Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Eastern Jin Director

Wang Dao 王導

Attested AD 317 - AD 420

Passages: 6
Chapters: 6
Histories: 4

Overview

Wang Dao was an Eastern Jin Director.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 317 to AD 339 晉
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 7, passage 71
AD 317 to AD 420 晉
Directly stated · Book of Liang 16, passage 3
AD 317 to AD 339 晉世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 38
AD 317 to AD 339 東晉
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 76, passage 6
AD 317 to AD 333 王司徒
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 108, passage 133

Family

Ancestor of Wang Liang (王亮)
sixth-generation descendant 六世孫 · paternal line · 6 generations
Directly stated · Book of Liang 16, passage 3

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Minister of Education 司徒
AD 317 to AD 339 晉世 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 38
Chancellor 丞相
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 71; Book of Song 3, passage 43

Assessments and attributes

Item granted fields later held by Wang Qian 賜田 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 7, passage 71

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 38

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 108Volume 108 Records 8: Murong Hui · 1 passage

王司徒清虛寡欲，善於全己，昔曹參亦綜此道，著畫一之稱也。 He praised Wang Dao's quiet survival craft.

Book of Liang, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses · 1 passage

時高祖於鐘山造大愛敬寺，騫舊墅在寺側，有良田八十餘頃，卽晉丞相王導賜田也。 Gaozu was building the Great Temple of Filial Reverence on Zhong Mountain; Qian's old villa lay beside it, with more than eighty qing of fine fields—the very grant of Jin chancellor Wang Dao.

Book of Liang, Chapter 16Volume 16: Wang Liang; Zhang Ji; Wang Ying · 1 passage

王亮字奉叔，琅邪臨沂人，晉丞相導之六世孫也。 Wang Liang, styled Fengshu, came from Linyi in Langye—a sixth-generation descendant of Jin Chancellor Dao.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 16Volume 16 Treatises 8: Official Posts · 1 passage

晉世王導爲司徒，右長史干寶撰立官府，《職儀》已具。 Under Jin, Wang Dao was Minister of Education; his right senior recorder Gan Bao drew up the office establishment—the Protocols of Office already cover it.

Book of Song, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wu 3 · 1 passage

始安公封荔浦縣侯，長沙公封醴陵縣侯，康樂公可即封縣侯，各五百戶：以奉晉故丞相王導、太傅謝安、大將軍溫嶠、大司馬陶侃、車騎將軍謝玄之祀。 the Duke of Shi'an enfeoffed as Marquis of Lipu County, the Duke of Changsha as Marquis of Liling County, the Duke of Kangle immediately enfeoffed as county marquis, each with five hundred households—to maintain the sacrifices to former Jin Chancellor Wang Dao, Grand Tutor Xie An, Grand General Wen Qiao, Grand Marshal Tao Kan, and Cavalry General Xie Xuan.

Book of Song, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 36: Zhu Xiuzhi, Zong Que, Wang Xuanmo · 1 passage

脩之自州主簿遷司徒從事中郎，文帝謂曰：「卿曾祖昔為王導丞相中郎，卿今又為王弘中郎，可謂不忝爾祖矣。」 Xiuzhi advanced from provincial chief clerk to Attendant Gentleman under the Minister over the Masses (Situ). Emperor Wen told him, "Your great-grandfather once served as a director in Chancellor Wang Dao's secretariat, and you now hold the same post under Wang Hong—you have not disgraced your forebears."