Wang Ye (Three Kingdoms)

Wang Ye
王業
Left Supervisor of the Masters of Writing (尚書左僕射)
In office
271 (271)–270s (270s)[1]
MonarchEmperor Wu of Jin
Central Protector of the Army (中護軍)
In office
265 or after (265 or after) – 271 (271)
MonarchEmperor Wu of Jin
Regular Mounted Attendant (散騎常侍)
In office
? (?)–265 (265)
MonarchCao Mao / Cao Huan
Personal details
BornUnknown
Changde, Hunan
DiedUnknown
Children
Parents
OccupationPolitician
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Ye (fl. 260–271) was a Chinese politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He served under the Jin dynasty (266–420) after the end of the Three Kingdoms period.

Life

Wang Ye was from Wuling Commandery (武陵郡), which is around present-day Changde, Hunan. He started his career as an official in the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period and served as a Regular Mounted Attendant (散騎常侍). In 260, the Wei emperor Cao Mao secretly summoned Wang Chen, Wang Jing and Wang Ye to discuss a plan to remove the regent Sima Zhao from power. However, Wang Chen and Wang Ye refused to participate in the plot and instead secretly reported it to Sima Zhao. Cao Mao failed in his coup against Sima Zhao and ended up being killed in June.[2]

Wang Ye continued serving under the Western Jin, which replaced the Cao Wei state after Sima Zhao's son, Sima Yan, usurped the throne from the last Wei emperor Cao Huan. In the early years of Sima Yan's reign, Wang Ye was promoted to Central Protector of the Army (中護軍).[3] On 10 April 271,[4] Sima Yan appointed him and Sima Gui (司馬珪; son of Sima Fu[5]) as the Left and Right Supervisors of the Masters of Writing respectively.

See also

References

  1. ^ In Emperor Wu's annals in Book of Jin, after Wang Ye, the next known Left Supervisor was Lu Qin, grandson of Lu Zhi, who died while holding the post in April 278. Thus, Wang Ye must have left the post some time in the 270s.
  2. ^ Sanguozhi, vol.04
  3. ^ This post is significant to the Sima clan as Sima Shi held this post during the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs.
  4. ^ gui'si day of the 3rd month of the 7th year of the Tai'shi era, per Emperor Wu's biography in Book of Jin
  5. ^ Jin Shu, vol.37. Vol.211 of Taiping Yulan and vol.48 of Yiwen Leiju, citing Jin Zhu Gong Zan, recorded that Sima Gui was 37 (by East Asian reckoning) when he was appointed.