Sui and Tang · Statesman and Imperial Son-in-law

Wei Baoheng 韋保衡

Wéi Bǎohéng

Attested AD 860 - AD 873

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Baoheng as a royal family member and statesman. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wei Baoheng 韋保衡 Wéi Bǎohéng
Courtesy Yunyong 蘊用 Yùnyòng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Wei Que (韋愨)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Princess Tongchang (同昌公主)
    Kinship Term: married / 尚 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
  • Sibling of Wei Baoyi (韋保乂)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political-retaliation · Action: dismissed Yu Ji and Xiao Gun for having slighted him
  • Kind: political · Action: drove out Yang Shou and overthrew Lu Yan

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: shallow and arbitrary in promoting favorites and excluding enemies · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 184Volume 184 Biographies 109: Ma, Yang, Lu, Lu · 6 passages