Qin and Han · Official and Statesman

Wang Lang 王朗

Wáng Lǎng

Attested AD 196 - AD 228

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Wang Lang was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 196 to AD 228 王朗所以發歎
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passage 156
AD 220 to AD 228 霸國之初基
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 5

Key source chapters

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 16 Volume 16 Treatises 8: Official Posts 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 91 Volume 85: Men of Letters: Yuan Yue, Pei Jingxian, Lu Guan, Feng Su, Xing Cang, Pei Bomao, Xing Xin 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Cao Wei 曹魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passage 156

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 5

Events and relationships

Sighed over boyu
Allusion · Witness · With Boyu (伯瑜) · Mode named-speech Speaker Li Jiang (李奬)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 156

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 5; Book of Wei 91, passage 156

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 16Volume 16 Treatises 8: Official Posts · 1 passage

王朗奏議，屬霸國之初基； Wang Lang's memorials date to the first laying of a hegemon's foundations;

Book of Wei, Chapter 91Volume 85: Men of Letters: Yuan Yue, Pei Jingxian, Lu Guan, Feng Su, Xing Cang, Pei Bomao, Xing Xin · 1 passage

吏部郎中李奬退表不許，曰：「昔伯瑜之不應留，王朗所以發歎，宜速遣赴，無踵彥雲前失。」 Li Jiang, Director of the Personnel Bureau, rejected the memorial and refused permission, saying, "Long ago when Boyu would not stay, Wang Lang sighed over it; he should be dispatched quickly and not repeat Yanyun's former mistake."