Overview
The translated histories identify Viscount of Wei as a named individual and royal family member. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Viscount of Wei | 微子 | Weizi |
| Title | viscount of Wei | 微子 | |
| Title | Wei | 微子 | |
| Personal | Wei Zi | 微子 | Weizi |
| Personal name | Weizi | 微子 | |
| Personal name | Weizi | 微子 | Weizi |
Identity
- Historicity
- Uncertain
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liangshu:016:s0111
- Sex: maleExplicit · sanguozhi:062:s0100, suishu:043:s0044
Roles
- Named Individual
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · suishu:043:s0044
- Source Date: Text: 商末 · Western Year: BC 1100Explicit · liangshu:016:s0111
- Source Date: Text: 微子先出 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1075 · End: BC 1040Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:062:s0100
Family
- Sibling of King Zhou of Shang (紂)Kinship Term: elder brother / 元兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger brother
- Kin of King Zhou of Shang (紂)Kinship Term: Weizi / 微子 · Relationship State: active
References in the histories
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