Five Dynasties · Official and Military Officer

Wang Yu 王瑜

Died AD 946

Passages
17
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Yu as a military officer, monk, and official. This record brings together 17 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Yu 王瑜 Wang Yu
Surname Wang Wang
Personal name Wang Yu 王瑜 Wang Yu
Given Yu Yu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Military Officer
  • Monk
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

Family

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  • Kin of Aunt of Wang Yu (王瑜姑)
    Kinship Term: aunt / 姑
  • Child of Wang Qinhuo (王欽祚)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Kinship Role: clan-members · Count: 100 · Note: young and old nearly all killed

Career and standing

  • Label: Left Mentor / 左贊善大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 936 · End: AD 944
  • Label: Deputy military governor of Hengzhou / 恒州節度副使 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Director in the Ministry of Punishments / 刑部郎中 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Vice Director of the Imperial Storehouse / 太府少卿 · Action: appointed
  • Status: became-monk · Action: entered

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: violent and treacherous yet eloquent and martial · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 96Volume 96 Book of Later Jin 22: Biographies 11: Kong Chongbi, Chen Baoji, Wang Yu, Zhang Jizuo, Zhen Ruan, Hu Rao, Liu Suiqing, Fang Gao, Meng Chenghui, Liu Jixun, Zheng Shouyi, Cheng Xun, Li Yu, Zheng Xuansu, Ma Zhongji, Chen Xuan · 17 passages