Wang Boyan (汪伯彥) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Boyan was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1127 金人掠陝西
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 469, passage 6
AD 1127 to AD 1129 靖康、建炎間
Directly stated · History of Song 359, passages 221, 224

Key source chapters

History of Song, Chapter 469 Volume 469 Biographies 228: Eunuchs 4: Shao Chengzhang, Lan Gui Kanglu, Feng Yi, Zhang Quwei, Chen Yuan, Gan Bian, Wang Deqian, Guan Li, Dong Songchen 2 passages
History of Song, Chapter 359 Volume 359 Biographies 118: Li Gang 2 1 passage

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 359Volume 359 Biographies 118: Li Gang 2 · 1 passage

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然綱居相位僅七十日，其謀數不見用，獨于黃潛善、汪伯彥、秦檜之言，信而任之，恒若不及，何高宗之見，與人殊哉？ Yet Li Gang held the chancellorship for barely seventy days, and his counsels were repeatedly rejected — while Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan, and Qin Hui alone were trusted and entrusted as though there were no time to lose. How strange that Gaozong's vision differed so from ordinary men's!

History of Song, Chapter 469Volume 469 Biographies 228: Eunuchs 4: Shao Chengzhang, Lan Gui Kanglu, Feng Yi, Zhang Quwei, Chen Yuan, Gan Bian, Wang Deqian, Guan Li, Dong Songchen · 2 passages

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金人掠陝西、京東諸郡，群盜起山東，黃潛善、汪伯彥匿不以聞。 Jurchen forces overran Shaanxi and the eastern capital region; bandit armies sprang up across Shandong; yet Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan suppressed the reports and never told the emperor.

成章上疏條具潛善、伯彥之罪曰，必誤國，且申潛善等使聞之。 Chengzhang memorialized with a detailed bill of charges against Qianshan and Boyan, declaring they would ruin the dynasty, and even made sure the accused heard what he had written.