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Book of Wei, Chapter 110 Volume 104: Author's Preface · 7 passages
彥子歆，字子胡，幼孤有志操，博洽經史，成帝世，位終鉅鹿太守，[2]仍家焉。
Yan's son Xin, styled Zihu, lost his father early but possessed strong character. Well read in the classics and histories, he served during Emperor Cheng's reign and ultimately became Administrator of Julu, [2] where the family established its home.
歆子悅，[3]字處德，性沉厚有度量，宣城公趙國李孝伯見而重之，以女妻焉。
Xin's son Yue, [3] styled Chude, was grave, steady, and broad-minded. Li Xiaobo, Duke of Xuan Cheng in Zhao, took a liking to him and gave him his daughter in marriage.
收兼通直散騎常侍副王昕聘蕭衍，昕風流文辯，收辭藻富逸，衍及其羣臣咸加敬異。
Shou served as envoy deputy to Wang Xin on a mission to Xiao Yan. Xin was polished and articulate; Shou's prose was rich and fluent. Yan and his entire court treated them with marked respect.
按「成帝世」三字，北史卷五六魏收傳無，當取他書增，據元和姓纂輯本卷八魏氏稱「漢鉅鹿太守歆，居鉅鹿」，錢氏謂成帝謂漢成帝，是。
Examination shows that the phrase "in the reign of Emperor Cheng" does not appear in scroll 56 of the Northern Dynasties; it was likely added from another source. The reconstructed Yuanhe Xingzuan, scroll 8, records under the Wei clan that "Xin, Administrator of Julu under the Han, dwelt in Julu." Qian's identification of Emperor Cheng as Emperor Cheng of Han is correct.
歆子悅 北史卷五六無「歆」字。
In "Xin's son Yue," scroll 56 of the Northern Dynasties omits the character "Xin."
但唐書卷七二中宰相世系表魏氏下稱歆「二子，愉、悅」，則歆有子名悅，亦有旁證。
Yet the Tables of Chancellors' Lineages in scroll 72 of the New Book of Tang records under the Wei clan that Xin "had two sons, Yu and Yue"—so a son named Yue is attested.
疑本有兩魏悅，一是西漢鉅鹿太守歆之子，一是北魏末魏子建之父。
It is likely that two different men named Wei Yue were conflated—one the son of Xin, Administrator of Julu under Western Han, and one the father of Wei Zijian under late Northern Wei.