王玉 / Wang Yu (Southern Dynasties)

王玉 / Wang Yu (Southern Dynasties) enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·秦纪》111-2｜我与吕不韦的隔空对话, where the host uses him as a later comparison for 吕不韦’s poisoned-wine death. The episode presents him as a high-born Southern Dynasties official, a descendant of Wang Dao, who receives Emperor Ming of Liu Song’s order and poisoned wine while playing chess.

His role is illustrative rather than biographical. The story says he reads the order, finishes the chess game, tells the guest only afterward, writes a thank-you memorial, and drinks the poison. In the source, Wang Yu is therefore a comparison case for elite forced death, court obedience, and the performance of composure when refusal is politically unavailable.

This page is disambiguated from 汪玉, the modern Tsinghua professor already in the wiki.

Connections

• 吕不韦 - source comparison for poisoned-wine death under ruler pressure.
• Qinji 111-2 - source episode.
• Wang Dao and Emperor Ming of Liu Song - lineage and ruler named by the episode, kept as plain text because they are minor comparison context in this ingest.