Wang Yanzhi 王延之

Other names

Family

• Descendant of Wang Jinghong (王敬弘)
  grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Wang Shengzhi (王昇之)
  Strongly inferred · Book of Song 66, passages 88, 94
• Descendant of Wang Yu (王裕)
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 152
• Kin of Liu Tan (劉湛)
  maternal nephew 外甥 · maternal line · Through Mother of Wang Yanzhi
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 177
• Child of Wang Canzhi (王粲之)
  adoptive father 出繼 · Adoptive parentage
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 154
• Child of Wang Shengzhi (王昇之)
  father 父 · paternal line
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 153; Book of Song 66, passage 94
• Child of Mother of Wang Yanzhi
  maternal nephew 外甥 · maternal line
  Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 177
• Parent of Wang Lunzhi (王倫之)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 192

• Kinship Role sons and nephews · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 191

Career and standing

• commissioner bearing the staff 使持節
  AD 479 三年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 175
• inspector of Jiangzhou 江州刺史
  AD 479 三年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 175
• pacifying south general 安南將軍
  AD 479 三年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 175
• supervisor of military affairs in Jiangzhou and Xincai and Jinxi of Yuzhou 都督江州豫州之新蔡晉熙二郡諸軍事
  AD 479 三年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 175
• chief equitable judge of his home province 本州大中正
  AD 482 四年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 183
• director of the Secretariat 中書令
  AD 482 四年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 183

Places and affiliations

• Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Associated with
  Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 2
• Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 176, 183, 186
• Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 152, 160, 163, 171-172; Book of Song 10, passages 58, 76, 113; Book of Song 66, passage 94
• At Linyi in Langye 琅邪臨沂
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 151
• AD 479 三年
  At Jiangzhou 江州 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 175, 182
• AD 479 昇明末
  At Jiangzhou 江州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 94

Learning and skills

• Recommended
  Credential Presented Scholar 秀才
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 157

Works and attributed material

• Letter · Addressee · With Taizu (太祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 181

Events and relationships

• Declined multiple early posts
  Political · Nominee
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 158
• Declined offices
  Career · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 166
• Declined provincial chief clerk
  Political · Nominee
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 156
• Refused protector general and Wuling magistrate
  Political · Nominee
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 159
• Remained neutral
  AD 477 to AD 479 太祖輔政 · Political · Neutral official · With Wang Sengqian (王僧虔)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 172-173
• Resented ranking
  Personal · Subject · With Ruan Tao (阮韜)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 179

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment approved for remaining neutral · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Taizu (太祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 174
• Assessment lived simply; famed austere Wang minister · Mode encomium
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 215
• Assessment ranked second after Ruan Tao · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Liu Tan (劉湛)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 178
• Assessment The two Wangs hold the beam level—they neither see you off nor come to meet you. · Mode popular-saying
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 173
• Assessment won early renown · Mode narrative
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 177
• silent and withdrawn from youth; kept clear of worldly affairs
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 155

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passages 2, 151; Book of Song 66, passage 94
• Household rule was severe: would not see sons or nephews without cause; even festival greetings required a fixed day in advance.
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 191
• In his province he took nothing beyond his salary; lived alone in his study; officials and commoners seldom saw him.
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 182
• Lived in austere poverty; dwelling leaked.
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 162
• When he left the prefecture and returned, his household possessions had not increased at all.
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 32, passage 165