Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Vice Minister Wang 王侍郎

Wang Shilang

Attested AD 1264 - AD 1294

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Vice Minister Wang was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1264 to AD 1294 至元
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 103, passages 44, 151

Career and standing

Vice Minister 侍郎
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 103, passage 151

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 103, passages 44, 151

Assessments and attributes

A named extralegal interrogation implement forbidden by Yuan law
Item Vice Minister Wang's rope 王侍郎繩索 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · History of Yuan 103, passage 151

Source notes

Yuan law forbids using the torture method known as Wang Shilang's rope (王侍郎繩索) in interrogation
Directly stated · History of Yuan 103, passage 151

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 103Volume 103 Treatises 56: Punishment and Law 2 · 1 passage

諸鞫獄不能正其心，和其氣，感之以誠，動之以情，推之以理，輒施以大披掛及王侍郎繩索，並法外慘酷之刑者，悉禁止之。 In all interrogation, officials who fail to proceed with sincerity and reason but instead apply cruel extralegal torture such as the great hanging rack and Vice Minister Wang's rope—all such methods are forbidden.