Wang Yan

TimelineCBDB

1. 1203 知某軍事
2. 1206 知某州軍州事
3. 1207 朝議大夫

Office recordsCBDB

FamilyCBDB

AliasesCBDB

• 晦仲 字
• 晦叔 字
• 雙溪 室名、別號

StatusCBDB

• 理學家
• [財政官員]

AssociationsCBDB

ExaminationsCBDB

WorksCBDB

Citations

1. [1] Name, dates, and identity Wang Yan lived from 1138 to 1218 and is identified as a Southern Song literary figure and a Neo-Confucian scholar.
   • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The person record gives the name Wang Yan, the years 1138 and 1218, the Song dynasty, and the status of Neo-Confucian scholar.
   • WikidataWang Yan (Q16903987)The item is labelled Wang Yan, describes him as a Song-dynasty person and Southern Song literary figure, and gives date statements for 1138 and 1218.
2. [2] Courtesy names, sobriquet, and native place Huizhong and Huishu are identified as courtesy names, Shuangxi as a studio name or sobriquet, and Wuyuan as the native place.
   • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The record classifies Huizhong and Huishu as courtesy names, Shuangxi as a studio name or sobriquet, and Wuyuan as the native place.
   • WikidataWang Yan (Q16903987)The English name list also gives Huishu, Huizhong, and Shuangxi as aliases.
3. [3] Examination The examination entry identifies him as a jinshi, without supplying a year or rank detail.
   • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The examination entry places him in the jinshi category, with the original value marked as general rather than tied to a specific year or rank.
4. [4] Offices and postings His offices included the 禮儀院, a prefectural-school professorship in 潭州, 右奉直大夫, and 知湖州.
   • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The office list gives the 禮儀院 and a school professorship at 潭州, the rank 右奉直大夫, and 知某州軍州事 at 湖州.
5. [5] Dated appointments He served as 知臨江軍 in 1203–1204, 知饒州 in 1206–1207, and held 朝議大夫 from 1207.
   • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The appointments are dated to 1203–1204 for 知臨江軍, 1206–1207 for 知饒州, and from 1207 for 朝議大夫.
6. [6] Additional status In addition to the Neo-Confucian category, the record carries the bracketed category 「財政官員」.
   • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The status list includes the original bracketed value 「[財政官員]」.
7. [7] Family and close kin 王愈 was a cousin of his grandfather, 王橐 was his father, and 王綱 was an older cousin.
   • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The kinship entries identify 王愈 as a 族祖父, 王橐 as the father, and 王綱 as a 從兄.
8. [8] Wife, son, nephew, and father’s death His wife was 汪氏, his son was 王恕, his nephew was 王彝卿, and 王橐 died in 1161; 汪氏 lived from 1150 to 1210.
   • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The kinship entries give the wife 汪氏 as 1150–1210, identify 王恕 as the son and 王彝卿 as a 從子 or nephew, and give Wang Tuo’s death year as 1161.
   • WikidataWang Yan (Q16903987)Separate relationship statements point to his father, spouse, and child items, corroborating those three kinds of family relationship.
9. [9] Later lineage 王偁 and 王儀 are identified as sixth-generation descendants or 昆孫, while 王埜翁 was a junior member of the same lineage and lived from 1240 to 1300.
   • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The kinship entries call 王偁 and 王儀 六世孫 or 昆孫, call 王埜翁 a junior member of the same lineage, and give his years as 1240–1300.
10. [10] Friendship and disciple Wang Yan had a close friendship with Zhu Xi and sent him letters; Peng Tunan was his disciple, with courtesy name Yunxiang, and was from Changsha.
    • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The association entries describe Zhu Xi as a close friend and record letters sent to him; they identify Peng Tunan as a disciple of Wang Yan, with the style name 雲翔 and native place 長沙.
11. [11] Prefaces for others’ books Wang Yan wrote prefaces for books by Lin Li, 王愈, 王橐, Wang Zhaode, 王綱, and 王彝卿.
    • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The association entries record prefaces written for books by 林栗, 王愈, 王橐, 王詔德, 王綱, and 王彝卿.
12. [12] Works and titles The titles associated with his writings include 雙溪集, 尚書小傳, 讀易筆記, and 易解.
    • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The works list contains the four titles 雙溪集, 尚書小傳, 讀易筆記, and 易解.
13. [13] Variant titles and authorship 尚書小傳, 易解, and 雙溪集 also appear with Wang Yan’s name appended; 東都紀年 is thirty juan and is explicitly assigned to him as author.
    • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The bibliography includes three title forms carrying Wang Yan’s name and identifies 東都紀年:三十卷 with the role 撰著者.
14. [14] Prefaces and postfaces by others Dai Biaoyuan supplied a preface and a postface for Wang Yan’s books, while Su Zhe and Su Zhou supplied postfaces for his works.
    • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The associations record Dai Biaoyuan as the author of a book preface and postface, and Su Zhe and Su Zhou as authors of postfaces for Wang Yan’s works.
15. [15] Epitaphs, sacrificial texts, and posthumous title deliberation Wang Yan wrote epitaphs for Wang Junming and 汪氏, sacrificial texts for Su Fu and Pan Zhengfu, and an 諡議 for Cheng Dachang.
    • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The associations record epitaphs for 王浚明 and 汪氏, sacrificial texts for 蘇符 and 潘正夫, and an 諡議 for 程大昌.
16. [16] Biographical author Hu Sheng is identified as the author of Wang Yan’s biography.
    • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The association entry identifies 胡升 as the author of a biography of Wang Yan.
17. [17] Farewell pieces In 1199 Wang Yan composed a farewell piece for Zeng Jian, in the form of a farewell poem or preface, and also composed one for Peng Tunan.
    • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The entries date the farewell piece for 曾漸 to 1199, specify the forms 送別詩 and 序, and also record a farewell piece for 彭圖南.
18. [18] Letters Wang Yan sent letters to Ge Bi, Zhang Shi, Liu Zheng, Hu Jinchen, Liu Tun, Du Zhan, and Lin Xie, and replied to Yuan Shu.
    • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The correspondence entries record letters sent to 葛邲, 張栻, 留正, 胡晉臣, 劉焞, 杜旃, and 林卨, as well as a reply to 元書.
19. [19] Library building and inscription Zhan Tingjian built a building that gathered ten thousand juan of books and selected eminent scholars to educate his descendants; Wang Yan named its plaque 「靜勝」 and seal-scripted a vessel inscription, Cheng Bi recorded it, and its model followed Fan Zhongyan’s charitable estate.
    • CBDBWang Yan (16692)The association note describes Zhan Tingjian’s building, its ten-thousand-juan collection, education of descendants by eminent scholars, the plaque 「靜勝」 and vessel inscription by Wang Yan, Cheng Bi’s account, and the model of Fan Zhongyan’s charitable estate.