[1]IdentityWang Sicheng was a political figure of the late Ming period, with his name and dynastic affiliation corroborated across the evidence.
CBDBWang Sicheng (281196)The name is Wang Sicheng and the associated dynasty is Ming.
Souyun王思誠 (124832)The profile and article identify Wang Sicheng as a political figure of the late Ming period.
WikidataWang Sicheng (Q45601743)The English name is Wang Sicheng, and the description identifies him as a person of the Ming dynasty.
[2]Hao and hometownHis hao was Ming Shi, and his hometown was Putai County in Jinan Prefecture, Shandong.
Souyun王思誠 (124832)The profile and article give his hao as Ming Shi and his home as Putai County in Jinan Prefecture, Shandong.
[3]Family backgroundHis grandfather, Wang Eryan, held the juren degree from the gengwu examination of the Longqing era, served as an instructor in Sui Prefecture, and was later promoted to magistrate of Daming County.
Souyun王思誠 (124832)The article gives Wang Eryan's juren qualification in the gengwu examination of the Longqing era and lists his posts as instructor of Sui Prefecture and magistrate of Daming County.
[4]Wang Xian and genealogyThe genealogical relationship between Wang Sicheng and Wang Xian is expressed by the terms zengsun and chongsun; Wang Xian passed the jinshi examination in the second year of Jingtai and ranked 36th in the second class.
CBDBWang Sicheng (281196)The kin entry associates Wang Xian with the two relationship terms zengsun and chongsun and gives the second-class, thirty-sixth-place examination page in the Jingtai second-year jinshi register.
[5]ExaminationsHe passed the Xin-you Shandong provincial examination in 1621, ranked 324th in the 1628 Wuchen metropolitan examination without sitting the palace examination, and passed the third-class jinshi examination in 1631.
Souyun王思誠 (124832)The article gives the Tianqi first-year provincial examination, the Chongzhen first-year metropolitan-examination rank and failure to sit the palace examination, and the Chongzhen fourth-year third-class jinshi degree; the profile also lists the juren and jinshi statuses.
[6]Official careerHe then served at the Court of Judicial Review in an observation capacity and, in the fifth year, was appointed judicial assistant in Datong Prefecture.
Souyun王思誠 (124832)The article lists his service at the Court of Judicial Review and his appointment as judicial assistant in Datong Prefecture in the fifth year; the profile also lists both offices.