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Wang Sengda
Liu Song official and poet of the Langye Wang clan, rising to Director of the Secretariat; accused of complicity in a plot, he was ordered to die in prison in 458 at thirty-six.
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Wang Sengda of Linyi in Langye was an official and poet of the Liu Song from the Langye Wang clan; his grandfather was Wang Hong. He served in the Crown Prince's household, governed Xuancheng, Yiyang, Linhuai and Wu commanderies, and rose to Right Vice-Director of the Department of State Affairs, General Protector of the Army and finally Director of the Secretariat. Skilled at writing, he has poems in the Gushi Yuan, the Wen Xuan and the Yutai Xinyong. In 458 he was suspected of joining Gao She's plot and was ordered to die in prison.
Life and times
Dates 423–458 CE