Overview
Wang Zang was a scholar and Official.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- BC 139 後皆自殺Cause Suicide · SuicideDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 87
Attested activity
- BC 141 今上初即位Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 79
- BC 157 to BC 141 以事孝景帝為太子少傅Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 78
- BC 140 及今上即位Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 32
- BC 139 建元二年Directly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 33
- BC 139 建元二年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 31
- BC 139 後皆自殺Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 87
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Commandant of the Gentlemen of the Interior 郎中令BC 141 一歲中為郎中令 · AppointedDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 79
- palace guard 宿衛BC 141 今上初即位 · AssignedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 79
- Junior Tutor to the Heir Apparent 太子少傅BC 157 to BC 141 孝景帝 · HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 78
- Palace Commandant 郎中令HeldDirectly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 33
- Palace Steward 郎中令HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 31
- EnteredBC 157 to BC 141 免去 · DismissedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 78
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- punished over literary politics involving the Grand Empress Dowager 以文學獲罪皇太后PunishedDirectly stated · Book of Han 55, passage 33
- convicted for literary activities 以文學獲罪Convicted · SentencedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 103, passage 31
- turned over to judicial officials 下吏Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 87
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Han 漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 32
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 78-79
- At Lanling 蘭陵Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 78
Learning and skills
- Subject Odes 詩 · Teacher Person Id Master Shen (申公)Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 78, 81
- Skill Confucian learning 儒學 · Level distinguishedDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 32
Events and relationships
- Sought to establish Hall of LightDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 81
- Submitted memorialBC 141 今上初即位 · Political · OfficialDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 79
- Versed in confucian learningBC 140 及今上即位 · Political · ScholarDated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 32
- Relation Student of · Person Master Shen (申公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 81
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 32, 78
References in the histories
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