Wang Zan (瓚) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Zan was an administrator and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 尹正京邑
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passages 139-141, 144
AD 907 to AD 923 初，汴人駐軍於河上
Uncertain · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 142

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Daughter of Wang Zan (瓚女)
son-in-law 愛婿 · paternal line
daughter 女
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 141

Career and standing

mayor of the capital 尹正京邑
AD 923 尹正京邑 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 141

Places and affiliations

AD 923 尹正京邑
At the capital 京邑 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 141

Events and relationships

Eliminated bandits in frontier commands but could not oversee subordinates
Administration · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 140
Levied Bian wealthy households for army funds with unequal assessments
Fiscal · Proposer · At Bian 汴
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 142

Assessments and attributes

Assessment honored the gentry and checked the bullying powerful; men of standing praised him · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 144
Assessment stern and disciplined in government, yet cruel as a family tradition · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 139

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 59Volume 59 Book of Later Tang 35: Biographies 11: Ding Hui, Yan Bao, Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Wang Zan, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhang Wen, Li Shaowen · 3 passages

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瓚雖為治嚴肅，而慘酷有家世風。 Though Wang Zan governed with stern discipline, cruelty ran in his family line.

初，汴人駐軍於河上，軍計不足，瓚請率汴之富戶，出助軍錢，賦取不均，人靡控訴，至有雉經者，又有富室致賂幸而免率者。 Earlier, when Bian troops were stationed on the river and funds ran short, Wang Zan levied the wealthy households of Bian for war money. The assessments were unfair, appeals went nowhere, some men hanged themselves, and rich families bought exemption with bribes.

然瓚能優禮搢紳，抑挫豪猾，故當時士流皆稱仰焉。 Yet Wang Zan honored the gentry and checked the bullying powerful, so men of standing in his day still spoke well of him.