Wang Zongbi (王宗弼)

Overview

Wang Zongbi was a general and Official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 925 同光三年十一月
Executed · Authority Guo Chongtao (郭崇韜)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 167
AD 925 是歲
At Chengdu marketplace 市 · Executed for disloyalty
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 147

Attested activity

AD 925 三年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 120
AD 925 十一月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passages 132, 146, 149
AD 925 同光三年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 74, passage 12
AD 925 同光三年十一月
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 167
AD 925 同光三年蜀亡後
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passages 201, 204
AD 925 唐同光三年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 100, 113

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AD 925 王宗弼
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 137

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Wang Jian (王建)
son 子
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 44, passages 30, 120
Parent of Wang Chengbian (王承班)
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 145
Sibling of Zongwo (宗渥)
younger brother 弟 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 167
Sibling of Zongxun (宗訓)
younger brother 弟 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 167
Sibling of Wang Yan (王衍)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 120

clan exterminated
Kinship Role clan · Count 0
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 167

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Career and standing

controller of external appointments 總外任
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 100
acting western Shu army-and-horse retention commissioner 西川兵馬留後
Assumed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 146
commander of the Six Armies 六軍使
AD 925 唐同光三年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 100
Six Armies commissioner 六軍使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 146
Held
Leading Shu minister general
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 201

Places and affiliations

AD 925 唐同光三年
Polity Former Shu 前蜀 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 100, 113
Polity Former Shu 前蜀 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 201
Polity Former Shu 蜀 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 146

Works and attributed material

Nine States Institutes · Wang Zongbi Biography 九國誌·王宗弼傳
Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 149
AD 925 十一月
Report · Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passages 146-147

Events and relationships

Asked to retain Chongtao in Shu
Political · Petitioner · With Li Jiji (李繼岌)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 204
Moved Yan and his mother and wife to western palace
Political · Actor · With Wang Yan (王衍), Mother of Wang Yan, Wife of Wang Yan · At western palace 西宮 · Mode named-source-report Source Work Nine States Institutes · Wang Zongbi Biography 九國誌·王宗弼傳
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 150
Ordered to hold Mian Valley then submitted with three campaign commanders
Military · Defender then defector · With Prince of Wei (魏王) · At Mian Valley 綿穀 · Mode named-source-report Source Work Nine States Institutes · Wang Zongbi Biography 九國誌·王宗弼傳
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 149
Reported execution of plotters
AD 925 十一月 · Legal · Reporter · With Song Guangsi (宋光嗣), Jing Runcheng (景潤澄), Li Zhoulu (李周輅), Ouyang Huang (歐陽晃)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passages 132, 147
Reported Wang Yan relocation and assumed retention commission
AD 925 十一月 · Political · Reporter
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passages 132, 146
Returned to Chengdu beheaded Song Guangsi and others sent heads to Prince of Wei
Legal · Executor · With Song Guangsi (宋光嗣) · At Chengdu 成都 · Mode named-source-report Source Work Nine States Institutes · Wang Zongbi Biography 九國誌·王宗弼傳
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 150

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surrendered Shu 以蜀降
Political · Actor · Surrendered
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 120

Assessments and attributes

Assessment held military power, enriched his family, and ignored the people · Assessor Person Id Li Yan (李嚴) · Mode quotation Speaker Li Yan (李嚴)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 104
Assessment provisionally seized western Shu military authority · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 146
Item Shu treasures and entertainers 蜀寶貨、妓樂 · Relation Presented · With Guo Chongtao (郭崇韜)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 201

Source notes

Nine States Institutes reports Zongbi submitted with the three campaign commanders after Yan ordered their execution, then killed Song Guangsi and others and moved Yan's household
Field surrender-and-purge-sequence · Source Work Nine States Institutes · Wang Zongbi Biography 九國誌·王宗弼傳
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passages 149-150
Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 146; Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 100; New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 167

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 33Volume 33 Book of Later Tang 9: Zhuangzong Annals 7 · 2 passages

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偽六軍使王宗弼報，王衍舉家遷於西宅，宗弼權稱西川兵馬留後； The Shu Six Armies commissioner Wang Zongbi reported that Wang Yan had moved his household to the western residence and Zongbi styled himself acting western Shu army retention commissioner;

