Qin and Han · Aristocrat

Wang Xin 王信

Attested BC 143

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Xin was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 143 封王信為蓋侯
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 57, passage 226

Family

Sibling of Empress, sister of Wang Xin (皇后)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 57, passage 181

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 57House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang · 5 passages

竇太后曰：「皇后兄王信可侯也。」 Empress Dowager Dou said: "The empress's elder brother, Wang Xin, should be made a marquis."

信未得封也。」 Xin has not yet received an enfeoffment."

帝趣侯信也！」 Make haste and enfeoff Wang Xin!"

今信雖皇后兄，無功，侯之，非約也。」 Now, although Wang Xin is the empress's brother, he has no merit. To make him a marquis would violate the covenant."

死後，景帝乃封王信為蓋侯。 After his death, Emperor Jing enfeoffed Wang Xin as the Marquis of Gai.