Wang Hong (王弘) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Hong was a general and Governor.

Life and dates

Death

AD 432 九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 63, passage 146

Attested activity

AD 424 to AD 437 元嘉十四年
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 92, passages 139, 141
AD 426 元嘉三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 63, passage 289
AD 432 九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 63, passage 146
AD 420 to AD 432 太保弘
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 63, passage 2
AD 420 to AD 431 太保王弘稱其清身潔己
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 66, passages 112-113
AD 424 to AD 430 太祖即位後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 63, passages 96, 102, 104

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AD 424 to AD 432 府公王弘甚知之
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passage 92
AD 424 to AD 432 文帝時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 76, passage 6
AD 424 景平二年夏五月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 4, passage 43
AD 422 永初三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 3, passage 152
AD 424 to AD 427 王弘輔政
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 63, passage 269
AD 379 to AD 432 王弘輔政
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 69, passage 31
AD 420 to AD 432 王微，字景玄，琅邪臨沂人，太保弘
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 89
AD 416 to AD 417 詣高祖／戲馬台
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 63, passage 65
AD 420 高祖受命
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 58, passage 2

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Wang Sengqian (王僧虔)
father's elder brother 伯父 · paternal line · Through Wang Tanshou (王曇首)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 5
Kin of Wang Wei (王微)
brother's son / nephew 弟子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 89
Child of Wang Xun (王珣)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 4-5
Kin of Yuan Shu (袁淑)
uncle-by-marriage 姑夫 · Through Aunt of Yuan Shu
Directly stated · Book of Song 70, passage 4
Kin of Wang Hui (王惠)
distant paternal cousin 從祖弟 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 2
Sibling of Wang Tanshou (王曇首)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings · paternal line
father's elder brother 伯父 · Full siblings · paternal line
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Sources vary in certainty · Book of Song 63, passages 56, 96, 269; Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 5, 7
Kin of Wang Qiu (王球)
elder clan cousin 從兄 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 119
Child of Father of Wang Hong and Wang Tanshou (王弘父)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 63, passage 56
Parent of Wang Sengda (王僧達)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 8
Spouse of Aunt of Yuan Shu
wife 妻
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 70, passage 4
Sibling of Wang Ru (王孺)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 62, passages 89-90
Kin of Wang Hua (王華)
younger paternal cousin 從祖弟 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 2

Key source chapters

Career and standing

chief minister 宰輔
AD 424 to AD 453 宋元嘉世
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 5
General of the Guards 衞將軍
Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Song 3, passage 152
Steward 司徒
AD 426 元嘉三年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 289
Grand Tutor 太保
AD 424 to AD 453 宋元嘉世 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 5
governor of Yangzhou 揚州刺史
AD 424 to AD 430 太祖即位後 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passages 96, 100, 102
head of the secretariat 錄尚書事
AD 424 to AD 430 太祖即位後 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 96

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Inspector of Jiangzhou 江州刺史
AD 424 景平二年夏五月 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 4, passage 43
General of the Guard 衛將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 139
Grand Tutor 太保
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passages 2, 56; Book of Song 66, passage 112
in charge of Jiangzhou 為江州
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 181
Regent 輔政
Served as
Directly stated · Book of Song 69, passage 31
Illness · long illness; repeatedly asked to resign
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passages 100, 102-103

Places and affiliations

AD 424 to AD 453 宋元嘉世
Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 5
Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 92; Book of Song 63, passages 96, 269; Book of Song 66, passage 112; Book of Song 92, passage 139
Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 63, passages 2, 146
At Linyi in Langye 琅邪臨沂
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 63, passage 56
AD 424 to AD 430 太祖即位後
At Yangzhou 揚州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 96
At Jiangzhou 江州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 181

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 6, 9
Speech · Speaker · Quote Status quoted
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 66
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 92

Events and relationships

Came to court
AD 424 景平二年夏五月 · Political · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Song 4, passage 43
Entered secretariat lower offices
AD 426 元嘉三年 · Political · Regent
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 289
Requested resignation
AD 424 to AD 430 太祖即位後 · Political · Subject · Negated Outcome not permitted
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 102
Relation Patron of · Person Ruan Changzhi (阮長之)
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 181
Relation Assisted in government with · Person Emperor Wen (太祖)
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 269

Assessments and attributes

Assessment praised He Shudu's purity · With He Shudu (何叔度) · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Wang Hong (王弘)
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 112
Assessment this boy will surely become the clan's elder · With Wang Sengqian (王僧虔) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wang Hong (王弘)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 9