Five Dynasties · Official

Wang Zhengyan 王正言

Attested AD 926

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Wang Zhengyan was an official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 46Volume 46 Miscellaneous Biographies 26: Zhao Zaili, Huo Yanwei, Fang Zhiwen, Wang Yanqiu, An Zhongba, Wang Jianli, Kang Fu, Guo Yanlu · 3 passages
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是時，興唐尹王正言年老病昏，聞在禮至，呼吏草奏，吏已奔散，正言猶不知，方據案大怒，左右告曰：「賊已市中殺人，吏民皆走，欲誰呼邪？」 The Xingtang prefect Wang Zhengyan was old, sick, and half out of his wits. Hearing Zaili was near, he called for a memorial draft; the clerks were already gone. He still did not know—he was shouting at his desk—when attendants said: “The rebels are killing in the streets. Everyone has run. Whom will you call?”