Sang Weihan (桑維翰)

Overview

Sang Weihan was a statesman.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 942 to AD 947 出帝朝
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 32

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 56Volume 56 Miscellaneous Biographies 36: He Ning, Zhao Ying, Feng Yu, Lu Zhi, Lü Qi, Xue Rong, He Ze, Wang Quan, Shi Gui, Long Min · 2 passages

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是時，出帝童昏，馮玉、李彥韜等用事，與桑維翰爭權，乃共譖去之，以瑩柔而易制，故復引以為相。 At that time the Deposed Emperor was young and inexperienced. Feng Yu, Li Yantao, and others held power and were locked in a struggle with Sang Weihan. They conspired to remove Sang, and because Ying was gentle and pliable, brought him back as chancellor.

玉除中書舍人盧價為工部侍郎，桑維翰以價資望淺為不可，由是與維翰有隙，維翰由此罷相。 Yu appointed drafting secretary Lu Jia as vice minister of works. Sang Weihan objected that Jia's seniority and reputation were too slight, and a rift opened between them. Weihan was removed from the chancellery as a result.