Wang Can
| Wang Can | |
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| Politician of Han Dynasty | |
| Born | 177 |
| Died | 217 (aged 40) |
| Names | |
| Courtesy name | Zhongxuan (Chinese: 仲宣; pinyin: Zhòngxuān; Wade–Giles: Chung-hsüan) |
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| Chinese | 王粲 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wáng Càn |
| Wade–Giles | Wang2 Ts'an4 |
| IPA | [wǎŋ tsʰân] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Wòhng Chaan |
| Jyutping | Wong4 Caan3 |
| Southern Min | |
| Tâi-lô | Ông Tshàn |
Wang Can (Chinese: 王粲; 177–217),courtesy name Zhongxuan, was a politician, scholar and poet who lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He contributed greatly to the establishment of laws and standards during the founding days of the vassal kingdom of Wei – the forerunner of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period – under Cao Cao. For his literary achievements, Wang Can was ranked among the Seven Scholars of Jian'an (建安七子).
Wang Can was also renowned for his eidetic memory. Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms described an incident where Wang Can was watching a game of weiqi. Someone accidentally knocked into the board and scattered the pieces. Wang Can then placed the pieces back to their original positions based on memory.
A local of Guangping Commandery (present-day Zou County, Shandong), Wang Can was born into a family of high-ranking bureaucrats, the son of Wang Qian (王謙). His great-grandfather, Wang Gong (王龔), and grandfather, Wang Chang (王暢), were among the Three Excellencies under Emperor Shun and Emperor Ling respectively.
When the warlord Dong Zhuo usurped power in 189, placing on the throne the puppet ruler Emperor Xian, Wang Can was merely 13 years of age. A year later, Dong Zhuo moved the capital from Luoyang to the more strategically secure Chang'an. Wang Can then headed for the new capital, where he settled down for the next three years. During his stay in Chang'an, Wang Can's talent was recognized by the prominent scholar and calligrapher Cai Yong. The young Wang Can was also offered several posts, all of which he turned down.
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