Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official, Diplomat, and Writer

Wang Hong 王紘

Attested AD 539 - AD 574

Passages: 17
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Hong was an official, Diplomat, and Writer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Shiluo	師羅	Shiluo
Alternate name	Wang Shiluo	王師羅	Wang Shiluo

Life and dates

Death

died 卒
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 213

Age

13
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 174
15
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 181

Attested activity

AD 560 乾明元年
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 198
AD 550 天保初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 187
AD 565 天統元年
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 201
AD 574 武平五年
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 206
AD 570 武平初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 202
AD 564 河清三年
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 200

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AD 560 皇建元年
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 199
AD 539 to AD 542 興和中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 185

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Wang Ji (王基)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 160

Career and standing

chief of a minor tribal division 小部酋帥
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 159
palace attendant 侍中
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 212
Baron of Pingchun County 平春縣男
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 186

Places and affiliations

At Dina in Tai'an 太安狄那
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 159

Learning and skills

Skill mounted archery 善騎射
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 172

Works and attributed material

Mirrors and Warnings 鑒誡
Relation Author · Chapters 24
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 214
Dialogue · Speaker · With Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi (文宣帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passages 189, 191
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passages 203-205
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passages 208-209

Events and relationships

Braved blades
Palace defense · Defender · With Wenxiang (文襄)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 186
Mission to Zhou
Diplomatic · Envoy
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 212

Assessments and attributes

Item famous horse 名馬 · Relation Bestowed · With Hou Jing (侯景)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 25, passage 184

References in the histories

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History

17 passages

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 25Volume 25 Biographies 17: Zhang Zuan; Zhang Liang; Zhang Yao; Zhang Qi; Xu Yuan; Wang Jun; Wang Hong · 17 passages

張纂張亮張耀趙起徐遠王峻王紘 Zhang Zuan; Zhang Liang; Zhang Yao; Zhao Qi; Xu Yuan; Wang Jun; Wang Hong

王纮，字師羅，太安狄那人也，為小部酋帥。 Wang Hong, styled Shiluo, was a native of Dina in Tai'an and was chief of a minor tribal division.

纮少好弓馬，善騎射，頗愛文學。 Hong from youth loved bow and horse and was skilled in mounted archery; he also delighted in letters.

纮曰：「公雖不驕，君子防未萌，亦願留意。」 Hong said, "Though you are not arrogant, a gentleman guards against what has not yet sprouted; I too hope you will take note."

纮進曰：「國家龍飛朔野，雄步中原，五帝異儀，三王殊制，掩衣左右，何足是非。」 Hong advanced and said, "Our state rose like a dragon in the northern wilds and strides heroically through the Central Plain; the Five Emperors had different institutions and the Three Kings different systems — whether the lapel is left or right is hardly worth arguing over."

世宗暴崩，纮冒刃捍禦，以忠節賜爵平春縣男，賚帛七百段、綾錦五十疋、錢三萬並金帶駿馬，仍除晉陽令。 When Gao Cheng died suddenly, Hong braved blades to ward off attack and for loyal fidelity was granted the rank baron of Pingchun county, given seven hundred bolts of cloth, fifty bolts of damask silk, thirty thousand cash, and a gold belt and fine horse, and was made magistrate of Jinyang.

纮對曰：「亦有大樂，亦有大苦。」 Hong replied, "There is also great joy and great bitterness."

纮曰：「長夜荒飲不寤，亡國破家，身死名滅，所謂大苦。」 Hong said, "Long nights of reckless drinking without waking — ruined state and shattered house, body dead and name extinguished: that is what is called great bitterness."

後責纮曰：「爾與紇奚舍樂同事我兄，舍樂死，爾何為不死？」 Later he reproached Hong: "You served my brother together with Hexi Shele; when Shele died, why did you not die?"

纮曰：「君亡臣死，自是常節，但賊豎力薄斫輕，故臣不死。」 Hong said, "When the lord perishes the minister dies — that is the constant rule; but the rebel brutes' blows were weak and their cuts light, so your servant did not die."

帝使燕子獻反縛纮，長廣王捉頭，帝手刃將下，纮曰：「楊遵彥、崔季舒逃走避難，位至僕射、尚書，冒死效命之士，反見屠戮，曠古未有此事。」 The emperor had Yan Zixian bind Hong in reverse, the Prince of Changgang seized his head, and the emperor was about to strike with his blade; Hong said, "Yang Zunyian and Cui Jishu fled to avoid disaster yet rose to vice director and minister; men who risked death in loyal service are instead slaughtered — never in antiquity was there such a thing."

帝投刃於地曰：「王師羅不得殺。」 The emperor cast his blade to the ground and said, "Wang Shiluo must not be killed."

乾明元年，昭帝作相，補中外府功曹參軍事。 In the first year of Qianming, when Emperor Xiaozhao was regent, Wang Hong was appointed merit staff officer in the inner and outer offices.

纮上言：「突厥與宇文男來女往，必當相與影響，南北寇邊。 Hong submitted a memorial: "The Turks and the Yuwen clan exchange sons and daughters in marriage and will surely act in concert; they will raid the borders north and south.

纮曰：「官軍頻經失利，人情騷動，若復興兵極武，出頓江淮，恐北狄西寇，乘我之弊，傾國而來，則世事去矣。 Hong said, "Our armies have repeatedly met defeat and popular feeling is unsettled. If we again raise troops to the utmost and march out to camp on the Huai and Jiang, I fear the northern Di will raid from the west and, seizing our weakness, come with the whole realm — then the cause is lost.

纮好著述，作《鑒誡》二十四篇，頗有文義。 Hong loved to write; he composed twenty-four chapters of "Mirrors and Warnings," with considerable literary meaning.

贊曰：纂、亮、耀、起，徐遠、纮、峻，奉日高升，淩風遠振。 Praise says: Zuan, Liang, Yao, Qi, Xu Yuan, Hong, Jun — they rose with the sun and shook the wind from afar.