Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Wang Zhi 王植

Wáng Zhí

Attested AD 486 - AD 489

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Zhi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 486 永明四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 49, passages 40-41
AD 489
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 71

Key source chapters

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 49 Volume 49 Biographies 30: Wang Huan, Cong Dihui, Zhang Cong 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48 Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui 2 passages

Career and standing

registrar of household registers 校籍郎
AD 486 永明四年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 41
dismissal from office 免官
AD 486 永明四年 · Dismissed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 41

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · About Jin code commentaries compilation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passages 71-84

Events and relationships

Falsely invoked authority
AD 486 永明四年 · Legal · Offender · With Wang Huan (王奐)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 41
Relation Subordinate of · Person Kong Xiuzhi (孔琇之)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 41

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 2 passages

先是七年，尚書刪定郎王植撰定律章表奏之，曰：「臣尋《晉律》，文簡辭約，旨通大綱，事之所質，取斷難釋。 Earlier, in the seventh year, Wang Zhi, editing and fixing attendant of the imperial secretariat, drafted the statutes and submitted a memorial, saying: "Your servant has examined the 《Jin Code》: its text is spare and its language concise, its purport grasping the great outline, yet on the matters at issue judgments are hard to extract and apply.

使兼監臣宋躬、兼平臣王植等抄撰同異，定其去取。 He assigned the concurrent supervisor, your servant Song Gong, and the concurrent adjudicator, your servant Wang Zhi, and others to copy and compile similarities and differences and determine what to retain and what to discard.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 49Volume 49 Biographies 30: Wang Huan, Cong Dihui, Zhang Cong · 1 passage

校籍郎王植屬吏部郎孔琇之以校籍令史俞公喜求進署，矯稱奐意，植坐免官。 The registrar Wang Zhi, acting under Ministry of Personnel Gentleman Kong Xiuzhi, had registrar clerk Yu Gongxi seek a promotion while falsely invoking Huan's authority; Zhi was dismissed from office.