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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Yu | 王鬱 | Wang Yu |
| Title | Lord Wang | 王郎 | Wáng láng |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wáng |
| Personal name | Wang Yu | 王鬱 | Wang Yu |
| Personal name | Wang Yu | 王郁 | Wáng Yù |
| Personal name | Yu | 郁 | Yù |
| Alternate | 王郁 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · liaoshi:002:s0011, liaoshi:075:s0088
Roles
- Administrator
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
- Rebel
Life and dates
Death
- Expression: died / 卒 · Place: Yizhou / 宜州Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0111
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 六年 · Western Year: AD 921
- Source Date: Text: 十九年 · Western Year: AD 922Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:050:s0055
- Source Date: Text: 天贊二年 · Western Year: AD 923Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:002:s0077
- Source Date: Text: 天贊二年秋 · Western Year: AD 923Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0103
- Source Date: Text: 天顯元年 · Western Year: AD 926Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:002:s0150
- Source Date: Text: 神冊六年 · Western Year: AD 921Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0099
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
- Ethnicity: Han / 漢人Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0108
Career and standing
- Label: Associate Director of the Secretariat with rank of Grand Councilor / 同政事門下平章事 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:075:s0104
- Label: Defender of Xinzhou / 新州防禦使 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:075:s0095
- Label: Director of Government Affairs / 政事令 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:075:s0110
- Label: Military Governor of Chongyi Army / 崇義軍節度使 · Action: appointedExplicit · liaoshi:075:s0104
- Label: prefect of Xinzhou / 新州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:050:s0055
- Label: lavish rewards for campaign merit / 優加賞賚 · Action: receivedExplicit · liaoshi:002:s0150
- Status: submitted · Action: enteredExplicit · liaoshi:002:s0033
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedExplicit · liaoshi:075:s0099
- Place: Wannian in Jingzhao / 京兆萬年Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0088
- Place: Yizhou / 宜州 · Relation: died-atExplicit · liaoshi:075:s0111
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0106, liaoshi:075:s0107
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaigned with heir apparent against Wang DuExplicit · liaoshi:075:s0100, liaoshi:075:s0101
- Kind: political · Role: rebel · Action: defected-to-KhitanExplicit · jiuwudaishi:050:s0055
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: guided Khitan into the passes for ChuzhiExplicit · liaoshi:075:s0097, liaoshi:075:s0098
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: raided-with-Crown-PrinceExplicit event contextual date · liaoshi:002:s0038
- Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:002:s0077
- Kind: political · Role: surrenderer · Action: surrendered with household to Liao · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 神冊六年 · Western Year: AD 921Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0099
- Relation: son-in-law-of · Person Id: Li Keyong (李克用)Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0095, liaoshi:075:s0106
- Relation: called-son-by · Person Id: Taizu (太祖)Explicit · liaoshi:002:s0037
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: most loyal and filial among the Han · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Empress Chunqin (淳欽皇后)Explicit · liaoshi:075:s0108
References in the histories
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