Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Military Officer

Wang Ying 王瑩

Died AD 516

Passages
18
Chapters
2
Histories
1

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Ying 王瑩 Wang Ying
Title Duke of Jiancheng 建城縣公
Courtesy name Fengguang 奉光
Surname Wang
Personal name Wang Ying 王瑩 Wang Ying
Personal name Wang Ying 王瑩
Given Ying

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

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 516
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0174

Attested activity

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 Ying
    Kinship 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 516
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0172
  • Label: Yixing administrator / 義興太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · 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 502
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0165
  • Status: dismissed · Action: cast aside
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0148

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: pure and cautious; respectful and earnest in office · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0171
  • Item: official seal / 印 · Relation: used · Note: six castings ruined six tortoises; neck hollow and patched
    Explicit · liangshu:016:s0173

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 14Volume 14: Jiang Yan; Ren Fang · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 16Volume 16: Wang Liang; Zhang Ji; Wang Ying · 17 passages