Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Wang Zan 王贊

First attested AD 901; died AD 906

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Wang Zan was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

AD 906 是歲四月
Execution · At White Horse Station 白馬驛
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 5

Attested activity

AD 906 是歲四月
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 5
AD 901 to AD 903 行在
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passages 256-257

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Chancellor 宰相
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 256
Chancellor 宰相
Dismissed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 256
Vice Minister of War 兵部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 5
demoted without crime and executed 無罪貶…賜死
AD 906 是歲四月 · Executed · Authority Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 5

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 256

Assessments and attributes

Assessment not-fit-for-chancellorship · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Cui Yin (崔胤)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 256

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 183Volume 183 Biographies 108: Bi, Cui, Liu, Lu, Zheng, Zhu, Han · 2 passages

會逐王溥、陸扆，帝以王贊、趙崇為相，胤執贊、崇非宰相器，帝不得已而罷。 At that time Wang Pu and Lu Yi were driven out. The emperor appointed Wang Zan and Zhao Chong as chancellors, but Yin insisted that neither was fit for the chancellorship, and the emperor had no choice but to dismiss them.

贊、崇皆偓所薦為宰相者。 Both Zan and Chong were men Wo had recommended for the chancellorship.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 15: Zhan Wenyu, Yang She, Zhang Ce, Zhao Guangfeng, Xue Yiju, Su Xun · 1 passage

是歲四月，彗出西北，掃文昌、軒轅、天市，宰相柳璨希梁王旨，歸其譴於大臣，於是左僕射裴樞、獨孤損、右僕射崔遠、守太保致仕趙崇、兵部侍郎王贊、工部尚書王溥、吏部尚書陸扆皆以無罪貶，同日賜死於白馬驛。 That fourth month a comet swept the northwest heavens; Liu Can pleased Liang by blaming the ministers; Pei Shu, Dugu Sun, Cui Yuan, Zhao Chong, Wang Zan, Wang Pu, and Lu Yi were demoted without crime and executed the same day at White Horse Station.