Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Writer

Wang Yun 王筠

First attested AD 502; died AD 535

Passages: 7
Chapters: 6
Histories: 2

Overview

Wang Yun was an official and Writer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Childhood name	Yang	養	Yǎng

Life and dates

Death

AD 535 大同元年
Killed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 235

Attested activity

AD 531 中大通三年五月
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passages 113-114
AD 535 大同元年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 27, passage 235
AD 520 to AD 549 梁
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 14
AD 502 to AD 557 梁
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 68
AD 502 to AD 519 梁初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 37, passage 6

Family

Kin of Xie Zhen (謝貞)
mother's brother 從舅 · maternal line · Through Lady Wang (王氏)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 68
Sibling of Lady Wang (王氏)
brother 兄 · Full siblings · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 32, passage 68

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Left Chief Clerk of the Minister of Education 司徒左長史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 114
Revenue Commissioner 度支尚書
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 14
Secretariat director 尚書
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 68

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 35, passage 147
At Langya 琅邪
Directly stated · Book of Chen 27, passage 14

Works and attributed material

funeral elegy for Crown Prince Zhaoming 哀冊文
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 114
Elegy · Author · With Crown Prince Zhaoming (昭明太子) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passages 115-208
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 68

Assessments and attributes

Assessment an old hand by nature · Mode quotation Speaker Emperor Jianwen (太宗)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 35, passage 147

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Liang 37, passage 7

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 27Volume 27: Jiang Zong; Yao Cha · 1 passage

尚書僕射范陽張纘，度支尚書琅邪王筠，都官尚書南陽劉之遴，並高才碩學，總時年少有名，纘等雅相推重，為忘年友會。 Vice director of the masters of writing Zhang Zuan of Fanyang, revenue commissioner Wang Yun of Langya, and discipline commissioner Liu Zhilin of Nanyang were all men of eminent talent and great learning. Zong at the time was young and already famed; Zuan and the rest warmly esteemed him, and they formed friendships across the generations.

Book of Chen, Chapter 32Volume 32: Filial Piety · 1 passage

八歲，嘗為春日閑居五言詩，從舅尚書王筠奇其有佳致，謂所親曰：「此兒方可大成，至如『風定花猶落』，乃追步惠連矣。」 At eight he once composed a five-character poem on spring days at leisure in retirement. His mother's brother, Secretariat director Wang Yun, marveled at its fine quality and told those close to him, "This boy can surely achieve great things. As for 'the wind has stilled yet flowers still fall'—that already follows in Hui Lian's steps."

Book of Liang, Chapter 8Volume 8: Crown Prince Zhaoming; Crown Prince Ai; Crown Prince Minhuai · 1 passage

詔司徒左長史王筠爲哀冊文曰： An edict charged Wang Yun, Left Chief Clerk of the Minister of Education, to compose the funeral elegy. It read:

Book of Liang, Chapter 27Volume 27: Lu Chui; Dao Qia; Ming Shanbin; Yin Jun · 1 passage

大同元年，遂結其門徒，殺廣晉令王筠，號上願元年，署置官屬。 In the first year of Datong he then rallied his disciples, killed the magistrate of Guangjin Wang Yun, proclaimed the era name Shangyuan, and appointed official staff.

Book of Liang, Chapter 35Volume 35: Xiao Zike; Xiao Zifan; Xiao Zixian; Xiao Ziyun · 1 passage

太宗與湘東王令曰：「王筠本自舊手，後進有蕭愷可稱，信爲才子。」 Emperor Jianwen wrote to the Prince of Xiangdong, "Wang Yun is an old hand by nature; among the rising generation Xiao Kai may be praised—truly a talented man."

Book of Liang, Chapter 37Volume 37: Xie Ju; He Jingrong · 2 passages

世人爲之語曰：「王有養、炬，謝有覽、舉。」 People said of them: “The Wangs have Yang and Ju; the Xies have Lan and Ju.”

養、炬，王筠、王泰小字也。 Yang and Ju were the childhood names of Wang Jun and Wang Tai.