Overview
Wu Zhaoyi was an official and Scholar.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 934 to AD 961 後仕王蜀為宰相Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 31, 37
Career and standing
- chancellor 宰相AD 934 to AD 961 後仕王蜀為宰相 · Held · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Wang Zhongyan (王仲言) Source Work Whisk Records 揮麈錄Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 37
- DescribedPoor and lowly in early life · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Wang Zhongyan (王仲言) Source Work Whisk Records 揮麈錄Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 36
Places and affiliations
- Polity Shu 蜀 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 31, 37
Works and attributed material
- Wen Xuan 文選Relation Publisher · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Wang Zhongyan (王仲言) Source Work Whisk Records 揮麈錄Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 36-37
Events and relationships
- Requested block printing the Nine ClassicsScholarly · Petitioner · With Ruler of Shu (蜀主) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Miscellany of the Airi Studio citing the Comprehensive Mirror 愛日齋叢鈔引通鑒Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 31
- Spent a million in private funds to establish a teaching hallScholarly · Patron · Mode named-source-report Source Work Miscellany of the Airi Studio citing the Comprehensive Mirror 愛日齋叢鈔引通鑒Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 31
- Relation Served · Person Ruler of Shu (蜀主)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 31, 37
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment rose from poverty after being rebuffed when borrowing the Wen Xuan and later fulfilled a vow to print it · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Wang Zhongyan (王仲言) Source Work Whisk Records 揮麈錄Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passages 36-37
References in the histories
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