Five Dynasties · Ruler of Min

Wang Lin 王璘

First attested AD 926; died AD 935 to AD 936

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Lin was a ruler of Min.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Changed name	Yanjun	延鈞	Yánjūn
Alternate name	Lin	鏻	Lín

Life and dates

Death

AD 936 天福元年丙申
Killed · Mode named-source-report Source Work Yunli Tu 運歷圖
Textual variant · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 66
AD 935 清泰二年
Killed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passages 65-66

Attested activity

AD 926 天成元年歲在丙戌
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 65
AD 936 天福元年丙申
Textual variant · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 66
AD 935 清泰二年乙未
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passages 65-66

Career and standing

AD 926 天成元年
Killed predecessor and established himself
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 65

Places and affiliations

Min 閩
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passages 50, 65

Events and relationships

Changed era to Yonghe
AD 935 清泰二年 · Political · Actor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 66
Killed
AD 926 天成元年 · Political · Actor · With Wang Yanhan (王延翰)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 65

Source notes

Old History 12 years; Jiuguo Zhi 11; Min Wang Liezhuan and Jinian Tongpu 10
Field reign-length · Preferred 10 years
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passages 62-65
Yunli Tu writes 鏻 for 璘
Field personal-name-character · Witness Yunli Tu 運歷圖
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 66
From Yanjun 延鈞 · To Lin 璘
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 62

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71: Timeline for the Hereditary Houses of the Ten Kingdoms · 4 passages

王氏世次，曰潮、曰審知、曰延翰、曰璘、曰昶、曰曦、曰延政，凡七主。 The Wang clan succession runs: Chao, Shenzhi, Yanhan, Lin, Chang, Xi, and Yanzheng—seven rulers in all.

璘本名延鈞，《五代舊史》本傳云在位十二年。 Lin, whose original name was Yanjun: the biography in the Old History of the Five Dynasties says he reigned twelve years.

蓋璘以天成元年殺延翰自立，是歲丙戌，至清泰二年乙未，實十年而卒，與《閩王列傳》合，而《舊史》、《九國志》皆繆也。 Lin killed Yanhan and established himself in the first year of Tiancheng (the bingxu year) and died in the second year of Qingtai (the yimao year)—ten years in all, which agrees with the Min Wang Liezhuan; the Old History and the Jiuguo Zhi are mistaken.

璘以清泰二年改元永和，是歲見殺，而《舊史》、《九國志》、《運歷圖》皆無永和之號，又《運歷圖》書鏻見殺在天福元年丙申者，皆繆也。 Lin changed the era name to Yonghe in the second year of Qingtai and was killed that same year; yet the Old History, the Jiuguo Zhi, and the Yunli Tu all omit the Yonghe era name, and the Yunli Tu's claim that Lin was killed in the first year of Tianfu (the bingshen year) is likewise mistaken.