Wang Li

Wang Li

Wang Li (570-639), whose name is Shu Li, was born in Fufeng Li (now Meixian County, Shaanxi Province). He was one of the four famous prime ministers in the early Tang Dynasty and the grandson of Wang Seng Bian, the Minister of Nanliang.

Born in Wang family of Taiyuan, Wang family of fangzhiwu pill of Qi county. In the 13th year of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, he was called Secretary to introspect and was granted the title of Taichang Zhili Lang. He was implicated by his uncle Wang Kai and fled to Zhongnanshan. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the successive shizifu counsellors, the prince zhongsheren and the prince zhongyun became the confidants of the hidden Prince Li Jiancheng. Later, they were exiled to Yizhou because of the Yang Wengan incident.

During the reign of Zhenguan, he was called back to the Dynasty and served as a counsellor, a minister of Huangmen, a minister of Shizhong, a governor of Tongzhou, a minister of rites, and a teacher of Weiwang. In the 13th year of Zhenguan, he died of illness and was awarded the title of "Yi" to the Minister of Li Department.

Life of the characters

Early experience

When Wang was young, he had a simple and elegant temperament and deep ambition. He did not pay attention to fame and wealth, and never made friends casually. He was highly praised by his uncle Wang. In 593 (the 13th year of kaihuang), Wang was called into the Secretary's introspection, and was awarded the title of Taichang Zhili Lang, who participated in the collation of books and classics.

In the fourth year of Renshou (604), Wang Kai fought against Sui Yang emperor with Han King Yang Liang, and was defeated and killed. Wang is Wang's nephew. According to the law, he should sit together. He fled to Zhongnan mountain and lived in seclusion for more than ten years.

Go to Tang Dynasty

In 617, Liyuan invaded Guanzhong and established Yang Fu as emperor. He became the king of Tang Dynasty. Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of the book, was the son of the emperor. Wang Yu was recommended by Li Gang, the prime minister, to join the army.

In 618, the first year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan was called emperor by Zen. He established the Tang Dynasty for emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty and conferred Li Jiancheng the crown prince. Wang Li was appointed Prince Zhongshe and later changed to Prince zhongyun, which was highly valued by Li Jiancheng.

In 624, Yang Wengan, the governor of Qingzhou, mutinied. The conflict between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, intensified. According to Tang Gaozu, Wang Yu failed to persuade the prince, resulting in his brother's disharmony and exiled him to Jizhou (now Xichang, Sichuan).

Tired of work

In the ninth year of Wude (626), Li Shimin launched the change of Xuanwumen, killed Li Jiancheng, and became the crown prince of Tang Dynasty. Wang Li and Wei Zheng were recalled to the court together to serve as a counsellor. In October of the same year, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty granted Li Jiancheng the title of King Xi and changed his burial to a ritual. Wang Li and other former officials of the eastern palace, such as Wei Zheng, went to the funeral together.

In the first year of Zhenguan (627), Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said to the officials: "only when the monarch and the officials get each other can the world be peaceful. The reason why emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty won the world with his martial arts and was able to pass on to the country for a long time is that he appointed virtuous officials. Although I'm not holy, I hope you can give me your advice and make the world stable. " Wang Yao said: "if your majesty can speak widely and accept advice, I will try my best." Emperor Taizong then allowed the admonishment officials to enter the palace together with the prime minister to discuss politics. At that time, Wang Xun remonstrated many times and was deeply trusted by Taizong. He was changed to be the servant of Huangmen and the prince's right son. He was granted the title of Yongning County man. In August of the same year, Wang Xun asked Gao Shilian, his servant, to present the secret music to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. However, Gao Shilian took down the secret music, so he was convicted and demoted. In the second year of Zhenguan (628), Wang Xun took over Gao Shilian's position as an acting minister and became the Duke of Yongning County. In the fourth year of Zhenguan (630), Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty formally appointed Wang Yu as his servant.

