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Wang Guang

courtesy name 公渊 · –251

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Wang Guang, Wei official Wang Ling’s son, was known for urging his father not to rashly depose and install an emperor.

History Records, vol. 28 · Not in the Romance

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  • History · vol. 28Records of the Three Kingdoms

    …凌又遣舍人勞精詣洛陽,語子廣。廣言:「廢立大事,勿為禍先。」…
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    是時,凌外甥令狐愚以才能為兗州刺史,屯平阿。舅甥並典兵,專淮南之重。凌就遷為司空。司馬宣王既誅曹爽,進凌為太尉,假節鉞。凌、愚密協計,謂齊王不任天位,楚王彪長而才,欲迎立彪都許昌。嘉平元年九月,愚遣將張式至白馬,與彪相問往來。凌又遣舍人勞精詣洛陽,語子廣。廣言:「廢立大事,勿為禍先。」〈《漢晉春秋》曰:凌、愚謀,以帝幼制於強臣,不堪為主,楚王彪長而才,欲迎立之,以興曹氏。凌使人告廣,廣曰:「凡舉大事,應本人情。今曹爽以驕奢失民,何平叔虛而不治,丁、畢、桓、鄧雖並有宿望,皆專競於世。加變易朝典,政令數改,所存雖高而事不下接,民習於舊,眾莫之從。故雖勢傾四海,聲震天下,同日斬戮,名士減半,而百姓安之,莫或之哀,失民故也。今懿情雖難量,事未有逆,而擢用賢能,廣樹勝己,修先朝之政令,副眾心之所求。爽之所以為惡者,彼莫不必改,夙夜匪解,以恤民為先。父子兄弟,並握兵要,未易亡也。」凌不從。臣松之以為如此言之類,皆前史所不載,而猶出習氏。且制言法體不似於昔,疑悉鑿齒所自造者也。〉其十一月,愚復遣式詣彪,未還,會愚病死。〈《魏書》曰:愚字公治,本名浚,黃初中,為和戎護軍。烏丸校尉田豫討胡有功,小違節度,愚以法繩之。帝怒,械系愚,免官治罪,詔曰「浚何愚」!遂以名之。正始中,為曹爽長史,後出為兗州刺史。《魏略》曰:愚聞楚王彪有智勇。初東郡有訛言云:「白馬河出妖馬,夜過官牧邊鳴呼,眾馬皆應,明日見其跡,大如斛,行數里,還入河中。」又有謠言:「白馬素羈西南馳,其誰乘者朱虎騎。」楚王小字朱虎,故愚與王凌陰謀立楚王。乃先使人通意於王,言「使君謝王,天下事不可知,原王自愛」!彪亦陰知其意,答言「謝使君,知厚意也。」〉

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Wang Guang, courtesy name Gongyuan, was the son of Wang Ling, a minister of Wei. The sources do not record which chapter he appears in, and he does not appear in the Romance.

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Wang Ling sent his attendant Lao Jing to Luoyang to inform Wang Guang. Wang Guang urged him, “Do not be the first to bring calamity upon yourself in a matter as momentous as deposing and enthroning an emperor.” (According to historical records)

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    「廢立大事,勿為禍先。」

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    Son; urged him not to be the first to bring disaster