Overview
Wang Yun was an official and Diplomat.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Zifei | 子飛 | Zifei |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1127 噪而殺之Killed by a crowd · At Cizhou 磁州 · Cause Popular accusation of treacheryDated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 117
- AD 1126 to AD 1127 靖康之變Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 278
Attested activity
- AD 1100 to AD 1126 卷三百五十七 列傳第一百十六Strongly inferred · History of Song 357, passage 1
- AD 1119 to AD 1125 宣和中Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 100
- AD 1127 金人陷太原Dated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 104
- AD 1126 to AD 1127 雲至真定Dated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 105
- AD 1126 to AD 1127 靖康之變Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 278-279
- AD 1126 靖康元年Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 101-103
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Sibling of Wang Ji (王霽)elder brother 兄 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 121
- Child of Wang Xianke (王獻可)father 父Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 96
- Kinship Role household members · Quantity a hundred livesDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 110
Career and standing
- Secretariat drafter for imperial audiences 起居中書舍人AD 1119 to AD 1125 宣和中 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 100
- vice director of the Ministry of War 兵部員外郎AD 1119 to AD 1125 宣和中 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 100
- Minister of Justice 刑部尚書AD 1127 金人陷太原 · AppointedDated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 104
- prefect of Jianzhou 知簡州AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 99
- attendant of the Xianyou Hall 徽猷閣待制DemotedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 103
- prefect of Tangzhou 知唐州DemotedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 103
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- supervising secretary 給事中AD 1126 靖康元年 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 101
- academician of the Zizheng Hall 資政殿學士HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 111
- collator in the Secretariat 秘書省校書郎PromotedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 99
- vice transport commissioner of Shaanxi 陝西轉運副使TransferredDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 99
- academician of the Guanwen Hall 觀文殿學士AD 1127 建炎初 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 120
Places and affiliations
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 95, 101, 104, 278
- At Zezhou 澤州Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 95
- At Changyuan 長垣 · Relation Returned fromDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 107
- At Ci and Xiang 磁、相 · Relation Passed throughDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 112
- At Cizhou 磁州 · Relation Halted atDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 113
- At Shaanxi 陝西 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 99
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- At Tangzhou 唐州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 103
- At Zhending 真定 · Relation Traveled toDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 105
Learning and skills
- EarnedCredential Presented Scholar 進士Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 98
Works and attributed material
- Record of Goguryeo 雞林志Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 98
- Record of Goguryeo 雞林志Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 98
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Emperor Qinzong (欽宗)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 110
- AD 1126 to AD 1127 雲至真定Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 105
- Historical judgment · Subject · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 278-279
- Report · Relay · Source Person Id Wolibu (斡離不) · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 102
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- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 108-109
Events and relationships
- Accompanied embassyDiplomatic · Envoy staff · At Goryeo 高麗Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 98
- Died on the journeyDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 278-279
- Followed prince to shrineDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 114
- Killed by crowdLegal · Victim · At Cizhou 磁州Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 117
- Negotiated ceding three prefecturesDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 101
- Ordered to go with Feng XieDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 106
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- Sent againAD 1127 金人陷太原 · Diplomatic · EnvoyDated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 104
- Staked household on prince not being detainedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 110
- Turned backDiplomatic · Envoy · At Changyuan 長垣Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 107
- Urged scorched earthMilitary · Adviser · At Ci and Xiang 磁、相Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 112
- Warned Jin would demand three prefectures or attack BianPolitical · AdviserDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 108
- Relation Staff of · Person Tong Guan (童貫)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 100
- Relation Grudge against · Person Zong Ze (宗澤)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 113
- Relation Deputy envoy to · Person Prince of Kang (康王)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 111
- Relation Recommended as envoy · Person Prince of Kang (康王)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 109
- Relation Sent as messenger · Person Li Yu (李裕)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 105
- Relation Associated on journey with · Person Prince of Kang (康王)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 278-279
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment commentators took his death as proof that Heaven intervened so the prince would not go north · Mode commentator-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 119
- Assessment his death, though he had brought it on himself, was perhaps because Heaven did not yet wish to end the Song line · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 278
- Assessment resented by the people for scorched-earth measures · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 112
- Assessment true traitor; the man who ordered scorched earth · Mode public-accusationDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 115
- long suffered from vertigo and slept with a protective headclothIllnessDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 116
- Item black silk headcloth 烏絁短巾 · Relation PossessedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 116
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 1
- Value historicalDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 104
References in the histories
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