Wang Zhang (王章) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Zhang as an official. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Zhang	王章	Wang Zhang
Personal	Wang Zhang	王章	Wáng Zhāng
Personal name	Wang Zhang	王章	Wáng Zhāng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:102:s0110
Sex: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0032, xinwudaishi:031:s0003

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: executed; clan exterminated · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾祐三年十一月丙子 · Western Year: AD 950
Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0119
Manner: executed / 見殺 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢隱帝誅權臣 · Western Year: AD 950
Explicit · xinwudaishi:031:s0004

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾祐三年十一月；被殺 · Western Year: AD 950
Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0119
Source Date: Text: 乾祐二年 · Western Year: AD 949
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:102:s0110
Source Date: Text: 乾祐元年 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0019
Source Date: Text: 漢隱帝時 · Western Year: AD 950
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:031:s0003, xinwudaishi:031:s0004

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 102Volume 102 Book of Later Jin 4: Emperor Yin Annals 2 · 1 passage

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癸丑，三司使王章加邑封。 On guichou, the Commissioner of the Three Departments Wang Zhang received enlarged fief enfeoffment.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu, Emperor Yin · 1 passage

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冬十一月丙子，殺楊邠及侍衛親軍都指揮使史弘肇、三司使王章，皆滅其族。 On bingzi in the eleventh month Yang Bin was executed, along with Shi Hongzhao, commander of the palace guards, and Wang Zhang, commissioner of the Three Departments; every clan of the three was wiped out.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Later Zhou Annals 2: Taizu · 1 passage

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隱帝以威為賢，於是悉召楊邠、史弘肇、蘇逢吉、禹珪、竇貞固、王章等皆賜以玉帶，威乃受。 Moved, the Hidden Emperor called in Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao, Su Fengji, Yu Gui, Dou Zhengu, Wang Zhang, and the others and belted them too; then Wei accepted his own.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Later Zhou Biographies 11: Wang Pu, Zheng Renhui, Hu Zai · 2 passages

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邠與王章、史弘肇等有隙，朴見漢興日淺，隱帝年少孱弱，任用小人，而邠為大臣，與將相交惡，知其必亂，乃去邠東歸。 Bin feuded with Wang Zhang, Shi Hongzhao, and others. Pu saw Han still new, the Hidden Emperor young and frail, petty men in power—and Bin, a chief minister, at war with the generals. He knew ruin was coming and left Bin for the east.

後李業等教隱帝誅權臣，邠與章、弘肇皆見殺，三家之客多及，而朴以故獨免。 Later Li Ye and others persuaded the Hidden Emperor to purge the powerful ministers. Bin, Zhang, and Hongzhao were killed; clients of all three houses fell with them—Pu alone was spared, having left in time.