Five Dynasties · jinshi candidate removed after re-examination

Wang Fen 王汾

Attested AD 955 - AD 956

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Fen was a jinshi candidate removed after re-examination.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 956 庚子
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 72, 75
AD 955 顯德二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 51

Key source chapters

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115 Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 118 Volume 118 Book of Later Zhou 20: Shizong Annals 5 1 passage

Career and standing

Previously suffered
Degree stripped
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 75

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Zhou 後周 · Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 75

Learning and skills

removed from the jinshi rolls for insufficient mastery and told to study further 以藝學未精勾落令再學
AD 955
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 51
Specially granted
AD 956 庚子 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 75

Assessments and attributes

Assessment compositions not quite refined · Mode named-speaker Speaker Shizong (世宗)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 75

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 75

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 · 1 passage

其嚴說、武允成、王汾、閭邱舜卿、任惟吉、周度、張慎徽、王翥、馬文、劉選、程浩然、李震等一十二人，藝學未精，並宜勾落，且令苦學，以俟再來。 Yan Shuo, Wu Yuncheng, Wang Fen, Lüqiu Shunqing, Ren Weiji, Zhou Du, Zhang Shenhui, Wang Zhu, Ma Wen, Liu Xuan, Cheng Haoran, and Li Zhen—the twelve of them—lack sufficient mastery; all shall be struck from the rolls and told to study hard and try again.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 118Volume 118 Book of Later Zhou 20: Shizong Annals 5 · 1 passage

王汾據其文辭，亦未精當，念以頃曾剝落，特與成名； Wang Fen's compositions were also not quite refined, but considering that he had recently been stripped of his degree, he is specially granted completion of the degree;