Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Scholar

Wang Shiru 王師儒

Wáng Shīrú

Attested AD 1079 - AD 1100

Passages: 7
Chapters: 5
Histories: 2

Overview

Wang Shiru was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1086 二年正月癸丑
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 24, passage 176
AD 1079 AD 1079-1084
Directly stated · History of Liao 98, passage 19
AD 1089 to AD 1090 使契丹
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 339, passage 172
AD 1084 十年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 24, passage 139
AD 1094 十年十二月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 25, passage 205
AD 1095 壽隆元年十一月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 26, passage 25

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AD 1100 壽隆六年十月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 26, passage 143

Key source chapters

Career and standing

associate privy commissioner 樞密副使
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Liao 26, passage 25
associate administrator of affairs 參知政事
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 26, passage 25
Attendant Reader Academician 侍讀學士
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 172
drafting edict commissioner 知制誥
Held
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passages 139, 176

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 176; History of Liao 26, passage 25; History of Song 339, passage 172

Learning and skills

Skill recitation of Song literary works 誦洵、軾之文及轍《茯苓賦》 · Level able
Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 172

Works and attributed material

national history 國史
Relation Supervised compilation
Directly stated · History of Liao 26, passage 143
Attribution Received the emperor's instruction to inform the Prince of Yan about Wuna's loyalty.
Directly stated · History of Liao 98, passages 19-20

Events and relationships

Lectured on Five Classics
Scholarly · Lecturer · With Zhao Xiaoyan (趙孝嚴)
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 176
Received Song envoy
Diplomatic · Host · With Zhe (轍)
Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 172
Recited works of Xun Shi and Zhe
Scholarly · Reciter · With Xun (洵), Shi (軾), Zhe (轍)
Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 172
Relation Tutor of · Person Emperor Tianzuo of Liao (遼天祚帝)
Directly stated · History of Liao 24, passage 139

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 172

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 24Volume 24 Annals 24: Daozong 4 · 2 passages

丁巳，命知制誥王師儒、牌印郎君耶律固傅導燕國王延禧。 On dingsi day drafting edict commissioner Wang Shiru and seal-and-tally langjun Yelü Gu were ordered to tutor Prince of Yan Yanxi.

癸丑，召權翰林學士趙孝嚴、知制誥王師儒等講《五經》大義。 On guichou day acting Hanlin academician Zhao Xiaoyan, drafting edict commissioner Wang Shiru, and others were summoned to lecture on the great meaning of the 《Five Classics》.

History of Liao, Chapter 25Volume 25 Annals 25: Daozong 5 · 1 passage

甲戌，以參知政事趙廷睦兼同知樞密院事，樞密副使王師儒參知政事兼同知樞密院事。 On jiaxu day Associate Administrator of Affairs Zhao Tingmu was also made associate administrator of Privy Council affairs; associate privy commissioner Wang Shiru Associate Administrator of Affairs and associate administrator of Privy Council affairs.

History of Liao, Chapter 26Volume 26 Annals 26: Daozong 6 · 2 passages

癸未，以參知政事王師儒為樞密副使，漢人行宮都部署趙孝嚴參知政事。 On guiwei day associate administrator of affairs Wang Shiru was made associate privy commissioner; Han mobile palace deployment director Zhao Xiaoyan associate administrator of affairs.

冬十月壬寅，以樞密副使王師儒監修國史。 On renyin day of the tenth winter month associate privy commissioner Wang Shiru supervised compilation of the national history.

History of Liao, Chapter 98Volume 98 Biographies 28: Xiao Wuna, Yelu Yan, Liu Shen, Yelu Hulu · 1 passage

上謂王師儒、耶律固等曰：「兀納忠純，雖狄仁傑輔唐，屋質立穆宗，無以過也。 The emperor told Wang Shiru, Yelu Gu, and others: "Wuna's loyalty is unstained. Not even Di Renjie's service to Tang, or Yelu Wuzhi's elevation of Muzong, exceeds what he has done.

History of Song, Chapter 339Volume 339 Biographies 98: Su Zhezu and Grandson: Yuanlao · 1 passage

使契丹，館客者侍讀學士王師儒能誦洵、軾之文及轍《茯苓賦》，恨不得見全集。 On mission to Khitan, his host Wang Shiru, Attendant Reader Academician, could recite Xun's and Shi's works and Zhe's "Fu on Poria," and lamented he could not see their full collected writings.