Wang Pan

Timeline

1. 1202–1260Yongnian · Guangping CircuitA student of Ma Jiuchou, he passed the jingyi jinshi examination in the fourth Zhengda year of Jin but declined the post of judge in Guide Prefecture. Fleeing chaos southward to Huai and Xiang in the late Jin, he later returned north to reside in Henei, was received with courtesy by Yan Shi of Dongping, served as his teacher, and had several hundred students.
2. 1260–1270Dadu · Dadu CircuitWhen Li Tan plotted rebellion, he escaped to the capital to report the plot; Shizu praised his loyalty and integrity, appointing him councilor of the Branch Secretariat, later Hanlin Reader-in-Waiting and co-compiler of national history, participating in historical compilation and court institutional deliberations.
3. 1270–1290Dongping · Dongping CircuitHe served as pacification commissioner of Zhending, Shunde and other circuits, redressing unjust cases and punishing corrupt and violent officials; repeatedly remonstrated with Shizu against dividing forces to campaign east against Japan. Retiring to Dongping past eighty with half salary retained, he recommended notable scholars such as Wei Chu and Xu Yan, died c.1290, was posthumously granted Grand Tutor, and named Wenzhong.