Bian Wei (邊蔚) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Bian Wei as a musician and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Bian Wei	邊蔚	Bian Wei
Personal name	Bian Wei	邊蔚	Bian Wei
Alternate	Bian Wei	邊蔚	Bian Wei
Personal	Bian Wei	邊蔚	Biān Wèi
Title	Censor-in-Chief Bian Wei
Title	Director of Imperial Sacrifices	太常卿

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:073:s0019
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:145:s0002

Roles

Musician
Official

Life and dates

Death

Description: died / 卒 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:115:s0151

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: AD 930 · Western Year: AD 930
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:026:s0173
Source Date: Text: 乾祐元年三月；山陵諸使 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0071
Source Date: Text: 周廣順元年 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:145:s0002
Source Date: Text: 廣順中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 953
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:145:s0126
Source Date: Text: 明宗嗣位 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:073:s0017, jiuwudaishi:073:s0019
Source Date: Text: 顯德二年 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:115:s0151

Career and standing

Label: Director of Imperial Sacrifices / 太常卿 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:145:s0002, jiuwudaishi:145:s0126
Description: former Minister of Imperial Sacrifices / 前太常卿 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:115:s0151

Places and affiliations

Polity: Later Zhou / 周 · Relation: served
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:145:s0002

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Kind: ritual-music · Role: compiler · Action: fixed-dance-names-pieces-lyrics · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 廣順中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 953
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:145:s0126
Kind: administrative · Role: petitioner · Action: requested-additional-music-masters
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:145:s0025
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Action: requested-dance-and-music-renaming · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 周廣順元年 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:145:s0002, jiuwudaishi:145:s0003, jiuwudaishi:145:s0004, jiuwudaishi:145:s0019, jiuwudaishi:145:s0022

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 73Volume 73 Book of Later Tang 49: Biographies 25: Mao Zhang, Nie Yu, Wen Tao, Duan Ning, Kong Qian, Li Ye · 1 passage

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朝廷移授昭義節度使，璋謀欲不奉詔，判官邊蔚密言規責，乃僶勉承命。 When the court reassigned him to the Zhaoyi circuit, Zhang considered defying the order. Only after his secretary Bian Wei quietly reprimanded him did he grudgingly accept.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 · 1 passage

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己丑，前太常卿邊蔚卒。 On jichou former Imperial Sacrifices Minister Bian Wei died.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 145Volume 145: Treatises 7 Music 2 · 3 passages

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周廣順元年，太祖初即大位，惟新庶政，時太常卿邊蔚上疏請改舞名，其略云：「前朝改祖孝孫所定二舞名，文舞曰《治安之舞》，武舞曰《振德之舞》，今請改《治安》為《政和之舞》，《振德》為《善勝之舞》。 In the first year of Later Zhou's Guangshun reign, when Taizu first ascended the throne and set about renewing government, Director of Imperial Sacrifices Bian Wei memorialized the throne to rename certain court dances. In brief he wrote: "The previous dynasty had altered the two dances that Zu Xiaosun had established—the civil dance Pacifying the Realm and the martial dance Stirring Virtue. We ask that Pacifying the Realm be renamed Harmonious Governance and Stirring Virtue be renamed Good Victory.

〈（《五代會要》：邊蔚請添召樂師，令在寺習樂。 (According to the Institutional History of the Five Dynasties: Bian Wei asked to recruit additional music masters and have them train at the Directorate of Sacrifices.

廣順中，太常卿邊蔚奉敕定前件祠祭朝會舞名、樂曲、歌詞，寺司合有薄籍，伏恐所定與新法曲調聲韻不協，請下太常寺檢詳校試。 During Guangshun, Director Bian Wei was ordered to fix the dance names, pieces, and lyrics for those sacrifices and assemblies; the directorate should hold the records on file. We fear they may not match the new pitch system and ask that the directorate examine and test them.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu, Emperor Yin · 1 passage

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三月壬戌，竇貞固為大行皇帝山陵使，吏部侍郎段希堯為副，太常卿張昭為禮儀使，兵部侍郎盧價為鹵簿使，御史中丞邊蔚為儀仗使。 On renxu Dou Zhengu directed the late emperor’s tomb works, with Duan Xiyao of the Ministry of Personnel as deputy; Zhang Zhao oversaw the rites, Lu Jia the procession, and Censor-in-Chief Bian Wei the honor guard.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 26Volume 26 Later Tang Biographies 6: Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Kong Qian, Zhang Yanlang, Li Yan, Li Renju, Mao Zhang · 1 passage

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璋初欲拒命，其判官邊蔚切諫諭之，乃聽命。 At first Zhang meant to refuse the transfer. His aide Bian Wei argued him down, and he obeyed.