Wiman (滿) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wiman as a named individual and ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wiman	滿	Wei Man
Title	King of Joseon	朝鮮王
Personal name	Wiman	滿	Wei Man
Native language name	Wiman	滿

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Value: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:115:s0001

Roles

Named Individual
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 孝惠、高后時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 195 · End: BC 180
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:115:s0006, shiji:115:s0008
Source Date: Text: 燕王盧綰反 · Western Year: BC 195
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:115:s0005

Family

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Ancestor of Ugeo (右渠)
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Parent of Son of Wiman
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Status: outer-vassal · Action: became · Label: outer vassal / 外臣
Explicit · shiji:115:s0006

Places and affiliations

Label: Joseon / 朝鮮 · Relation: ruled
Explicit · shiji:115:s0001, shiji:115:s0005
Label: Yan / 燕 · Relation: originated-from
Explicit · shiji:115:s0001
Place: Yan / 燕
Explicit · shiji:115:s0001
Place: Wanggeom / 王險 · Relation: capital-at
Explicit · shiji:115:s0005

Events and relationships

Kind: exile · Role: fugitive · Action: fled-east · Place: beyond the Pae River / 渡浿水
Explicit · shiji:115:s0005
Kind: political · Role: founder · Action: made-himself-king · Place: Wanggeom / 王險
Explicit · shiji:115:s0005
Kind: military · Role: conqueror · Action: subjugated-neighbors · Place: Zhendan and Lintun / 真番、臨屯
Explicit · shiji:115:s0008

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 115Treatise on Korea · 4 passages

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朝鮮王滿者，故燕人也。 Wiman, the king of Joseon, was originally a man of the state of Yan.

燕王盧綰反，入匈奴，滿亡命，聚黨千餘人，魋結蠻夷服而東走出塞，渡浿水，居秦故空地上下鄣，稍役屬真番、朝鮮蠻夷及故燕、齊亡命者王之，都王險。 When Lu Wan, the King of Yan, rose in rebellion and fled to the Xiongnu, Wiman went into exile. He gathered more than a thousand followers, tied up their hair in the fashion of the eastern barbarians, donned barbarian clothing, and fled east beyond the frontier passes. After crossing the Pae River, he settled in the abandoned Qin territories between the upper and lower fortifications, and gradually brought the barbarians of Zhendan and Joseon under his rule, along with refugees from the former states of Yan and Qi. He made himself their king and established his capital at Wanggeom.

會孝惠、高后時天下初定，遼東太守即約滿為外臣，保塞外蠻夷，無使盜邊； It happened that during the reigns of Emperor Hui and Empress Dowager Gao, when the empire had only just been pacified, the Governor of Liaodong made an agreement with Wiman to serve as an outer vassal. He was charged with keeping the barbarians beyond the frontier in check and preventing them from raiding the border.

以聞，上許之，以故滿得兵威財物侵降其旁小邑，真番、臨屯皆來服屬，方數千里。 When this arrangement was reported to the throne, the emperor approved it. Armed with this mandate, Wiman used his military power and wealth to invade and subjugate the smaller settlements around him. Before long, Zhendan and Lintun had all submitted to his authority, and his domain stretched over several thousand li.