Wen Tianxiang (文天祥)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wen Tianxiang as a diplomat, official, and scholar. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wen Tianxiang	文天祥	Wen Tianxiang
Given	Tianxiang	天祥
Personal name	Wen Tianxiang	文天祥	Wen Tianxiang
Personal	Wen Tianxiang	文天祥

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · songshi:469:s0172

Roles

Diplomat
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 景定四年 · Western Year: AD 1263
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:469:s0174
Source Date: Text: 景泰元年 · Western Year: AD 1450
Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:169:s0173
Source Date: Text: 開慶初 · Western Year: AD 1259
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:469:s0172

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author
Explicit · songshi:469:s0172

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 169Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi · 1 passage

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群臣既退，太監興安匍匐出呼曰：「若等固欲遣使，有文天祥、富弼其人乎？」 After the ministers withdrew the eunuch Xing An crawled out calling, "If you insist on envoys, are there men like Wen Tianxiang or Fu Bi among you?"

History of Song, Chapter 469Volume 469 Biographies 228: Eunuchs 4: Shao Chengzhang, Lan Gui Kanglu, Feng Yi, Zhang Quwei, Chen Yuan, Gan Bian, Wang Deqian, Guan Li, Dong Songchen · 2 passages

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宋臣讚帝遷幸寧海軍，簽判文天祥上疏乞誅宋臣，又不報。 Songchen urged the court to flee to Ninghai Army; signing clerk Wen Tianxiang begged for his execution—again ignored.

會天祥以著作佐郎兼獻景府教授，義不與宋臣聯事，上書求去，天祥出知瑞州。 Wen Tianxiang, professor of the Jingxian palace, refused to serve with him, resigned, and was sent out as prefect of Ruizhou.