Qin and Han · Aristocrat

Wang Wu 王武

Wáng Wǔ

Attested BC 74 - BC 49

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Wu was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Death

died while holding a marquisate
Directly stated · Book of Han 93, passage 91

Attested activity

BC 74 to BC 49 宣帝時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 93, passage 3

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Mother of Emperor Xuan (宣帝之母)
maternal uncle 舅 · Uncertain siblings · Through Mother of Emperor Xuan (宣帝之母)
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 93, passage 3
Sibling of Wang Wugu (王無故)
elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Book of Han 93, passage 3
Spouse of Father's Concubine of Wang Shang (王商父傅)
father's concubine 父傅
Directly stated · Book of Han 93, passage 99
Parent of Wang Shang (王商)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Han 93, passage 3

Career and standing

Marquis of Lechang 樂昌侯
Enfeoffed · Basis maternal uncle of Emperor Xuan
Directly stated · Book of Han 93, passages 3-4

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 93Volume 82: Wang Shang, Shi Dan and Fu Xi · 3 passages

商公武、武兄無故，皆以宣帝舅封。 Wang Shang's father was Wang Wu, and Wu's elder brother Wang Wugu; both received marquisates as maternal uncles of Emperor Xuan.

無故為平昌侯，武為樂昌侯。 Wugu was made Marquis of Pingchang, while Wu became Marquis of Lechang.

有詔長子安嗣爵爲樂昌侯，至長樂衛尉、光祿勳。 An edict ordered that his eldest son Wang An inherit the title as Marquis of Lechang; he later rose to Commandant of the Chang'le Palace Guard and Superintendent of the Imperial Household.