Ming · Official

Wang Shangxian 王尚賢

Wáng Shàngxián

Attested AD 1368 - AD 1398

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Shangxian was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1368 to AD 1398 明初（與常遇春、徐達等同時之洪武朝事）
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 140, passage 316

Career and standing

assistant magistrate of Ningyuan 寧遠尉
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 140, passage 316
administrative commissioner of Guangxi 廣西參政
Promoted
Directly stated · History of Ming 140, passage 316

Places and affiliations

Ming 明
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 140, passage 316

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 28: Wei Guan, Tao Houzhong, Liu Shihuan, Wang Zongxian, Lu Wensui, Wang Guan, Dao Tong, Lu Xi, Qing Wensheng · 1 passage

其自下僚不次擢用者，寧遠尉王尚賢為廣西參政，祥符丞鄒俊為大理卿，靜寧州判元善為僉都御史，芝陽令李行素為刑部侍郎。 Among those promoted out of turn from junior posts: Wang Shangxian, assistant magistrate of Ningyuan, became administrative commissioner of Guangxi; Zou Jun, assistant magistrate of Xiangfu, became minister of the Court of Judicial Review; Yuan Shan, judge of Jingning, became censor-in-chief; and Li Xingsu, magistrate of Zhiyang, became vice minister of justice.