Teach the king of Wei

In the seventh year of Zhenguan (633), Wang Li was demoted as a governor of Tongzhou because he leaked the secret language of the ban. In the eighth year of Zhenguan (634), Emperor Taizong called Wang Zhen back to the court, appointed him as the Minister of rites, and ordered him to participate in the revision of the five rites.

In the 11th year of Zhenguan (637), Wang Zhen was also the teacher of Wei Wang, who was responsible for teaching Li Tai. He regarded himself as a teacher and accepted Li Tai's salute. At that time, Li Tai asked for advice on loyalty and filial piety. Wang Yao said, "the emperor is your monarch, so you should be loyal to him; the emperor is your father, so you should be filial to him. Loyalty and filial piety can establish themselves and achieve good reputation. Liu Cang, king of the Han Dynasty, once said, "it's the happiest thing to be good." I hope you will remember that When Emperor Taizong learned about it, he happily said, "Li Tai can not make mistakes."

In the 12th year of Zhenguan (638), Wang Xun said: "officials above grade three have to get off the train to salute when they meet the prince, which is not in line with the etiquette." Emperor Taizong was not happy and said, "do you despise the prince in order to show your dignity?" Wang Yu and Wei Zheng tried their best to admonish him, so Emperor Taizong followed Wang Yu's advice and reduced the power of the kings.

Death of illness

In 639 (the 13th year of Zhenguan), Wang Zhen was ill. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ordered his daughter, Princess Nanping (Wang Yu's daughter-in-law), to visit him. He also ordered Tang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of people's affairs, to prepare his medicine and diet for him. Soon after, Wang Yu died of illness at the age of 69. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty mourned in plain clothes, and ordered Li Tai to lead hundreds of officials to be buried. He was awarded as the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, and his posthumous title was Yi.

Anecdotes and allusions

Make friends with Fang Du

When Wang Li lived in seclusion in Zhongnanshan, he made friends with Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui. Once, his mother Li said, "you will be very important in the future, but I don't know who you are dealing with. You ask them to have a look." It happened that Fang Xuanling and others came to visit. After observing in secret, Li was surprised. He ordered people to prepare wine and food, and said to Wang: "these two people have the talents of prime ministers. If you can associate with them, you will be very important in the future."

Admonish beauty

After Li Yuanmou, the king of Lujiang, was killed, his concubine Ji was buried in the palace. Later, Emperor Taizong pointed to the concubine and said to Wang: "Li Yuan killed her husband and took her as concubine." "Does your majesty think what Li Yuan did is right or wrong?" Wang asked Tang Taizong said: "how can you ask right or wrong when you kill someone and marry his wife?" Wang Yu replied: "Your Majesty knows the reason why Li Yuan died, but he left his concubine beside him. In essence, your majesty still thinks that what Li Yuan did is right." Emperor Taizong woke up and ordered the beauty to be released from the palace.

I will not let you down

Taichang Shaoqing's ancestor xiaosun was instructed to teach the music of palace people. He didn't call Taizong's mind and was criticized. Wang Yao and Wen Yanbo remonstrated: "xiaosun is an elegant man. You ask him to teach the palace maids, and then blame him. The minister thinks it is not in accordance with the etiquette." Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was furious: "I regard you as my confidants, so you should be loyal to me, but now you are obedient to your subordinates and bullying your superiors. Is that to intercede for your grandparents and grandchildren?" Wen Yanbo quickly apologized. Wang Yu still said: "Your Majesty reproached me with loyalty. Is what I'm saying selfish! This is your Majesty's failure to me, not my failure to your majesty! " Taizong was silent.

