"In the past, Wang Xietang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people." According to the statistics of recent years, the surname Wang has surpassed the surname of Li and become the surname with the largest population in the country. Although the Wang surname did not establish a unified feudal dynasty in ancient times, nor did it have a famous emperor, the Wang family gave birth to a large number of historical and cultural celebrities. According to the statistics in "Celebrity Hundred Family Names", the surname Of Wang is the surname with the most historical and cultural celebrities.
In ancient times, especially during the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the prestige of the Wang clan was almost comparable to that of the royal family. In this era when the family door valve controlled the world, the Taiyuan Wang clan and the Langya Wang clan, two famous clans that had been famous for thousands of years, were definitely the giants among the giants. During this period, many talents appeared in the Wang clan one after another, such as Wang Dao, Wang Dun and others, who controlled the government, and the ministers of more than seven levels in the dynasty were related to the Wang clan, so at that time, the people also had the saying that "the king and the horse, the world is together".
In China's surname culture, searching for roots and asking ancestors is an eternal theme. So, who are the ancestors of the Langya and Taiyuan kings? According to the New Book of Tang compiled by Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhen and others, the Langya Wang clan was a descendant of Ji Jin, the prince of Eastern Zhou Ling, and there was also a famous general such as Wang Qi during the Warring States period. When the Qin Dynasty fell, Wang Qi's descendants separated their families to protect themselves in order to avoid disasters, and they did not expect to create two thousand-year-old Hao clans, the Langya Wang Clan and the Taiyuan Wang Clan.
Wang Qi was a famous general of the Warring States and the most trusted general of Qin Shi Huang, and he and his son Wang Ben were the greatest contributors of Qin Shi Huang to sweep the Six Kingdoms. In the six kingdoms other than the Qin state, except for the earliest Han Wang Qi, who did not participate in it, the remaining five kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi were destroyed by Wang Qi and Wang Ben's father and son. Starting from the Qin army's conquest of Zhao in the eleventh year of Qin Shi Huang, Wang Qi's father and son spent fifteen years assisting Qin Shi Huang in unifying the world and making immortal contributions to the establishment of the Qin Dynasty.
In addition to helping Qin Shi Huang unify the Six Kingdoms, Wang Qi also had a merit of helping Qin Shi Huang complete the "Change of the Pu Nian Palace". After killing Concubine Yi and his henchmen, Wang Qi also suggested that Qin Shi Huang kill Lü Buwei, laying the foundation for Qin Shi Huang's pro-government. Judging from the records in the history books, Wang Qi's last battle was to conquer Baiyue, and after winning the victory, Banshi returned to the dynasty, and the subsequent records are not recorded in the history books.
Regarding Wang Qi's ending, it is not mentioned in the history books, but it is generally believed that he died after completing his great cause. After Wang Qi retired, his son Wang Ben continued to assist Qin Shi Huang in completing the great cause of unifying the world, destroying the State of Wei and the State of Qi successively. After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, Wang Ben was given the title of Marquis of Tongwu, and he also followed Qin Shi Huang on his eastern tour of Langya, and the Wang clan was prominent for a while.
However, by the time Wang Qi's grandson Wang Qi left this generation, the Wang clan began to fall in the middle of the family. Moreover, except for Wang Li alone, he had never seen any other members of the Wang clan in the chaotic world at the end of Qin. At the end of qin, wang li led his army south to quell the rebellion, but he could not reproduce the glorious achievements of his grandfather and father, he was defeated by Xiang Yu in the Battle of Julu, and together with 200,000 Qin troops, he was captured and killed by The King of Chu.
According to the New Book of Tang, after Wang Li's defeat, his two sons Wang Yuan and Wang Wei had to flee for their lives in order to avoid disaster. The eldest son, Wang Yuan, "moved to Langya, and later to Linyi", and his fourth grandson Wang Ji moved to Nanrenli, the capital of Linyi, and became the ancestor of the Linyi Wang clan in Langya County. The descendants of the second son, Wang Wei, were officials in the Han Dynasty to Yangzhou, and his ninth grandson Wang Ba moved to Taiyuan and became the ancestor of the Wang clan of Taiyuan County.
The lineage of the Langya Wang clan is relatively complete, and it can be sure that it is after the famous Warring States general Wang Qi. The lineage of the Taiyuan Wang clan needs to be determined by further excavation of historical materials. Although the Taiyuan Wang clan generally believed that the ancestors of their own branch were also Ji Jin, the crown prince of Zhou Ling, and Wang Qi, a famous general of the Warring States, this was only their own statement, limited to one within their clan.
According to historians and folklorists, the current well-documented ancestors of the Taiyuan Wang clan can only be traced back to the Han Dynasty at most, such as the famous Situ Wang Yun in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who can be determined to be the ancestor of the Wang clan in Qi County. The ancestors of the Jinyang Wang clan can be traced back to the two brothers Wang Rou and Wang Ze in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because there is still a lack of key historical evidence, it is also possible that the Taiyuan Wang clan is a false confession. However, since the Taiyuan Wang clan itself believes that the ancestor is Wang Qi, and they are all surnamed Wang, there is no need to be more true.
"Wang Maolou's ship is beneficial, and the Jinling King's qi is eclipsed." The Wang clan was prominent during the Wei and Jin dynasties to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and 36 empresses and 35 prime ministers were born in the Langya Wang clan alone. However, even the most brilliant family also has a day of decline, with the establishment of the imperial examination system in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the children of the Cold Gate finally have the opportunity to enter the Dynasty as officials, and "the Cold Door Is in Charge" is no longer an empty phrase. Of course, the Langya Wang clan can become a prestigious family that has enjoyed a thousand years of fame, and its family style of "speaking slowly and being kind in heart" is still very admirable.