Song, Liao, and Jin · Named Individual

Wang 王

Attested AD 1102

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang was a Named Individual.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Epithet	man from beyond the ordinary world	方外之士

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1102 崇甯元年
Directly stated · History of Song 80, passage 291

Places and affiliations

AD 1102 崇甯元年
At the capital 京師 · Relation Present at
Directly stated · History of Song 80, passage 291

Works and attributed material

unadorned book on the ji-heng mechanism 素書
AD 1102 崇甯元年 · Relation Transmitted
Directly stated · History of Song 80, passage 291

Events and relationships

Gave ji heng book
AD 1102 崇甯元年 · Encounter · Giver · With Wang Fu (王黼)
Directly stated · History of Song 80, passage 291

Source notes

Historicity uncertain
Directly stated · History of Song 80, passage 291

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 80Volume 80 Treatises 33: Measures and Calendar 13 · 1 passage

臣崇甯元年邂逅方外之士于京師，自雲王其姓，面出素書一，道璣衡之制甚詳。 In the first year of Chongning I met by chance at the capital a man from beyond the ordinary world who gave his surname as Wang and handed me an unadorned book describing the mechanism of the ji and heng in meticulous detail.