Comment on the prime minister

After paying homage to the prime minister, Wang Li, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Wen Yanbo, Dai Zhou, Wei Zheng and others assisted in the administration. Once, Emperor Taizong said to Wang: "you can comment on Fang Xuanling and others, and talk about who is more virtuous than them?" Wang Yu replied: "I'm not as good as Fang Xuanling in serving the country diligently and wholeheartedly; I'm not as good as Li Jing in being both civil and military; I'm not as good as Wen Yanbo in giving detailed and clear advice and being faithful and fair; I'm not as good as Dai Zhou in solving complicated difficulties and dealing with various problems properly; I hope the emperor will take admonition as my own duty Like Yao and Shun, I'm not as wise as Wei Zheng. When it comes to distinguishing between the clear and the turbid and rewarding the good for the evil, I have some advantages over them. " Taizong deeply agreed, Fang Xuanling and others also think that the evaluation is very accurate.

The princess bowed down

At the beginning of Tang Dynasty, when a princess got married, she could not meet her parents in law. After the Nanping princess married Wang Yu's son, Wang Yu said, "now the emperor is holy, and his behavior follows the etiquette system. I accept the princess's visit, not for my own glory, but to show the virtues of the court. " He and his wife sat on the table and asked the princess to salute. From then on, the princess married, if the mother-in-law is still in, will line women ceremony.

Character evaluation

Wu Jing: the emperor of Taizong was very pleased with his speech. He had Wei Zheng, Wang Yao, Yu Shinan, Li Daliang, cen Wenwen, Liu Wei, Ma Zhou, Chu suiliang, Du Zhenglun, Gao Jifu, and Xianyi's admonition, who occupied important positions.

Chang Gung: among Wu De Zhen Guan, there are Ruo Wei Zheng, Wang Yao, Li Jing, Li Ji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, etc., who support the Universiade, are industrious in Wang's family, respect the Lord and protect the people. The bandits bow to death. They are virtuous and worthy of the emperor's memory.

Quan Deyu: the emperor of Taizong Wen had the world. Wei Zheng, Wang Li and other critical words were helpful to Dahua and boundless work, which is a sign of this.

Li Jiang: in the past, Emperor Taizong was in charge of the whole world. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui assisted Prime Minister Shengde. Wei Zheng and Wang Yao failed to admonish him. Wen Yanbo and Dai Zhou were responsible for the political affairs. Li Jing and Li Jixun were responsible for the military affairs. Therefore, Yidi was afraid of being subdued and the whole world was in peace.

Li Deyu: if you are like Wang Yu, you can be said to be a person who knows a little. You know what's wrong and what's good.

Liu Xu: Wang Li was loyal to the Communist Party and did not return when he was upright. He was appointed by the emperor and his officials, and Xu Hui was here. The book of changes says: "since God's blessing, there is no disadvantage." What's the matter with you.

Song Qi: he is few, lonely and poor. He may be left behind by others, but at the beginning he has nothing to give up. And expensive, thick newspaper, although has died, must pay to support its family. If one's nature is not scrupulous, and if one's duty is to maintain the integrity of one's career, even his servants and concubines are not happy. After serving my widowed sister-in-law, I would consult my family. To teach and caress an orphan nephew is to teach and caress his son. Because of the lack of clans, Zhou was more compassionate than self-esteem.

Zeng Gong: at the time of Fang and Du, he worked with Chang sun Wuji and Cen Wenwen; when he was chief admonishment, Wei Zheng and Wang Yao; when he was zhengangwei, Dai Zhou and Liu Wei; when he was constitutional, Zhang Yuanyuan and sun Fujia; when he was military, Li Ji and Li Jing; when he was civil, Li Daliang. The rest of them were officials in charge of their own affairs, including Ma Zhou, Wen Yanbo, Du Zhenglun, Zhang Xingcheng, Li Gang, Yu Shinan and Chu suiliang.

Posterity status

In 780 (the first year of Jianzhong), Wang Li, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other 37 prime ministers were rated as the first class by Tang Dezong.

In 848 (the second year of Dazhong), Wang Li, Dai Zhou, cen Wenwen and other 37 meritorious officials were captured by Tang Xuanzong.

personal works

There are two poems written by Wang Yu in the whole Tang Poetry: chanting the emperor of Han Dynasty and the Marquis of Huaiyin.

member of family

Chinese PinYin : Wang Gui