Wei Bao 魏豹

Names

Identity

Historicity

Historical

Identification

Named

Sex

Male

• Sex: male
  Strongly inferred · hanshu:048:s0199, shiji:054:s0055, shiji:090:s0001
• Value: male
  Strongly inferred · hanshu:042:s0001

Roles

• General
• Royal Family Member
• Ruler
• Warlord

Family

• Sibling of Wei Jiu (魏咎)
  Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
• Child of Mother of King Bao of Wei
  Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
• Child of Parent of Wei Bao (魏豹之親)
  Kinship Term: parent / 親 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: parent · Object Role: child
• Spouse of Wife of King Bao of Wei
  Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active
• Kin of Wei Jiu (魏咎)
  Kinship Term: younger cousin / 從弟 · Line: paternal · Subject Relative Age: younger · Provenance: Mode: speech · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Gaozu (高祖)

• Kinship Role: heirs · Count: 0 · Negated: true
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0072
• Kinship Role: children · Quantity: unspecified · Note: 妻子—children captured with mother and wife
  Explicit · shiji:054:s0058

Origins and identity

• Label: prince of the royal house of Wei / 故魏諸公子
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0001
• Text: former prince of Wei / 故魏諸公子
  Explicit · hanshu:042:s0001

Career and standing

• Office: King of Wei / 魏王 · Polity Text: Wei
  Explicit · hanshu:048:s0199, hanshu:048:s0201
• Text: King of Wei / 魏王
  Explicit · hanshu:042:s0017
• Text: King of Western Wei / 西魏王
  Explicit · hanshu:042:s0019
• Status: captive · Action: captured · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢王遣韓信擊虜豹於河東 · Western Year: BC 205
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0029
• Title: King of Western Wei / 西魏王 · Place: Hedong / 河東 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢元年 · Western Year: BC 206
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0022
• Title: King of Wei / 魏王 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 豹下魏二十餘城 · Western Year: BC 206
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0020

Places and affiliations

• Label: Han / 漢 · Relation: associated-with
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0023
• Label: Wei / 魏 · Relation: associated-with
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0001
• Polity Text: Wei
  Explicit · hanshu:048:s0199
• Text: Wei / 魏
  Explicit · hanshu:042:s0001, hanshu:042:s0017
• Place: Pingyang / 平陽 · Relation: capital-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢元年 · Western Year: BC 206
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0022

Works and attributed material

• Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Li Yiji (酈食其) · Extent Unit Ids: s0027, s0028 · Provenance: Mode: speech · Speaker Person Id: Wei Bao (魏豹)
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0027, shiji:090:s0028

Events and relationships

• Kind: military · Role: ally · Action: attacked · Place: Pengcheng / 彭城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢王還定三秦 · Western Year: BC 205
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0023
• Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured-cities · Place: Wei territories / 魏地 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 豹下魏二十餘城 · Western Year: BC 206
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0020
• Kind: military · Role: ally · Action: followed · Other Person Id: Xiang Yu (項羽) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 豹引精兵從項羽入關 · Western Year: BC 206
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0021
• Kind: political · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled-against · Other Person Id: Emperor Gaozu (高祖) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢敗，還至滎陽 · Western Year: BC 205
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0024
• Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: rebelled
  Explicit · shiji:054:s0055
• Type: younger-brother · Person Id: Wei Jiu (魏咎)
  Explicit · hanshu:042:s0002

Source notes

• Field: kinship-to-p002 · Statement: Opening narrative calls Wei Jiu Wei Bao's elder brother (兄); King of Han later calls Wei Bao Wei Jiu's younger paternal cousin (從弟).
  Explicit · shiji:090:s0002, shiji:090:s0058