〈（《九國誌·王宗弼傳》：唐師陷鳳州，衍遣三招討屯三泉以拒唐師，未戰，三招討俱遁走，因令宗弼守綿穀而誅三招討，宗弼遂與三招討同送款於魏王。 (The 《Nine States Institutes · Wang Zongbi》 says when Tang took Feng, Yan sent three campaign commanders to Sanquan; before battle all three fled; Yan ordered Zongbi to hold Mian Valley and killed the three commanders; Zongbi then with them submitted to the Prince of Wei.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Book of Later Tang 33: Biographies 9: Gao Chongtao · 6 passages

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及六軍使王宗弼歸款，行賂先招討府。 When Wang Zongbi, commander of the Six Armies, came over to the Tang side, he sent bribes first to the Pacification Commissioner's headquarters.

王衍以成都降，崇韜居王宗弼之第。 When Wang Yan surrendered Chengdu, Guo Chongtao took up residence in Wang Zongbi's mansion.

宗弼選王衍之妓妾珍玩以奉崇韜，求為蜀帥，崇韜許之。 Zongbi selected Wang Yan's courtesans and treasures to present to Guo Chongtao and asked to be made governor of Shu; Chongtao agreed.

〈（《九國誌·王宗弼傳》：宗弼送款於魏王，乃還成都，盡輦內藏之寶貨，歸於其家。 (Biography of Wang Zongbi in the Jiuguo Zhi: After Zongbi submitted allegiance to the Prince of Wei, he returned to Chengdu and carted off all the treasures of the inner treasury to his own house.

魏王遣使征犒軍錢數千萬，宗弼輒靳之，魏王甚怒。 The Prince of Wei sent envoys to levy several tens of millions in cash to reward the army, but Zongbi repeatedly refused, and the prince was furious.

魏王入城，翌日，數其不忠之罪，並其子斬之於市。）〉 The day after the prince entered the city, he enumerated Zongbi's crimes of disloyalty and executed him and his son in the marketplace.)〉

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 74Volume 74 Book of Later Tang 50: Biographies 126: Kang Yanxiao, Zhu Shouyin, Yang Li, Dou Tingwan, Zhang Qianzhao, Yang Yanwen · 1 passage

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偽蜀六軍使王宗弼令人持牛酒幣馬歸款。 Wang Zongbi, commander of the Six Armies of the Shu regime, sent envoys with cattle, wine, silks, and horses to offer surrender.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 136Volume 136: Biographies of Usurpers 3: Wang Jian, Meng Zhixiang · 2 passages

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有王宗弼者，為六軍使，總外任； One Wang Zongbi served as commander of the Six Armies and controlled external appointments;

及嚴使還，奏莊宗曰：「王衍呆童耳，宗弼等總其兵柄，但益家財，不恤民事，君臣上下，惟務窮奢。 When Yan returned he reported to Emperor Zhuangzong: "Wang Yan is a foolish boy. Zongbi and the rest hold all military power, enriching their families while ignoring the people. From top to bottom the court cares only for extravagance.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 5Volume 5 Later Tang Annals 2: Zhuangzong 2 · 1 passage

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郭崇韜殺王宗弼及其弟宗渥、宗訓，滅其族。 Guo Chongtao put Wang Zongbi and his brothers Zongwo and Zongxun to death and wiped out their families.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 14Volume 14: Taizu of Later Tang's Family · 2 passages

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及破蜀，蜀之貴臣大將，自王宗弼已下，皆爭以蜀寶貨，妓樂奉崇韜父子，而魏王所得，匹馬、束帛、唾壺、麈柄而已； After Shu fell, its nobles showered Chongtao with treasures and entertainers; the Prince of Wei got only horses, silk, spittoons, and fly-whisks.

已而宗弼率蜀人見繼岌，請留崇韜鎮蜀，從襲等因言崇韜有異志，勸繼岌為備。 Zongbi asked Jiji to leave Chongtao in Shu; Congxi claimed treason and urged caution.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Miscellaneous Biographies 24: Liu Zhijun, Ding Hui, He Delun, Yan Bao, Kang Yanxiao · 1 passage

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衍弟宗弼果以蜀降。 Yan’s brother Zongbi surrendered Shu.