Overview
Wang Zhen was a Court Figure Honored Posthumously.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 1446 十一年Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 169, passage 141
- AD 1457 天順元年冬十月丁酉Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 60
- AD 1449 明年秋Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 46
- AD 1464 贊Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passage 187
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- eunuch director 太監HeldDirectly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 35
- Received posthumouslyAD 1457 天順元年冬十月丁酉 · Honor grant of sacrificial burial rites 賜祭葬Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 60
- extermination of clan sought 族誅AD 1449 土木後 · SoughtDirectly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 59
Places and affiliations
- Ming 明Relation ServedStrongly inferred · History of Ming 12, passage 187
- Polity Ming 明 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · History of Ming 12, passage 60
Events and relationships
- Monopolized power and opened breachPolitical · Power holder · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 187
- Relation Favorite of · Person Yingzong (英宗) · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passages 187-188
- Relation Patron of · Person Nai Heng (奈亨)Directly stated · History of Ming 169, passage 141
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment monopolized power and caused the emperor's exile · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 187
- AD 1457 天順元年冬十月丁酉Item shrine titled "Commending Loyalty" 旌忠祠 · Relation Commemorated by a shrine established for himDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 60
Source notes
- He was already dead when the court granted him sacrificial burial and a shrineAD 1457 天順元年冬十月丁酉 · Posthumous statusStrongly inferred · History of Ming 12, passage 60
References in the histories
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