Ancient China · General

Wang She 王奢

Attested BC 300

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang She was a general.

Life and dates

Death

Suicide by throat cutting · At city wall 臨城
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 172

Attested activity

BC 300 王奢去齊之魏
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 172

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 2 passages

王奢去齊之魏，臨城自剄以卻齊而存魏。 Wang She left Qi for Wei, and when the city was besieged, he cut his own throat atop the walls to drive back Qi and save Wei.

夫王奢、樊於期非新於齊、秦而故於燕、魏也，所以去二國死兩君者，行合於志而慕義無窮也。 Wang She and Fan Yuqi were not strangers to Qi and Qin nor old friends of Yan and Wei. The reason they left their native states and died for foreign lords was that their conduct matched their convictions and their devotion to righteousness knew no bounds.