Wang Su (Cao Wei)

Wang Su
王肅
Minister of Ceremonies (太常)
In office
? (?)–256 (256)
MonarchCao Fang / Cao Mao
Intendant of Henan (河南尹)
In office
? (?)–? (?)
MonarchCao Fang
Administrator of Guangping (廣平太守)
In office
240 (240)–? (?)
MonarchCao Fang
Personal details
Born195
Diedbetween 21 May 256 and 31 January 257[a] (aged 61)
Spouse(s)Lady Yang (羊氏)[2]
Lady Xiahou (夏侯氏)[3]
Children
Parent
OccupationOfficial
Courtesy nameZiyong (子雍)
Posthumous nameMarquis Jing (景侯)
PeerageMarquis of Lanling
(蘭陵侯)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Su (195–256),[5] courtesy name Ziyong, was an official and Confucian scholar of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was a son of Wang Lang. When Guanqiu Jian started a rebellion in Shouchun, Wang Su advised Sima Shi to lower the rebels' morale by treating their families with respect. Following that, Wang Su entreated Cao Mao to allow Sima Zhao to succeed Sima Shi as regent of Wei.[6]

Wang Su's daughter, Wang Yuanji, married Sima Zhao and gave birth to Sima Yan, the first emperor of the Jin dynasty, in 236. Thus, Wang Su became a grandfather himself. Wang Su inherited the title and marquisate of Marquis of Lanling (蘭陵侯) from his father.[7]

Wang Su compiled the extant edition of the Kongzi Jiayu (School Sayings of Confucius), the sayings of Confucius not included in the Analects. Scholars long suspected it was a forgery by Wang Su,[5] but a book discovered in 1977 from the Shuanggudui tomb (sealed in 165 BCE), entitled Ru Jia Zhe Yan (儒家者言, Sayings of the Ru School), contains very similar content to the Kongzi Jiayu.[8]

  1. ^ (甘露元年薨， ...) Sanguozhi vol. 13.
  2. ^ Lady Yang was Wang Yuanji's mother. In 267, Lady Yang was posthumously conferred the title of xianjun (县君) and given the posthumous name 'Jing" (靖); her full posthumous title was "Lady Jing of Pingyang" (平阳靖君). (帝以后母羊氏未崇谥号，泰始三年下诏曰：“...其封夫人为县君，依德纪谥，主者详如旧典。”于是使使持节谒者何融追谥为平阳靖君。) Jin Shu, vol.31. Also, it is unknown if Lady Yang was related to Yang Hu and Yang Huiyu.
  3. ^ Lady Xiahou was Wang Yuanji's stepmother. In 286, Lady Xiahou was posthumously conferred the title of "xiangjun of Xingyang" (荥阳乡君). (太康七年，追赠继祖母夏侯氏为荥阳乡君。) Jin Shu, vol.31
  4. ^ Wang Kai was noted in Chinese history for his rivalry and competition in extravagance with Shi Chong. Historical records did not indicate when Wang Kai was born or when he died, but his elder brother Wang Xun's biography in Book of Jin indicated that Xun himself was younger than Wang Yuanji (born 217) (王恂，字良夫，文明皇后之弟也。...。恂弟虔、恺。) Jin Shu, vol.93. Wang Kai took part in overthrowing Yang Jun, and was rewarded with the title of Duke of Shandou County, with a fiefdom of 1,800 households. (以讨杨骏勋，封山都县公，邑千八百户。) Jin Shu, vol.93. Thus, it is certain that he lived at least until the reign of Emperor Hui of Jin.
  5. ^ a b Goldin, Paul Rakita (1999). Rituals of the Way: The Philosophy of Xunzi. Open Court Publishing. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-8126-9400-0.
  6. ^ Sanguozhi vol. 13.
  7. ^ Jin Shu vol. 31.
  8. ^ Shaughnessy, Edward L. (2014). Unearthing the Changes: Recently Discovered Manuscripts of the Yi Jing ( I Ching) and Related Texts. Columbia University Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-231-16184-8.


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