Overview
The translated histories identify Wei Can as a general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 31 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wei Can | 韋粲 | Wei Can |
| Given | Can | 粲 | |
| Given | Can | 粲 | Can |
| Courtesy name | Changqian | 長蒨 | Changqian |
| Title | Lord Wei | 韋公 | Wei gong |
| Title | Marquis of Yongchang | 永昌縣侯 | Yongchang xian hou |
| Surname | Wei | 韋 | Wei |
| Personal name | Wei Can | 韋粲 | Wei Can |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · chenshu:036:s0088, liangshu:043:s0003
Roles
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: killed in battle · Place: Qingtang / 青塘 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Western Year: AD 548
Age
- Age: 54 · Reckoning: East AsianExplicit · liangshu:043:s0059
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 中大同十一年 · Western Year: AD 545Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:043:s0013
- Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:043:s0016, liangshu:043:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Western Year: AD 548
- Source Date: Text: 太清元年 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:043:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 梁世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 502 · End: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:036:s0088
Family
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- Descendant of Wei Rui (韋叡)Kinship Term: grandfather / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson
- Kin of Liu Zhongli (柳仲禮)Kinship Term: cousin by marriage / 外弟 · Union Category: other
- Kin of Wei Ang (昂)Kinship Term: cousin / 從弟 · Line: paternal
- Parent of Wei Zang (臧)Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 1
- Child of Wei Fang (韋放)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
- Parent of Wei Liang (韋諒)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Wei Ni (尼)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Sibling of Wei Zhu (助)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Sibling of Wei Gou (構)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Sibling of Wei Jing (警)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Kinship Role: relatives · Count: 100 · Quantity Note: 數百人 hundreds who diedExplicit · liangshu:043:s0060
Career and standing
- Label: inspector of Hengzhou / 衡州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大同十一年 · Western Year: AD 545Explicit · liangshu:043:s0013
- Label: colonel of the infantry guard / 步兵校尉 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:043:s0008
- Label: commander of the Eastern Palace guard / 東宮領直 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:043:s0008
- Label: General Who Wins the Distant / 招遠將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:043:s0009
- Label: staff adviser to the Prince of Xiangdong of the Anxi Army / 安西湘東王諮議 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:043:s0010
- Label: traveling aide on the staff of the Cloud-Banner Prince of Jin'an / 雲麾晉安王行參軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:043:s0005
- Label: Liang attendant-in-ordinary and protector-general / 梁侍中、護軍將軍 · Action: heldExplicit · chenshu:036:s0088
- Label: regular palace attendant / 散騎常侍 · Action: summoned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit · liangshu:043:s0016
- Label: General Who Guards the Army / 護軍將軍 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · liangshu:043:s0062
- Label: Loyal and Upright / 忠貞 · Action: posthumously-titled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 世祖平侯景 · Western Year: AD 552Explicit · liangshu:043:s0063
- Title: Marquis of Yongchang / 永昌縣侯 · Action: inheritedExplicit · liangshu:043:s0010
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
- Place: Jingzhao / 京兆Strongly inferred · chenshu:036:s0088
- Place: Hengzhou / 衡州 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · liangshu:043:s0013
- Place: Qingtang / 青塘 · Relation: died-atExplicit · liangshu:043:s0059
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · liangshu:043:s0043, liangshu:043:s0044
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: hurried to rescue capital against Hou Jing · Other Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景) · Place: from Luling / 廬陵Explicit · liangshu:043:s0017
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: killed holding Qingtang · Place: Qingtang / 青塘 · Other Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景)Explicit · liangshu:043:s0059, liangshu:043:s0056
- Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Zhang Shuai (張率)Explicit · liangshu:043:s0006
- Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Yu Zhongrong (庾仲容)Explicit · liangshu:043:s0006
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: haughty and proud; men of the day did not regard him as their equal · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:043:s0011
- Kind: physical-description · Statement: eight chi tall, imposing appearanceExplicit · liangshu:043:s0004
References in the histories
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