Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Wang Shuwen 王叔文

Attested AD 805 - AD 805

Passages: 6
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Wang Shuwen was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 805 程異附王叔文貶竄
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 236
AD 805 順宗前後
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 12
AD 805 順宗即位
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 215

Key source chapters

New Book of Tang, Chapter 175 Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai 4 passages
Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127 Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun 2 passages

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 215, 236

Events and relationships

Cheng Yi attached then was exiled
Political · Patron · With Cheng Yi (程異)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 236
Stripped authority
AD 805 順宗即位 · Political · Power holder · With Wang Shao (王紹)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 215
Relation Stripped authority of · Person Wang Shao (王紹)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 215

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 215

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun · 2 passages

順宗即位，王叔文始奪其權，拜兵部尚書，尋除檢校吏部尚書、東都留守。 When Emperor Shunzong came to the throne, Wang Shuwen stripped him of real authority. He was appointed Minister of Military Affairs, then shortly appointed Acting Minister of Personnel and Garrison Commander of the Eastern Capital.

初，程異附王叔文貶竄，巽知其吏才明辯，奏而用之，憲宗不違其請。 Cheng Yi had earlier been exiled for siding with Wang Shuwen, but Li Xun recognized his talent for clear, forceful administration and recommended him for office. Emperor Xianzong granted the request.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 4 passages

王叔文黨盛，雅不喜群，群亦悻悻不肯附。 Wang Shuwen's party was ascendant and had little regard for Qun; Qun in turn sullenly refused to join them.

群往見叔文曰：「事有不可知者。」 Qun went to Shuwen and said, "Some things cannot be foreseen."

叔文曰：「奈何？」 Shuwen asked, "What do you mean?"

叔文悚然，亦卒不用。 Shuwen was shaken, and in the end never used him.