Wang An / 王安 (Xin prince)

Overview

Wang An / 王安 is 王莽’s third son in Hanji 658. His death in the same month as 王林’s suicide completes the episode’s picture of Wang Mang losing all publicly recognized sons.

Current Profile

The source gives Wang An a narrow but important succession role. He is named as the Xin prince who dies of illness after Wang Lin has already died and 刘英 has killed herself. His death means that Wang Mang’s publicly known sons are gone, forcing the succession field toward private sons 王兴 and 王匡.

Key Characteristics

• Third son of Wang Mang in the episode’s succession accounting.
• Xin prince whose death is reported as illness rather than scandal punishment.
• Final public-son loss that turns household disaster into succession emergency.

Evidence

• Death notice: Hanji 658 says Wang An dies of illness in the same month.
• Succession effect: Hanji 658 says Wang Mang’s four public sons are all dead after Wang An’s death.
• Contrast with Wang Lin: Hanji 658 places Wang An’s illness after Wang Lin’s forced-death scandal, showing different paths to the same succession collapse.

Qualifications

The page remains source-scoped because the episode provides only a brief death notice and succession consequence, not a full biography.

What Changed

• Created from Hanji 658 as the public-son loss that completes Wang Mang’s succession crisis.

Relationships

• 王莽 - father whose succession line is broken by Wang An’s death.
• 王林 - brother whose scandal death immediately precedes Wang An’s death.
• 王兴 - private son recalled after the public sons are gone.
• 王匡 - private son recalled after the public sons are gone.
• 王朝继承人骤失冲击 - succession concept directly supported by Wang An’s death notice.