Ming · Official

Wang Guoyong 王國用

Wáng Guóyòng

Attested AD 1391

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Guoyong was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1391 善長死之明年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 127, passage 101

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Ming Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · History of Ming 127, passages 101-113

Events and relationships

Defended li shanzhang posthumously
Political · Memorialist · With Li Shanchang (李善長)
Directly stated · History of Ming 127, passages 101, 114

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 127Volume 127 Biographies 15: Li Shanzhang, Wang Guangyang · 1 passage

善長死之明年，虞部郎中王國用上言：「善長與陛下同心，出萬死以取天下，勳臣第一，生封公，死封王，男尚公主，親戚拜官，人臣之分極矣。 In the year after Shanzhang died, Wang Guoyong, director in the Yu Bureau, submitted a memorial: "Shanzhang stood with Your Majesty in one purpose, risked death again and again to win the empire, and stood first among the founding ministers—duke in life, king in death, a son married to a princess, kinsmen raised to office. No subject could ask for more.