Song, Liao, and Jin · Envoy and Official

Wang Lun 王倫

Attested AD 1138

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Lun was an envoy and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1138 八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 359, passage 184

Events and relationships

Returned from Jin
AD 1138 八年 · Diplomatic · Envoy
Directly stated · History of Song 359, passages 184-185

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 359Volume 359 Biographies 118: Li Gang 2 · 4 passages

八年，王倫使北還，綱聞之，上疏曰： In the eighth year Wang Lun returned from his northern mission. When Li Gang heard of it, he submitted a memorial, saying:

臣竊見朝廷遣王倫使金國，奉迎梓宮。 I understand the court dispatched Wang Lun as envoy to the Jin state to escort the imperial coffins home.

今倫之歸，與金使偕來，乃以「詔諭江南」為名，不著國號而曰「江南」，不雲「通問」而曰「詔諭」，此何禮也？ Now that Lun has returned alongside Jin envoys under the title "Imperial Edict Instructing Jiangnan" — using not our state's name but "Jiangnan," and not "diplomatic exchange" but "imperial edict instructing" — what kind of protocol is this?

今倫使事，初以奉迎梓宮為指，而金使之來，乃以詔諭江南為名。 Lun's mission was initially framed as escorting the coffins home, yet the Jin envoys who came did so under the title of "imperial edict instructing Jiangnan."