Wife of Wang Yanzhang (王彥章妻)

Overview

Wife of Wang Yanzhang was a Family Member.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Female · Anonymous individuated

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Killed years after captivity
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 186

Attested activity

AD 915 乾化五年七月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 181, 184

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wang Yanzhang (王彥章)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 184

Career and standing

Entered
Captivity · At Jinyang 晉陽
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 185

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Book of Later Liang 21: Biographies 11: Pang Shigu, Huo Cun, Fu Daozhao, Xu Huaiyu, Guo Yan, Li Tangbin, Wang Qianyu, Liu Kangyi, Wang Yanzhang, He Delun · 4 passages

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七月，晉人攻陷澶州，彥章舉家陷沒。 In the seventh month the Jin took Chanzhou and Yanzhang's family was captured.

刺史王彥章在劉鄩營，晉人獲其妻子。）〉 Prefect Wang Yanzhang was in Liu Yun's camp; the Jin seized his wife and children.）〉

晉王遷其家於晉陽，待之甚厚，遣細人間行誘之，彥章即斬其使以絕之。 The Jin ruler sent his family to Jinyang and treated them well, then tried to win him by secret envoys; Yanzhang killed the messenger at once.

後數年，其家被害。 Years later his family was killed.