Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Aristocrat

Wang Lian 王練

Wáng Liàn

Attested AD 412

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Lian was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 412 義熙八年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 58, passage 59

Family

Betrothed to Princess Jinling (晉陵公主)
remarried to 改適 · Marriage
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 59

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 58Volume 58 Biographies 18: Wang Hui, Xie Hongwei, Wang Qiu · 1 passage

義熙八年，混以劉毅黨見誅，妻晉陵公主改適琅邪王練，公主雖執意不行，而詔其與謝氏離絕，公主以混家事委之弘微。 In the eighth year of Yixi, Hun was executed as a partisan of Liu Yi; his wife, Princess Jinling, was ordered to marry Wang Lian of Langya; though she refused, an edict severed her ties to the Xie clan, and she entrusted the household to Hongwei.