Five Dynasties · Named Commoner

Wang Zhongzhao 王仲昭

Attested AD 939

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Zhongzhao was a Named Commoner.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 939 天福四年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 78, passage 108

Family

Kinship Role generations-coresident · Count 6
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 78, passage 108

Career and standing

righteous gate honors 旌表
Granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 78, passage 108

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 78Volume 78 Book of Later Jin 4: Gaozu Annals 4 · 2 passages

先有鄧州義門王仲昭六代同居，其旌表有廳事步欄，前列屏樹烏頭。 Earlier Wang Zhongzhao of the Righteous Gate at Deng Prefecture, six generations dwelling together, had been honored with a hall, corridor, balustrade, and in front a screen of trees and a crow's-head gate.

詔：「王仲昭正廳烏頭門等制，不載令文，又無敕命，既非故事，難黷大倫，宜從令式，只表門閭。 An edict declared: "Wang Zhongzhao's main hall, crow's-head gate, and similar features are not recorded in the statutes and were never ordered by imperial command. Since they are not precedent, they cannot be reconciled with proper ritual. Follow the statutes and formats and honor only the household gate.