Sui and Tang · Warlord

Lei Yanwei 雷彥威

Attested AD 901

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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Lei Yanwei as a family member and warlord. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Lei Yanwei 雷彥威 Lei Yanwei
Surname Lei Lei
Given Yanwei 彥威 Yanwei

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Family Member
  • Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天復元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 901
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:017:s0221

Family

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  • Child of Lei Man (雷滿)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Lei Yiangong (雷彥恭)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
  • Sibling of Lei Yanxiong (雷彥雄)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

  • Status: seized-power · Action: established-himself · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: New Tang History / 新唐書
    Textual variant · jiuwudaishi:017:s0221

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 17Volume 17 Book of Later Liang 17: Biographies 7: Cheng Rui, Du Hong, Tian Yun, Zhao Kuangning, Zhang Ji, Lei Man · 1 passage