture.

唐末，幽、滄大亂，殷父鹹珪避地南遷，因投於魏軍。 When the Tang dynasty was nearing its end, You and Cang were thrown into chaos. Yin's father Xian'gui fled south to escape the fighting and threw in his lot with the Wei army.

殷自言生於魏州之開元寺，既長從軍，漸為偏將。 Yin himself said he had been born at the Kaiyuan Temple in Wei Prefecture. After he came of age he took up arms and slowly rose to become a field commander.

清泰中，張令昭據鄴叛，殷從範延光討之，首冒矢石，率先登城，以功授祁州刺史，尋改原州。 In the Qingtai period Zhang Lingzhao held Ye in rebellion. Yin marched with Fan Yanguang against him, took the lead under fire, and was the first to scale the walls. For this he was made prefect of Qi Prefecture, and before long was reassigned to Yuan Prefecture.

殷性謙謹好禮，事母以孝聞，每與人結交，過從皆先稟於母，母命不從，殷必不往，雖在軍旅，交遊不雜。 Yin was by nature modest, careful, and devoted to propriety, and he was famed for the way he honored his mother. Before he kept company with anyone he always asked her leave; if she forbade it he would not go. Even amid camp life his circle of friends remained small and select.

及為刺史，政事小有不佳，母察之，立殷於庭，詰責而杖之。 Once he became a prefect, the least slip in his governance would be noticed by his mother. She would have him stand in the courtyard, rebuke him, and beat him with a rod.

〈（《歐陽史》：殷為刺史，政事有小失，母責之，殷即取杖授婢仆，自笞於母前。）〉 (The 《Ouyang History》 records that when Yin was prefect and committed a minor error in office, his mother rebuked him; he immediately handed the rod to a servant and had himself beaten in her presence.)〉

晉天福中，丁內艱，尋有詔起復，授憲州刺史，殷上章辭曰：「臣為末將，出處無損益於國家。 During the Jin Tianfu period he entered mourning for his mother. An edict soon recalled him to service and appointed him prefect of Xian Prefecture. Yin memorialized the throne to decline, writing: "Your servant is only a minor commander. Whether I serve or withdraw can neither help nor harm the state.

晉少帝嗣位，會殷服闋，召典禁軍，累遷奉國右廂都指揮使。 When Emperor Shaodi of Jin came to the throne, Yin's mourning had just ended. He was summoned to take charge of the palace guard and was eventually promoted to commander of the right wing of the Fengguo army.

漢祖受命，從討杜重威於鄴下，殷與劉詞皆率先力戰，矢中於首，久之，出折鏃於口中，以是漢祖嘉之。 When the founder of Later Han took power, Yin joined the campaign against Du Chongwei at Ye. Both he and Liu Ci fought in the van with desperate courage. An arrow struck him in the head; long afterward he spat out the broken tip. The Han founder was deeply impressed.

乾祐末，遷侍衛步軍都指揮使，領夔州節度使，會契丹寇邊，遣殷領兵屯澶州。 Near the end of the Qianyou era he was made commander of the palace infantry and concurrently military governor of Kuizhou. When the Khitans raided the border he was sent to hold Chanzhou with his troops.