Wang Guan (Three Kingdoms)

Wang Guan
王觀
Excellency of Works (司空)
In office
6 July 260 (6 July 260) – November or December 260 (November or December 260)
MonarchCao Huan
Preceded byWang Chang
Succeeded byWang Xiang
Left Supervisor of the Masters of Writing (尚書左僕射)
In office
254 (254) – 6 July 260 (6 July 260)
MonarchCao Mao
Household Counsellor (光祿大夫)
In office
254 (254) – 6 July 260 (6 July 260)
MonarchCao Mao
Chief Commandant of Escorting Cavalry (駙馬都尉)
In office
249 (249)–254 (254)
MonarchCao Fang
Master of Writing (尚書)
In office
249 (249)–254 (254)
MonarchCao Fang
Minister Coachman (太僕)
In office
? (?)–249 (249)
MonarchCao Fang
Minister Steward (少府)
In office
? (?)–239 (239)
MonarchCao Rui
Intendant of Henan (河南尹)
In office
? (?)–? (?)
MonarchCao Rui
Personal details
BornUnknown
Yuncheng County, Shandong
DiedNovember or December 260[1]
ChildrenWang Kui
OccupationPolitician
Courtesy nameWeitai (偉臺)
Posthumous nameMarquis Su (肅侯)
PeerageMarquis of Yang District
(陽鄉侯)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Guan (died November or December 260),[1] courtesy name Weitai, was a Chinese politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. An orphan who made a name for himself as an honest local official, he would become a partisan of the Sima family as they overtook the Cao family and reached the highest ranks, though he retired after regicide. [2][3]

  1. ^ a b ([景元元年夏六月]癸亥，以尚書右僕射王觀為司空，冬十月，觀薨。) Sanguozhi vol. 4.
  2. ^ Sanguozhi vol.24.
  3. ^ De Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms 23–220 AD. Boston: Brill. p. 813. ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0.