Wang Zongbi (王宗弼)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Zongbi as a family member, general, military officer, and royal family member. This record brings together 8 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Zongbi	王宗弼	Wang Zongbi
Personal name	Wang Zongbi	王宗弼	Wang Zongbi
Descriptive kinship	Younger brother of Wang Yan	王衍弟宗弼
Given name	Zongbi	宗弼	Zongbi
Given	Zongbi	宗弼	Zongbi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:057:s0137, jiuwudaishi:074:s0012, xinwudaishi:044:s0120

Roles

Family Member
General
Military Officer
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Place: Chengdu marketplace / 市 · Manner: executed for disloyalty · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 是歲 · Western Year: AD 925
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:057:s0147

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 925
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0120
Source Date: Text: 同光三年 · Western Year: AD 925
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:074:s0012
Source Date: Text: 王宗弼 · Western Year: AD 925
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:057:s0137

Family

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Child of Wang Jian (王建)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Parent of Wang Chengbian (王承班)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Wang Yan (王衍)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: surrendered · Label: surrendered Shu / 以蜀降
Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0120

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Book of Later Tang 33: Biographies 9: Gao Chongtao · 6 passages

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及六軍使王宗弼歸款，行賂先招討府。 When Wang Zongbi, commander of the Six Armies, came over to the Tang side, he sent bribes first to the Pacification Commissioner's headquarters.

王衍以成都降，崇韜居王宗弼之第。 When Wang Yan surrendered Chengdu, Guo Chongtao took up residence in Wang Zongbi's mansion.

宗弼選王衍之妓妾珍玩以奉崇韜，求為蜀帥，崇韜許之。 Zongbi selected Wang Yan's courtesans and treasures to present to Guo Chongtao and asked to be made governor of Shu; Chongtao agreed.

〈（《九國誌·王宗弼傳》：宗弼送款於魏王，乃還成都，盡輦內藏之寶貨，歸於其家。 (Biography of Wang Zongbi in the Jiuguo Zhi: After Zongbi submitted allegiance to the Prince of Wei, he returned to Chengdu and carted off all the treasures of the inner treasury to his own house.

魏王遣使征犒軍錢數千萬，宗弼輒靳之，魏王甚怒。 The Prince of Wei sent envoys to levy several tens of millions in cash to reward the army, but Zongbi repeatedly refused, and the prince was furious.

魏王入城，翌日，數其不忠之罪，並其子斬之於市。）〉 The day after the prince entered the city, he enumerated Zongbi's crimes of disloyalty and executed him and his son in the marketplace.)〉

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 74Volume 74 Book of Later Tang 50: Biographies 126: Kang Yanxiao, Zhu Shouyin, Yang Li, Dou Tingwan, Zhang Qianzhao, Yang Yanwen · 1 passage

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偽蜀六軍使王宗弼令人持牛酒幣馬歸款。 Wang Zongbi, commander of the Six Armies of the Shu regime, sent envoys with cattle, wine, silks, and horses to offer surrender.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Miscellaneous Biographies 24: Liu Zhijun, Ding Hui, He Delun, Yan Bao, Kang Yanxiao · 1 passage

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衍弟宗弼果以蜀降。 Yan’s brother Zongbi surrendered Shu.