Wang Hun 王渾

Wang Hun's father, Wang Chang, had the courtesy name Wenshu and was a man of Jinyang in Taiyuan. When Wang Chang chose names and courtesy names for his elder brother's sons and his own sons, he based them all on modesty and sincerity to show his intent, and to his son Wang Hun he gave the courtesy name Xuanchong. He then wrote a letter admonishing them. Records, Wei 27 §22 · 24

The letter of admonition said that in the way of a son nothing is greater than treasuring one's body and keeping one's conduct whole so as to bring honor to one's parents; it named filial piety, respect, benevolence and righteousness as the foremost of all conduct, and warned against frivolous fashions and factions. It worried that people know how to advance but not how to withdraw, how to desire but not how to be content, asked whether one could fail to take heed of the meaning contained in one's own name, and taught that things quickly completed perish quickly, while those completed late come to a good end. Records, Wei 27 §24–28

The letter also said that boasting of one's goodness and flaunting one's abilities leads one to overshadow and slight others, and told them to make bending a way of stretching and yielding a way of gaining; it warned them to be careful with censure and praise, since these are the hinges of misfortune and fortune. If others censured them, they should withdraw and seek the cause in themselves, and it quoted the proverb that nothing keeps out the cold like a double fur coat and nothing stops slander like cultivating oneself. Records, Wei 27 §29–32

Wang Chang cited men of his day: Guo Boyi of Yingchuan he was close to, but he did not want his sons to become like him; Xu Weichang of Beihai he respected, and he hoped his sons would take him as their teacher; Liu Gonggan of Dongping he cherished, but he did not want his sons to admire him; and Ren Zhaoxian of Le'an he befriended, and he hoped his sons would follow him. He closed the letter with such words as that in using wealth they should put the nine degrees of kin first, in giving they should relieve those in urgent need, and in discussion they should value not disparaging others. Records, Wei 27 §35–37

Wang Chang rose to Minister of Works and died in the 4th year of Ganlu (259), receiving the posthumous name Marquis Mu. His son Wang Hun succeeded him, and in the Xianxi era became Colonel of the Yue Cavalry. Records, Wei 27 §45–46

In the winter of the 3rd year of Tianji (279) of Wu, Jin ordered Sima Zhou, Grand General Who Guards the East, toward Tuzhong; Wang Hun, General Who Pacifies the East, and Zhou Jun, Inspector of Yang Province, toward Niuzhu; Wang Rong, General Who Establishes Might, toward Wuchang; Hu Fen, General Who Pacifies the South, toward Xiakou; and Du Yu, General Who Guards the South, toward Jiangling; and it had Wang Jun, General Who Soars Like a Dragon, and Tang Bin, General Who Broadens Martial Might, sail east down the river. The Grand Commandant Jia Chong became Grand Commander and took his position at the center of all the forces. Records, Wu 3 §78

In the spring of the 4th year of Tianji (280), wherever Wang Jun and Tang Bin arrived, Wu collapsed like crumbling earth and no one resisted. Du Yu beheaded Wu Yan, Commander of Jiangling, and Wang Hun beheaded the Chancellor Zhang Ti, Shen Ying, Administrator of Danyang, and others, winning every battle wherever they went. Records, Wu 3 §81

When the troops of Tao Jun, who had returned from Wuchang, all deserted on the night before they were to set out, and Wang Jun was about to arrive down the river while Sima Zhou and Wang Hun also drew near the border, Sun Hao, following the plan of Xue Ying, Superintendent of the Imperial Household, Hu Chong, Prefect of the Palace Secretariat, and others, sent envoys separately to Wang Jun, Sima Zhou and Wang Hun with letters. The letters said that he respectfully presented the seal and ribbon he wore and, submitting himself, begged for his life, and Xue Ying's biography records that Xue Ying composed the text. On the renshen day Wang Jun arrived first and accepted Sun Hao's surrender. Records, Wu 3 §83–85Records, Wu 8 §61

Chen Shou's main text does not record the offices Wang Hun rose to under Jin or the year of his death. The assessment of the Biographies of Xu, Hu and the Two Wangs (Records of Wei 27) only calls Xu Miao, Hu Zhi, Wang Chang and Wang Ji fine ministers of the state, and does not discuss Wang Hun separately. Records, Wei 27 §46 · 76