Wang Lang (Cao Wei)

This article is about the Chinese official of the Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period. For the Xin dynasty leader, see Wang Lang (Xin dynasty). For the Bangkok neighbourhood, see Wang Lang Market.
Wang Lang
王朗
Minister over the Masses (司徒)
In office
January or February 227 (January or February 227) – December 228 (December 228)
MonarchCao Rui
Preceded byHua Xin
Succeeded byDong Zhao
Minister of Works (司空)
In office
11 December 220 (11 December 220) – January or February 227 (January or February 227)
MonarchCao Pi
Succeeded byChen Qun
Grandee Secretary (御史大夫)
(in Cao Pi's vassal kingdom)
In office
6 April (6 April) – 11 December 220 (11 December 220)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Pi
Grand Judge (大理)
(in Cao Cao's vassal kingdom)
In office
? (?)–? (?)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Minister of Imperial Ancestral Ceremonies (奉常)
(in Cao Cao's vassal kingdom)
In office
? (?)–? (?)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Minister Steward (少府)
(in Cao Cao's vassal kingdom)
In office
? (?)–? (?)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Administrator of Kuaiji
(會稽太守)
In office
192 (192)–196 (196)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
Succeeded bySun Ce
Personal details
Born
Wang Yan (王嚴)

Tancheng County, Shandong
Diedc.December 228[a]
Children
  • Wang Su
  • two other sons and one daughter
OccupationPolitician, warlord
Courtesy nameJingxing (景興)
Posthumous nameMarquis Cheng (成侯)
PeerageMarquis of Lanling
(蘭陵侯)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Lang (pronunciationⓘ; died c.December 228[a][2]), courtesy name Jingxing (景興), was a Chinese politician and minor warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He served notably in the Han central government as Administrator of Kuaiji Commandery and in the later state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. He was also a maternal great-grandfather of Sima Yan, the founding emperor of the Jin dynasty, through his granddaughter Wang Yuanji's marriage with Sima Zhao.

  1. ^ ([太和二年]十一月，司徒王朗薨。) Sanguozhi vol. 3.
  2. ^ de Crespigny (2007), p. 823.


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