Five Dynasties · Administrator and Rebel

Wang Yu 王鬱

Attested AD 921 - AD 926

Passages
17
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Yu as an administrator, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 17 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Yu 王鬱 Wang Yu
Title Lord Wang 王郎 Wáng láng
Surname Wang Wáng
Personal name Wang Yu 王鬱 Wang Yu
Personal name Wang Yu 王郁 Wáng Yù
Personal name Yu
Alternate 王郁

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Kin of Wang Chucun (王處存)
    Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 伯父 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Intermediary Person Ids: Wang Chuzhi (王處直)
  • Child of Taizu (太祖)
    Kinship Term: adopted son / 養子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Sibling of Wang Du (王都)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
  • Child of Wang Chuzhi (王處直)
    Kinship Term: illegitimate son / 孽子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
  • Spouse of Wife of Wang Yu (王郁妻)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: active

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: Associate Director of the Secretariat with rank of Grand Councilor / 同政事門下平章事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0104
  • Label: Defender of Xinzhou / 新州防禦使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0095
  • Label: Director of Government Affairs / 政事令 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0110
  • Label: Military Governor of Chongyi Army / 崇義軍節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0104
  • Label: prefect of Xinzhou / 新州刺史 · Action: appointed
  • Label: lavish rewards for campaign merit / 優加賞賚 · Action: received
    Explicit · liaoshi:002:s0150
  • Status: submitted · Action: entered
    Explicit · liaoshi:002:s0033

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50Volume 50 Book of Later Tang 26: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 5 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 75Volume 75 Biographies 5: Yelu Dilie, Yelu Duozhen, Wang Yu, Yelu Tulujiong · 11 passages