Wang Chen
Wang Chen, Wei-side Wang Ling’s elder brother, reportedly escaped over a city wall with him as a youth; he is absent from the novel.
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History · vol. 28Records of the Three Kingdoms
…凌及兄晨，時年皆少，逾城得脫，亡命歸鄉里。凌舉孝廉，為發干長，〈《魏略》曰：凌為長，遇事，髡刑五歲，當道掃除。…
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王凌字彥雲，太原祁人也。叔父允，為漢司徒，誅董卓。卓將李傕、郭汜等為卓報仇，入長安，殺允，盡害其家。凌及兄晨，時年皆少，逾城得脫，亡命歸鄉里。凌舉孝廉，為發干長，〈《魏略》曰：凌為長，遇事，髡刑五歲，當道掃除。時太祖車過，問此何徒，左右以狀對。太祖曰：「此子師兄子也，所坐亦公耳。」於是主者選為驍騎主簿。〉稍遷至中山太守，所在有治，太祖辟為丞相掾屬。
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Wang Chen was a Wei figure during the Three Kingdoms period and the elder brother of Wang Ling; he does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
When Dong Zhuo’s subordinates Li Jue, Guo Si, and others seized Chang’an and killed Wang Yun and his family, Wang Chen was still young. He escaped over the city wall with his younger brother Wang Ling and fled back to their hometown. (As recorded in history)
Relationships
- Elder brother of Wang Ling
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