Overview
Wang Chang was an aristocrat.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Southern QiBook of Song
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 466 太宗泰始二年Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 52
- AD 475 後廢帝元徽三年Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 53
- AD 465 泰始元年Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 28-29
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Descendant of Wang Hua (王華)Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 28
- Kin of Wang Kun (王琨)collateral grandson 從孫 · paternal line · 2 generationsDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 29
- Child of Son of Wang Hua (王華子)heir 嗣息 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 28-29
- Child of Mother of Wang Chang (母)mother 母Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 52
- Child of Wang Dinghou (王定侯)son 子Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 52
- Sibling of Wang Tong (王佟)younger brother 小息 · Full siblings · paternal lineStrongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 28, 33
- Sibling of Wang Zhong (王終)younger brother 弟 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 52
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- the fief 國AD 479 齊受禪 · AbolishedDirectly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 54
- marquisate 封InheritedDirectly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 52
- marquisate 封AD 475 後廢帝元徽三年 · RestoredDirectly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 53
- Marquis of Xinjian 新建侯InheritedDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 28
- PunishedDirectly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 52
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id liu-song · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 28
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment drunkard with many faults · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 28
- Assessment will not reform; drunken and without restraint · Mode quotation Speaker Wang Kun (王琨)Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 29-30
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 28
References in the histories
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