Mother of Wang Yan (王衍之母)

Overview

Mother of Wang Yan was a Mother of Wang Yan.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Female · Anonymous individuated

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 925
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 130
AD 923 to AD 926 同光中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 70, passage 118

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wang Yan (王衍)
mother 母
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 70, passage 118; New History of the Five Dynasties 26, passage 130

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70Volume 70 Book of Later Tang 46: Biographies 22: Yuan Xingqin, Xia Luqi, Yao Hong, Li Yan, Li Renju, Kang Sili, Zhang Jingda · 1 passage

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嚴聞之喜，即馳騎入益州，衍見嚴於母前，以母、妻為托。 Yan was delighted to hear it and rode at once into Yizhou. Wang Yan received him before his mother and entrusted his mother and wife to Yan's care.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 26Volume 26 Later Tang Biographies 6: Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Kong Qian, Zhang Yanlang, Li Yan, Li Renju, Mao Zhang · 1 passage

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衍見嚴，以妻母為托，即日以蜀降。 Wang Yan met Yan, entrusted wife and mother to his care, and that day Shu surrendered.