The Wang clan of Taiyuan (Chinese: 太原王氏; Wade–Giles: T'ai1 Yuan2 Wang2 Shi4) was a Chinese clan which achieved prominence between the Han and Tang dynasties, based in Taiyuan in modern-day Shanxi province.
The earliest prominent members of this clan can be traced back to two brothers, Wang Rou and Wang Ze, of the Eastern Han dynasty.
[1] The Wang clan generally did not move southwards after the Disaster of Yongjia and the fall of the Western Jin.
During the Northern Wei period, the Wang clan was considered one of the 'four surnames' – four powerful clans, alongside the Lu clan of Fanyang, the Cui clan of Qinghe and the Zheng clan of Xingyang.
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