Qin and Han · Minister of Education

Wang Yun 王允

Wáng Yǔn

First attested AD 189; died AD 192

Passages: 8
Chapters: 6
Histories: 2

Overview

Wang Yun was a minister of Education.

Life and dates

Death

AD 192 to AD 195 李傕入長安
Circumstance when Li Jue entered Chang'an
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 190
AD 192 李傕殺司徒王允
Cause Murder · Authority Li Jue (李傕)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 305

Attested activity

AD 189 八月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 76, passage 219
AD 189 六年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 76, passage 176
AD 192 昔王允秉誠
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 86, passage 161
AD 192 李傕殺司徒王允
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 305
AD 190 to AD 192 漢末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 76, passage 83
AD 192 董卓死后
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 113, passage 118

Show 1 more source-backed claim

AD 192 誅董卓及李傕入長安
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 28, passages 189-190

Family

Kin of Wang Hong (王宏)
cousin-uncle 從叔 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 76, passage 83

Key source chapters

Career and standing

governor of Henan 河南尹
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 176
minister of education 司徒
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 305
Minister of Education 司徒
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 189; Book of Later Han 113, passage 118
staff supervisor 從事中郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 176

Places and affiliations

Later Han 後漢
Relation Active in
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 113, passage 118
Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 30, passage 305; Book of Later Han 76, passage 190

Events and relationships

Executed
Political · Perpetrator · With Dong Zhuo (董卓)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 113, passage 118
Plotted with Lu Xu to execute Dong Zhuo
Political · Conspirator · With Lu Xu (旭), Dong Zhuo (董卓)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 28, passage 189
Sent Min Gong to follow Lu Zhi
Administrative · Dispatcher · With Min Gong (閔貢)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 219

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 76, passage 186

References in the histories

Search passages

History

8 passages

Book of Later Han, Chapter 28Volume 25: Biography of Zhuo, Lu, Wei, Liu · 2 passages

謙子旭，官至太仆，從獻帝西入關，與司徒王允同謀共誅董卓。 His son Xu rose to Grand Coachman; he followed Emperor Xian west through the passes and helped Minister Wang Yun kill Dong Zhuo.

及李傕入長安，旭與允俱遇害。 When Li Jue seized Chang'an, Xu died alongside Wang Yun.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 30Volume 27: Biographies of Xuan, Zang, Two Wangs, Du, Guo, Wu, Cheng, Zheng, Zhao · 1 passage

李傕殺司徒王允，復代允為司徒。 When Li Jue murdered Minister Wang Yun, Zhao Qian stepped into Wang Yun's place as minister of education.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 76Volume 69: Biographies of Dou, He · 2 passages

從事中郎王允為河南尹。 and appointed Wang Yun, his staff supervisor, governor of Henan.

公卿並出平樂觀，無得從者，唯尚書盧植夜馳河上，王允遣河南中部掾閔貢隨植後。 The high ministers had all gone to the Pingle Lodge and had no escort for the emperor; only Lu Zhi of the secretariat rode through the night toward the river, and Wang Yun sent Min Gong, a clerk of Henan, on his heels.

Book of Later Han, Chapter 113Volume 102: Astronomy Part Three · 1 passage

及司徒王允与将军吕布诛卓，卓部曲将郭汜、李傕旋兵攻长安，公卿百官吏民战死者且万人。 After Wang Yun and Lü Bu killed Dong Zhuo, Guo Si and Li Jue wheeled their hosts on Chang’an; nearly ten thousand officials and townspeople perished in the sack.

Book of Song, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 36: Zhu Xiuzhi, Zong Que, Wang Xuanmo · 1 passage

六世祖宏，河東太守，綿竹侯，以從叔司徒允之難，棄官北居新興，仍為新興、鴈門太守，其自敍云爾。 Six generations back, his ancestor Hong had been Administrator of Hedong and Marquis of Mianzhu. When his collateral paternal uncle, Minister over the Masses Wang Yun, met disaster, Hong resigned and moved north to Xinxing, later serving as administrator of Xinxing and Yanmen—so his own family record ran.

Book of Song, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 46: Yin Xiaozu, Liu Mian · 1 passage

昔王允秉誠，卞壼峻節，均風往德，歸茂先軌。 In former times Wang Yun held fast to sincerity and Bian Kun had stern integrity. Both matched the virtue of the past and return glory to the former track.