Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Ying as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 18 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Ying | 王瑩 | Wang Ying |
| Title | Duke of Jiancheng | 建城縣公 | |
| Courtesy name | Fengguang | 奉光 | |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | |
| Personal name | Wang Ying | 王瑩 | Wang Ying |
| Personal name | Wang Ying | 王瑩 | |
| Given | Ying | 瑩 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liangshu:016:s0142
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: sudden illness · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監十五年 · Regnal Year: 15 · Western Year: AD 516Explicit · liangshu:016:s0174
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天監十五年 · Western Year: AD 516Explicit · liangshu:016:s0172
- Source Date: Text: 宋 · Western Interval: Start: AD 420 · End: AD 479Explicit · liangshu:016:s0144
- Source Date: Text: 永元初 · Western Year: AD 499Explicit · liangshu:016:s0157
- Source Date: Text: 王瑩 · Western Year: AD 501Explicit · liangshu:014:s0292
- Source Date: Text: 高祖踐阼 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:016:s0165
Family
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- Kin of Wang Liang (王亮)Kinship Term: cousin / 從弟 · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
- Child of Wang Mao (王懋)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Spouse of Princess of Linhuai (臨淮公主)Kinship Term: married princess / 尚...公主 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
- Child of Mother of Wang YingKinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Career and standing
- Label: Left Grand Master of Splendid Happiness with open office / 左光祿大夫、開府儀同三司 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監十五年 · Regnal Year: 15 · Western Year: AD 516Explicit · liangshu:016:s0172
- Label: Yixing administrator / 義興太守 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:016:s0146
- Title: Duke of Jiancheng / 建城縣公 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 1000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖踐阼 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:016:s0165
- Status: dismissed · Action: cast asideExplicit · liangshu:016:s0148
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:016:s0165
- Polity: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:016:s0145
- Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:016:s0144
- Place: Linyi in Langye / 琅邪臨沂Explicit · liangshu:016:s0142
- Place: Wuxing / 吳興 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · liangshu:016:s0153
- Place: Xuancheng / 宣城 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · liangshu:016:s0150
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: resisted Cui Huijing at Hutou and fled by water · Other Person Id: Cui Huijing (崔慧景) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元 · Western Year: AD 500Explicit · liangshu:016:s0160
- Relation: patron-drew-into-office · Person Id: Wang Liang (王亮)Explicit · liangshu:016:s0158
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: pure and cautious; respectful and earnest in office · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:016:s0171
- Item: official seal / 印 · Relation: used · Note: six castings ruined six tortoises; neck hollow and patchedExplicit · liangshu:016:s0173
References in the histories
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