Ancient China · Ruler

Kuaire of Wei 衛輒

Wei Zhe

Attested BC 492 - BC 470

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Kuaire of Wei was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 492 to BC 470 衛輒
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 316

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Paternal grandfather of Kuaire of Wei (衛輒王父)
paternal grandfather 王父 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 316

Places and affiliations

Polity Wei 衛 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 316

Events and relationships

Refused throne citing grandfather order
Political · Heir · With Paternal grandfather of Kuaire of Wei (衛輒王父)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 316

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 41Volume 41 Biographies 11: Wei Shu; Li Xi; Liu Shi; Gao Guang · 1 passage

尤精《三傳》，辨正《公羊》，以為衛輒不應辭以王父命，祭仲失為臣之節，舉此二端以明臣子之體，遂行於世。 He mastered the three commentaries on the Spring and Autumn and corrected the Gongyang tradition, arguing that Prince Kuaire of Wei should not have refused the throne citing his grandfather's order and that Zhai Zhong had failed a minister's duty; by these two cases he defined the proper relation of subject to ruler, and his reading won wide acceptance.