Wang Xiong 王雄

After Emperor Wen (Cao Pi) took the throne, Cui Lin went out from the post of Master of Writing to become Inspector of You Province. At that time Wu Zhi, General of the Household of the North, was in command of the military affairs of Hebei, and Wang Xiong, Administrator of Zhuo Commandery, said to Cui Lin's Attendant Officer: General Wu was a noble minister of the state whom His Majesty held close and valued, and since he held the tally of authority and commanded affairs, there was no province or commandery that did not send him letters to pay its respects, yet Inspector Cui alone had not been in touch with him from the start; if Wu Zhi had the officer beheaded on the ground that the frontier fortifications were not kept in repair, how could the Inspector protect him? Records, Wei 24 §10

When the Attendant Officer reported all this, Cui Lin said that the Inspector regarded leaving this province as no more than kicking off a pair of sandals, so how could he bring trouble on the officer? He added that this province bordered on the barbarians and should be kept calm with quietness, for stirring them up would rouse their rebellious hearts and give the state a cause for anxiety in the north. Within a year of Cui Lin's taking office the raids and thefts had died down, but he was demoted to Administrator of Hejian for not serving his superiors. Records, Wei 24 §11

Tian Yu, Colonel of the Wuhuan, spent nine years as Colonel, curbing the barbarians' absorption of one another and breaking up the strong and cunning. But before he could complete this work, the faction of Wang Xiong, Inspector of You Province, wishing to have Wang Xiong made concurrently Colonel of the Wuhuan, slandered Tian Yu as disturbing the frontier and making trouble for the state. Tian Yu was therefore transferred to be Administrator of Runan, with the added title of General Who Exterminates the Barbarians. Records, Wei 26 §34

According to the account of the Xianbei, Wang Xiong, Inspector of You Province, later held the post of Colonel concurrently and won over the Xianbei with kindness and good faith, and the great chieftain Kebineng came to the frontier several times to show his submission and went to the province to present tribute. But in the 1st year of Qinglong (233), Kebineng enticed Budugen to rebel against Bing Province and personally led ten thousand horsemen to receive Budugen's family and baggage at Xingbei. When Bi Gui, Inspector of Bing Province, sent the generals Su Shang, Dong Bi and others to attack, Kebineng had his son lead horsemen to meet them at Loufan, and Su Shang and Dong Bi died on the battlefield. Records, Wei 30 §27

During the 3rd year of Qinglong (235), Wang Xiong sent the bold warrior Han Long to stab Kebineng to death, and set up his younger brother in his place. The opening of Records of Wei 30 records this as the emperor, during the Qinglong era, heeding Wang Xiong and sending an assassin to stab Kebineng to death, and says that only after this did the Xianbei clans and tribes scatter and attack one another, the strong fleeing far away and the weak asking to submit. Records, Wei 30 §27 · 5

Chen Shou's main text does not record Wang Xiong's later career or the year of his death. None of the assessments in Records of Wei 24, 26 and 30 discusses Wang Xiong separately. Records, Wei 24 §81Records, Wei 26 §80Records, Wei 30 §190