postgres Wang Lei (died 211), from Xindu county in Guanghan commandery, Yi province, was a staff officer under Liu Zhang, governor of Yi province, at the end of the Eastern Han. When Liu Zhang, on Zhang Song's advice, decided to welcome Liu Bei into Shu, Wang Lei hung himself upside down at the city gate to dissuade him, and when Liu Zhang would not listen he ended his own life; Wikidata records the manner of death as suicide. /en/people/wang-lei-q1069276/relation.html person_cn_q1069276 person wang-lei-q1069276 王累

Wang Lei (died 211), from Xindu county in Guanghan commandery, Yi province, was a staff officer under Liu Zhang, governor of Yi province, at the end of the Eastern Han. When Liu Zhang, on Zhang Song's advice, decided to welcome Liu Bei into Shu, Wang Lei hung himself upside down at the city gate to dissuade him, and when Liu Zhang would not listen he ended his own life; Wikidata records the manner of death as suicide.

published category-history tag-ancient-china wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069276 zhwiki https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E7%B4%AF 2026-10-25 2026-10-25 user:admin 3 Wang Lei was a staff officer under Liu Zhang, governor of Yi province, at the end of the Eastern Han, from Xindu county in Guanghan commandery, Yi province. Wikidata's Chinese label is 王累, and the Chinese Wikipedia article is also under 王累, so the title is unchanged. Wikidata records his death in 211 and the manner of death as suicide, and lists Wong Lui as an English alias.[^wikidata][^zhwiki] ## In the histories Chinese Wikipedia says that the histories record little about him, mentioning him only in the Book of the Later Han, the Records of the Three Kingdoms and the Chronicles of Huayang. In all of them the setting is that Liu Zhang, on the advice of his assistant Zhang Song, made an alliance with Liu Bei against Zhang Lu. Wang Lei then hung himself upside down from the city gate by a rope to urge Liu Zhang not to welcome Liu Bei into Shu. Liu Zhang would not listen, and Wang Lei cut his own throat at the gate.[^zhwiki] ## In Romance of the Three Kingdoms The article says that the novel's account is broadly the same as the history, except for the manner of his death after Liu Zhang rejects his plea, which changes from cutting his throat to cutting the rope himself and falling to his death.[^zhwiki] ## Scope of the sources The two sources behind this entry contain only this episode, with no information on his family or his birth year beyond what is shown above, so nothing more is said here.[^wikidata][^zhwiki] ## Basic facts - Name: Wang Lei[^wikidata] - Origin: Xindu county, Guanghan commandery, Yi province[^zhwiki] - Office: staff officer under Liu Zhang, governor of Yi province[^zhwiki] - Died: 211[^wikidata][^zhwiki] - Manner of death: suicide[^wikidata][^zhwiki] - Portrayal: [[person_cn_q124334642|王累]] (character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms) /people/wang-lei-q1069276.html en zh en 211 211 historical figure relation_cnportray_q124334642 person_cn_q124334642 based_on person_cn_q1069276 作品中的人物形象，原型为该历史人物。 person_cn_q124334642 wikidata Portrayals person_cn_q124334642 Wang Lei /en/people/wang-lei-sanguo-q124334642-q1069276.html true person_cn_q124334642 王累 /en/people/wang-lei-sanguo-q124334642-q1069276.html person based_on 衍生形象 relation_cnportray_q124334642 person_cn_q124334642 based_on person_cn_q1069276 作品中的人物形象，原型为该历史人物。 person_cn_q124334642 wikidata 衍生形象 person_cn_q124334642 王累 /en/people/wang-lei-sanguo-q124334642-q1069276.html true en zh en death_date Death 211 person_category Person category historical figure 1 50 1 1 1 1