Ancient China · Military Officer

Wang Zi 王子

Attested BC 700 - BC 650

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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Zi as a military officer and named individual. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Zi 王子 Wang Zi
Personal name Wang Zi 王子 Wáng Zǐ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Military Officer
  • Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 齊用王子 · Western Interval: Start: BC 700 · End: BC 650
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:025:s0012

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: appointee · Action: employed-by-Qi
    Explicit · shiji:025:s0012

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 25Treatise on the Pitch-Pipes · 1 passage
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自是之後，名士迭興，晉用咎犯，而齊用王子，吳用孫武，申明軍約，賞罰必信，卒伯諸侯，兼列邦土，雖不及三代之誥誓，然身寵君尊，當世顯揚，可不謂榮焉？ From this time onward, famous scholars alternately rose. Jin used Jiu Fan, Qi used Wang Zi, Wu used Sun Wu. They explained and clarified army covenants; rewards and punishments were trustworthy. Their troops became hegemons among the feudal lords, combining and listing the lands of the states. Though they did not reach the declarations and oaths of the Three Dynasties, nevertheless they themselves were favored, and their lords were honored; they were famous and raised up in the current age. Can this not be called glory?