Wang Guan (王觀) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Guan was an official.

PeriodMing

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Shangbin	尚賓	Shangbin

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1368 to AD 1398 洪武間
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 140, passages 176, 179

Career and standing

prefect of Suzhou 知蘇州府
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Ming 140, passage 176

Places and affiliations

Ming 明
Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 140, passage 176
At Xiangfu 祥符
Directly stated · History of Ming 140, passage 174

Events and relationships

Beaten to death
Legal · Executor · With Qian Ying (錢英)
Directly stated · History of Ming 140, passage 178

Assessments and attributes

Assessment counted among Five Prefects of Gusu · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 140, passage 183

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 28: Wei Guan, Tao Houzhong, Liu Shihuan, Wang Zongxian, Lu Wensui, Wang Guan, Dao Tong, Lu Xi, Qing Wensheng · 5 passages

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王觀 Wang Guan

王觀，字尚賓，祥符人。 Wang Guan, whose style was Shangbin, came from Xiangfu.

黠吏錢英屢陷長官，觀捶殺之。 A crafty clerk named Qian Ying had repeatedly framed his superiors; Guan had him beaten to death.

觀置酒，延諸富人，勸貸貧民償，辭指誠懇，富人皆感動，逋賦以完。 Guan held a feast for the wealthy and urged them to lend money so the poor could pay their taxes. His appeal was so sincere that the rich were moved to comply, and the arrears were cleared.

守蘇者前有季亨、魏觀，後有姚善、況鐘，皆賢，稱「姑蘇五太守」，並祀學宮。 The worthy prefects of Suzhou included Ji Heng and Wei Guan in the early years and Yao Shan and Kuang Zhong later; with Guan they were known as the "Five Prefects of Gusu" and all were enshrined in the school temple.