Overview
Wang Ya was a Tang Statesman.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 835 甘露之難Cause Clan exterminated by eunuchs after failed plotDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 294
Attested activity
- AD 835 其後王涯判二使Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 54, passage 96
- AD 834 大和八年Directly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 133
- AD 834 大和八年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passage 254
- AD 805 to AD 820 憲宗時Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 188
- AD 835 甘露之難Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 178, passages 289, 294
Key source chapters
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 54 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 2 passages
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 44 Volume 44 Treatises 39: Selecting and Appointing Officials 1 1 passage
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 175 Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai 1 passage
- New Book of Tang, Chapter 178 Volume 178 Biographies 103: Liu Fen 1 passage
Career and standing
- Tea Monopoly Commissioner 榷茶使AD 835 其後王涯判二使 · CreatedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 96
- head of both commissions 判二使AD 835 其後王涯判二使 · HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 96
- chief minister 宰相AD 835 甘露之難 · HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 294
- Chief Minister 宰相HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 133
- Salt and Iron Commissioner 鹽鐵使HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 254
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passage 133; New Book of Tang 54, passages 96, 254
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 178, passage 294
Works and attributed material
- Speech · SpeakerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 44, passages 133-134
Events and relationships
- Established Feihu mintFiscal · Founder · At Weizhou 蔚州 · Outcome Yearly casting under 100000 stringsDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 254
- Moved tea trees to official fields and burned storesAD 835 其後王涯判二使 · Fiscal · CommissionerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 96
- Relation Predecessor of · Person Linghu Chu (令狐楚)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passages 96-97
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment provoked-widespread-resentment · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 96
Source notes
- Historicity historical
References in the histories
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