Yuan · Red Turban General

Wang Shicheng 王士誠

Wáng Shìchéng

Attested AD 1357 - AD 1362

Passages: 6
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Wang Shicheng was a Red Turban General.

Life and dates

Death

Killed
Directly stated · History of Ming 122, passage 145

Attested activity

AD 1360 chapter dated context
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 207, passage 31
AD 1362 二十二年六月
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 122, passage 142
AD 1357 十七年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 122, passage 99

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Active in
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 207, passage 31

Events and relationships

Relation Subordinate of · Person Tian Feng (田豐)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 207, passage 31

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 122Volume 122 Biographies 10: · 5 passages

是年六月，福通帥眾攻汴梁，且分軍三道：關先生、破頭潘、馮長舅、沙劉二、王士誠趨晉、冀； That June, Futong led his forces against Bianliang and divided them into three columns: Master Guan, Potou Pan, Feng Changjiu, Shaliu Er, and Wang Shicheng marched on Shanxi and Hebei;

王士誠又躪晉、冀。 Wang Shicheng overran Shanxi and Hebei again.

而察罕既取汴梁，遂遣子擴廓討東平，脅降田豐、王士誠，乘勝定山東。 After Chaghan took Bianliang, he sent his son Köke Temür against Dongping, forced Tian Feng and Wang Shicheng to submit, and pacified Shandong in the wake of victory.

二十二年六月，豐、士誠乘閑刺殺察罕，入益都。 In the sixth month of year 22 (1362), Feng and Shicheng assassinated Chaghan when his guard was down and entered Yidu.

元兵急攻益都，穴地道以入，殺豐、士城，而械送猱頭于京師，林兒勢大窘。 Yuan forces stormed Yidu, tunneled into the city, killed Feng and Shicheng, and sent Yaotou in chains to the capital; Lin'er's position collapsed.

History of Yuan, Chapter 207Volume 207 Biographies 94: Rebellious Ministers · 1 passage

七月，擊銑田豐偽將王士誠於臺州。 In the seventh month he attacked Wang Shicheng, a rebel general of Tian Feng, at Taizhou.