Ming · Eunuch

Wang Zhi 汪直

Wāng Zhí

Attested AD 1477 - AD 1483

Passages: 15
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Zhi was an eunuch.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1481 成化十七年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 14, passage 86
AD 1477 成化十三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 14, passage 19
AD 1483 成化十九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 14, passage 112
AD 1479 成化十五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 14, passage 56
AD 1482 成化十八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 14, passage 101
AD 1480 成化十六年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 14, passage 66

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AD 1478 成化十四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 14, passage 41

Career and standing

Army Supervisor 監軍
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 60
Director of the Western Depot 西廠提督
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 19
Palace Attendant 奉御
Demoted
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 119
Nanjing Imperial Horse Directorate 南京御馬監
Transferred
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 112
increased yearly stipend 加歲祿
Granted
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 61
Judged
Guilty
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 112

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demotion and punishment 謫
Suffered
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 119

Places and affiliations

Ming 明
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 14, passage 19
At Datong and Xuanfu 大同、宣府 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 59
At Liaodong 遼東 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 41
Organization Western Depot 西廠 · Relation Headed
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 19

Events and relationships

Arrested officials
Political · Arresting officer · With Wu Qing (武清), Yue Zhang (樂章), Jiang Zongwu (蔣宗武), Zhang Tinggang (張廷綱), Liu Fu (劉福)
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 20
Arrested
Political · Arresting officer · With Fang Xian (方賢)
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 21
Impeached
Political · Accuser · With Ma Wensheng (馬文升)
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passage 56

Assessments and attributes

Assessment misled the emperor; Western Depot abuses · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 14, passages 197-198

References in the histories

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History

15 passages

History of Ming, Chapter 14Volume 14 Annals 14: Xianzong 2 · 15 passages

己巳，置西廠，太監汪直提督官校刺事。 On jisi the Western Depot was set up, with the eunuch Wang Zhi directing palace agents to ferret out intelligence.

夏四月，汪直執郎中武清、樂章，太醫院院判蔣宗武，行人張廷綱，浙江布政使劉福下西廠獄。 In the fourth month of summer Wang Zhi seized Bureau Director Wu Qing, Music Master Yue Zhang, Court of Imperial Medicine Vice Director Jiang Zongwu, courier Zhang Tinggang, and Zhejiang administrative commissioner Liu Fu and jailed them in the Western Depot.

六月癸卯，太監汪直行遼東邊。 In the sixth month, on guimao, the eunuch Wang Zhi toured the Liaodong border.

五月壬戌，汪直劾侍郎馬文升，下文升獄，謫戍。 In the fifth month, on renxu, Wang Zhi denounced Vice Minister Ma Wensheng, who was jailed and exiled to the border.

秋七月癸酉，汪直行大同、宣府邊。 In the seventh month of autumn, on guiyou, Wang Zhi toured the Datong and Xuanfu borders.

冬十月丁亥，撫寧侯朱永為靖虜將軍，充總兵官，汪直監軍，禦伏當加。 In the tenth month of winter, on dinghai, Zhu Yong, Marquis of Funing, was made Pacifying the Barbarians General and supreme commander, with Wang Zhi as army supervisor, to repel Boladaci.

十二月辛未，論功封朱永保國公，加汪直歲祿，陞賞者二千六百餘人。 In the twelfth month, on xinwei, after a merit review Zhu Yong was enfeoffed Duke of Bao, Wang Zhi's yearly stipend was raised, and more than twenty-six hundred men were promoted or rewarded.

丁酉，保國公朱永為平虜將軍，充總兵官，王越提督軍務，汪直監軍，禦亦思馬因於延綏。 On dingyou Zhu Yong, Duke of Bao, was made Pacifying the Barbarians General and supreme commander, with Wang Yue directing operations and Wang Zhi supervising the army, to meet Isibayan on the Yan-Sui frontier.

丙寅，朱永、汪直、王越帥京軍禦之。 On bingyin Zhu Yong, Wang Zhi, and Wang Yue marched the metropolitan army to meet him.

五月己亥，汪直監督軍務，王越為平胡將軍，充總兵官，禦之。 In the fifth month, on jihai, Wang Zhi took charge of operations and Wang Yue was made Pacifying the Hu General and supreme commander to repel him.

甲午，命所在鎮守總兵、巡撫聽汪直、王越節制。 On jiawu all frontier supreme commanders and regional inspectors were ordered to take direction from Wang Zhi and Wang Yue.

六月壬寅，亦思馬因犯延綏，汪直、王越調兵禦敗之。 In the sixth month, on renyin, Yisimayin struck Yan-sui; Wang Zhi and Wang Yue raised troops to meet him and drove him off.

六月乙亥，汪直有罪，調南京御馬監。 In the sixth month, on yihai, Wang Zhi was judged guilty and reassigned to the Nanjing Imperial Horse Directorate.

壬申，謫汪直為奉御，其黨王越、戴縉等貶黜有差。 On renshen Wang Zhi was reduced to palace attendant, and his allies Wang Yue, Dai Jin, and others were punished and demoted according to their crimes.

顧以任用汪直，西廠橫恣，盜竊威柄，稔惡弄兵。 Yet because he employed Wang Zhi, the Western Depot ran rampant, stole imperial authority, and—grown wicked through long license—stirred up war at will.