Five Dynasties · Official

Wang Zhang 王章

Died AD 950

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Zhang was an official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 950 乾祐三年十一月丙子
Execution
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passage 87

Attested activity

AD 950 乾祐三年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passages 87, 91

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Daughter of Wang Zhang (王章之女)
daughter 女
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passage 89
Kin of Wang Min (王旻)
nephew 侄 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passage 89
Kin of Zhang Yisu (張貽肅)
son-in-law 子婿
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passage 89

Kinship Role clan members · Quantity exterminated · Negated false
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passages 87, 90

Career and standing

commissioner of the three departments 三司使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passage 87

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 後漢 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 103, passages 87, 91

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 103Volume 103 Book of Later Han 5: Emperor Yin Annals, Part 2 · 2 passages

丙子，誅樞密使楊邠、侍衛都指揮使史宏肇、三司使王章，夷其族。 On bingzi, bureau commissioner Yang Bin, guard commander Shi Hongzhao, and three-departments commissioner Wang Zhang were put to death and their families wiped out.

少頃，樞密承旨聶文進急召宰臣百僚，班於崇元殿，庭宣曰：「楊邠、史宏肇、王章等同謀叛逆，欲危宗社，並斬之，與卿等同慶。」 Moments later bureau herald Nie Wenjin assembled the ministers in Chongyuan Hall and announced from the courtyard, "Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao, and Wang Zhang had plotted treason, had been executed, and that all should rejoice."