Ancient China · Ruler

Duke Xuan of Wei 衛宣公

Wei Xuan Gong

Attested BC 718 - BC 700

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Xuan of Wei was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 718 to BC 700 宣公前死太子伋
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passage 84

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Mother of Crown Prince Ji (太子伋之母)
consort 妃 · Uncertain
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passages 84-85
Parent of Crown Prince Ji (太子伋)
crown prince 太子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passage 84
Parent of Qian Mou (黔牟)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passages 84-85
Parent of Zhao Bo Wan (昭伯頑)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passages 84-85

Places and affiliations

Polity Wei 衛 · Relation Of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passage 84

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passage 84

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 37House of Wei Kang Shu · 1 passage

初，翟殺懿公也，衛人憐之，思復立宣公前死太子伋之後，伋子又死，而代伋死者子壽又無子。 Initially, when the Di killed Duke Yi, the people of Wei pitied him and thought of again installing a descendant of Duke Xuan’s deceased former crown prince Ji. Ji’s son had also died, and Shou, who had died in Ji’s place, also had no son.