Wang Gui

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1. 1064 提舉在京諸司
2. 1071 參知政事
3. 1076 同中書門下平章事
4. 1082 尚書左僕射兼門下侍郎

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• 岐國公 封爵
• 文恭 諡號
• 禹玉 字

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• [財政官員]
• 入元祐黨籍者
• [宰執]

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1. [1] Identity and dates Wang Gui was a Northern Song official and writer who lived from 1019 to 1085.
   • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The main record gives the name Wang Gui, birth year 1019, death year 1085, and Song affiliation.
   • Souyun王珪 (28476)The profile identifies him as a Northern Song figure, while all three biographical entries give 1019–1085 and describe his political career and literary achievement.
   • WikidataWang Gui (Q16904070)The entity is labelled Wang Gui and described as a Chinese Song Dynasty politician; its date values are 1019 and 1085.
2. [2] Courtesy name, posthumous name, title, and origins Wang Gui was Yuyu, received the posthumous name Wengong, and was enfeoffed as the Duke of Qi; his place of origin and later residences are given in divergent forms.
   • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The alternate-name fields give Yuyu, Wengong, and Qiguogong, while the address fields give Huayang as an earlier residence, Lujiang as a moved-to residence, and Dongming as the basic ancestral address.
   • Souyun王珪 (28476)The profile and biographical entries give Yuyu as the courtesy name, Wengong as the posthumous name, identify him with Huayang in present-day Chengdu, and say that he moved to Kaifeng; one entry also gives the Qi title.
   • WikidataWang Gui (Q16904070)The Traditional Chinese aliases give Qiguogong, Wengong, and Yuyu.
3. [3] Family background Wang Gui's immediate family and paternal line ran through Wang Zhun, Wang Zhi, and Wang Yong, with Xue as his mother and Wang Guan, Wang Mou, Wang Tan, and Wang Han among his close paternal relatives.
   • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The kinship fields list his great-grandfather Wang Yong, grandfather Wang Zhi, father Wang Zhun, mother Xue, elder brother Wang Guan, younger brother Wang Mou, and paternal uncles Wang Tan and Wang Han.
4. [4] Marriage and children His wife was Zheng; named children include four sons, and the kinship data names Li Gefei and Zheng Juzhong as sons-in-law.
   • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The kinship fields list wife Zheng, sons Wang Zhongxiu, Wang Zhongduan, Wang Zhongyi, and Wang Zhongshan, and sons-in-law Li Gefei and Zheng Juzhong.
5. [5] Early career After passing the jinshi examination in 1042, Wang Gui served in Yangzhou and the Jixian Palace before holding senior drafting, Hanlin, Kaifeng, and reader-in-waiting posts.
   • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The examination field classifies him as a jinshi.
   • Souyun王珪 (28476)The two biographical entries give the 1042 jinshi degree, the Yangzhou appointment, direct service at the Jixian Palace, and the subsequent Salt and Iron, daily-record, drafting, reviewing, Hanlin, Kaifeng, and reader-in-waiting offices.
6. [6] Additional appointments His other listed offices included posts in the household, judicial, advisory, palace, and historiographical administrations, as well as supervision of the capital offices from 1064 to 1070.
   • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The appointment fields list the eight named offices and date the capital-office supervision from 1064 through 1070.
7. [7] Xining appointments After Shenzong's accession Wang Gui became Director of the Hanlin Academy; the start of his appointment as Vice Grand Councillor is dated either 1070 or 1071, and he became Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi and Grand Academician of the Jixian Palace in 1076.
   • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The appointment fields list Director of the Hanlin Academy, Vice Grand Councillor beginning in 1071, and Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi beginning in 1076.
   • Souyun王珪 (28476)The biographical entries describe the move to Director of the Hanlin Academy after Shenzong's accession, give 1070 for the Vice Grand Councillor appointment, and give 1076 for the promotion to Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi and Grand Academician of the Jixian Palace.
8. [8] Final offices and posthumous honors Wang Gui became Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs concurrently Chamberlain of the Menxia in 1082, was made Duke of Qi in 1085, and died in office that May at age sixty-seven with posthumous honors.
   • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The main record gives the death year 1085, the appointment field gives the 1082 office, and the alternate names give Duke of Qi and Wengong.
   • Souyun王珪 (28476)The biographical entries give the 1082 office, the 1085 Yuanfeng date and Qi enfeoffment, Zhezong's accession, and the May death in office at age sixty-seven with the Grand Preceptor title and Wengong posthumous name.
   • WikidataWang Gui (Q16904070)The date claim gives his death as 1085.
9. [9] Three reigns and political assessment Wang Gui served under Yingzong, Shenzong, and Zhezong, controlled internal and external drafting for eighteen years, and spent sixteen years in the senior offices from councillor to chancellor, while making few substantial initiatives in office.
   • Souyun王珪 (28476)The three biographical entries state that he served three reigns, held the internal and external drafting charge for eighteen years, produced many grand court documents, and spent sixteen years from councillor to chancellor while making few proposals in office.
10. [10] Recommendations and impeachment Wang Gui recommended Li Huizhi, Yu Chong, Wang Anguo, Kong Zonghan, Qiu Yuquan, Zhang Gongliang, and Huang Junyu, and was impeached by Sima Guang.
    • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The association fields give recommendation relationships with Li Huizhi, Yu Chong, Wang Anguo, Kong Zonghan, Qiu Yuquan, Zhang Gongliang, and Huang Junyu, and an impeachment relationship with Sima Guang.
11. [11] Yuanyou party register Wang Gui is also classified as having entered the Yuanyou party register.
    • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The status field says that he entered the Yuanyou party register.
12. [12] Literary achievement Wang Gui's writing helped him attain high office; his prose was grand and ornate, distinctive in style, and esteemed in literary circles.
    • Souyun王珪 (28476)The literary entries say that his writing brought him high office, describe his prose as grand and ornate with a style of its own, and say that literary circles praised it.
13. [13] Historical compilations Wang Gui supervised the compilation of the History of the Two Reigns and the State Institutions of the Dynasty, and the former was presented after completion.
    • Souyun王珪 (28476)The biographical entries name both compilations, state that he supervised them, and say that the History of the Two Reigns was presented after completion.
14. [14] Transmission of the collected works His original one-hundred-juan collection was lost; Qing editors reconstructed a sixty-juan Huayang ji with a ten-juan appendix from the Yongle dadian, and the Wuying Palace Juzhen edition reduced it to forty juan.
    • Souyun王珪 (28476)The poetry entry gives the lost one-hundred-juan collection and the later sixty-juan Huayang ji, ten-juan appendix, and forty-juan Wuying Palace Juzhen edition.
    • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The works fields list Huayang ji under Wang Gui's name.
15. [15] Poetry compilation The six poetry juan in the Juzhen edition served as the base text, were collated against the Wen-yuan Pavilion Complete Library edition, and were supplemented with poems outside the collection as a seventh juan.
    • Souyun王珪 (28476)The poetry entry specifies the six poetry juan, base edition, Wen-yuan Pavilion collation edition, and seventh juan of poems outside the collection.
16. [16] Additional works Other works associated with Wang Gui include the 120-juan Song History of the Two Reigns, the 15-juan Regulations of the Court of Reviewing Officials, and the 130-juan Regulations for the Capital Offices and Storehouses.
    • CBDBWang Gui (1845)The works fields list the 120-juan Song History of the Two Reigns, the 15-juan Regulations of the Court of Reviewing Officials, and the 130-juan Regulations for the Capital Offices and Storehouses as works for which he is the author.