Five Dynasties · Official

Wang Shen 王伸

Attested AD 949 - AD 957

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Shen was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 949 乾祐二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 102, passage 146
AD 954 十二月己巳
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 103
AD 957 顯德四年五月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passages 33, 44

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Junior Mentor 太子中允
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 44
Left Remonstrance Aide 左補闕
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 103
suspended from office 停任
AD 954 十二月己巳 · Suspended · Reason falsifying land-registry matches while inspecting fields at Bozhou
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 103

Places and affiliations

Later Zhou 周
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 44
Polity Later Zhou 後周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 103
At Bozhou 亳州 · Relation Inspected
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 103

Works and attributed material

Great Zhou Penal Compendium 大周刑統
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passages 44, 63
Jin dynasty Veritable Records 晉朝實錄
Relation Compiler
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 102, passage 146

Events and relationships

Compiled new regulations
Administrative · Compiler
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passages 44, 51
Falsified registry matching during field inspection
Administrative · Inspector · At Bozhou 亳州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 103

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 103; Old History of the Five Dynasties 147, passage 44

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 102Volume 102 Book of Later Jin 4: Emperor Yin Annals 2 · 1 passage

詔史官賈緯、竇儼、王伸等修撰。 An edict ordered the historians Jia Wei, Dou Yan, Wang Shen, and others to compile them.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 113Volume 113 Book of Later Zhou 15: Taizu Annals 4 · 1 passage

己巳，左補闕王伸停任，坐檢田於亳州，虛憑紐配故也。 On jisi Left Remonstrance aide Wang Shen was suspended for falsifying land-registry matches during a field inspection at Bozhou.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 147Volume 147: Treatises 9 Punishment and Law · 1 passage

臣等商量，望準聖旨施行，仍差侍御史知雜事張湜、太子右庶子劇可久、殿中侍御史率汀、職方郎中鄧守中、倉部郎中王瑩、司封員外郎賈比、太常博士趙礪、國子博士李光贊、大理正蘇曉、太子中允王伸等一十人，編集新格，勒成部帙。 We have deliberated and ask to carry out the imperial will by assigning Attending Censor Zhang Chi, Right Vice Director of the Crown Prince's Household Ju Keyou, Palace Attending Censor Shuai Ting, Director Deng Shouzhong of the Bureau of Appointments, Director Wang Ying of the Bureau of Granaries, Vice Director Jia Bi of the Bureau of Seals, Erudite Zhao Li of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, Erudite Li Guangzan of the Directorate of Education, Senior Rectifier Su Xiao, Junior Mentor Wang Shen—ten men in all—to compile new regulations and bind them into fascicles.