Wang Qiu (王球) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Qiu was an official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Qianyu	倩玉	Qiànyù

Life and dates

Death

AD 441 元嘉十八年
Age Value: 49 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 144

Age

49
AD 441 元嘉十八年 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 144

Attested activity

AD 440 元嘉十七年
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 136
AD 441 元嘉十八年
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 144
AD 427 元嘉四年
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 118
AD 430 to AD 450 宋元嘉中
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 10, passage 49
AD 426 to AD 433 元嘉三年後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 73, passages 41, 58-59
AD 420 宋初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 58, passage 164

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AD 420 宋國初建
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 58, passage 116
AD 416 to AD 417 詣高祖／戲馬台
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 63, passage 60
AD 420 高祖受命
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 58, passage 117

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wang Huan (王奐)
adopted successor 出繼從祖 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 6
Kin of Wang Senglang (王僧朗)
paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 49, passages 4, 6
Kin of Wang Huan (王奐)
grand-nephew 從孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 146
Kin of Wang Tanshou (王曇首)
younger paternal cousin 從弟 · paternal line · Through Father of Wang Hong and Wang Tanshou (王弘父), Father of Wang Qiu (王球父)
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 60
Parent of Brother of Wang Qiu (王球兄)
brother 兄
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 58, passage 128
Sibling of Brother of Wang Qiu (王球兄)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 58, passage 128
Kin of Wang Hong (王弘)
elder clan cousin 從兄 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 119
Child of Wang Mi (王謐)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 112
Child of Father of Wang Qiu (王球父)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 63, passage 60
Kin of Wang Lü (王履)
nephew 兄子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 128
Kin of Wang Hui (王惠)
younger paternal cousin 從弟 · paternal line
paternal cousin 從父弟 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 11, 111

Kinship Role sons · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 146

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Steward of the Heir Apparent's Household 太子詹事
AD 440 元嘉十七年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 136
Administrator of Yixing 義興太守
AD 427 元嘉四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 118
Gentleman of the Palace Suite to the heir apparent 世子中舍人
AD 420 宋國初建 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 116
Acting Military Assistant to the Grand Marshal of Langya 琅邪王大司馬行參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 115
Advising Military Assistant 諮議參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 117
Champion General 冠軍將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 120

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chief clerk 主簿
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 115
Commander of the Heir Apparent's Right Guard 太子右衛率
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 119
Director of the Imperial Secretariat 中書令
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 120
Director of the Masters of Writing for Personnel 吏部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 121
Friend to the Prince of Yidu 宜都王友
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 117, 164
General Who Proclaims Might 宣威將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 119
Household Grandee of the Luminous Hall 光祿大夫
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 127
Merit Officer of the Central Army 中軍功曹
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 115
Minister of Personnel 吏部尚書
Appointed · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Chu Yuan (褚淵)
Directly stated · nanqishu:032:s0139h
Palace Attendant 侍中
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 120
Preceptor to the Prince of Luling 廬陵王師
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 127
Senior Arbiter of his home province 本州大中正
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 120
Vice Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書僕射
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 137
Assistant Gentleman of the Masters of Writing 著作佐郎
Declined
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 114
Secretariat Director 中書令
AD 420 to AD 479 宋 · Held · Polity Id liu-song
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 49, passage 6
Attendant-in-Ordinary 侍中
Held · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Chu Yuan (褚淵)
Directly stated · nanqishu:032:s0139h
Director of the Secretariat 中書令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 73, passage 58
Secretariat Director 中書令
Held · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Chu Yuan (褚淵)
Directly stated · nanqishu:032:s0139h
Household Grandee of the Luminous Hall with golden seal and purple ribbon 金紫光祿大夫
Posthumously appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 145
Palace Cadet 散騎常侍
Posthumously appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 145
Special Advancement 特進
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 145

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 116-117; nanqishu:032:s0139h
At Langya Linyi 琅邪臨沂
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 111

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Wang Lü (王履)
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 132-133

Events and relationships

Called on Gaozu with Tanshou
AD 416 to AD 417 詣高祖／戲馬台 · Audience · Visitor · With Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 60
Spared
Political · Protector · With Wang Lü (王履)
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 135
Relation Close friend and supporter of · Person Yan Yanzhi (顏延之)
Directly stated · Book of Song 73, passages 58-59
Relation Friend of · Person Yan Yanzhi (顏延之)
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 124
Relation Marriage connected to · Person Yin Jingren (殷景仁)
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 123
Relation Marriage connected to · Person Liu Tan (劉湛)
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 123

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Qianyu—detached · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passage 151
foot ailment; long frail
Health
Directly stated · Book of Song 58, passages 126, 138