Overview
Wei Chen was a Tribal Leader and Ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Jin
Life and dates
Death
- AD 391 後魏師伐之Executed · Agent Wei 魏 · At Dailai 代來Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 9
Attested activity
- AD 383 to AD 385 及堅國亂Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 7
- AD 391 後魏師伐之Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passages 8-9
- AD 357 to AD 385 苻堅以為西單于Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 6
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Baozi (豹子)father 父 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 130, passages 5-6
- Parent of Youdidai (右地代)eldest brother 長兄 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 130, passage 32
- Parent of Helian Bobo (赫連勃勃)father 父 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 6
- Parent of Lishiti (力俟提)his son 其子 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 8
- Parent of Aliluoyin (阿利羅引)younger brother 弟 · paternal lineStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 130, passage 32
Origins and identity
- Xiongnu 匈奴Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 130, passages 2, 6
Career and standing
- overseer of the Hexi barbarian peoples 督攝河西諸虜AD 357 to AD 385 苻堅以為西單于Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 6
- Western Chanyu 西單于AD 357 to AD 385 苻堅以為西單于 · AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 6
- seized and killed 執辰殺之AD 391 後魏師伐之 · ExecutedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 9
Places and affiliations
- AD 357 to AD 385 苻堅以為西單于Polity Former Qin 前秦 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 6
- AD 383 to AD 385 及堅國亂At Shuofang 朔方 · Relation HeldDirectly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 7
- AD 391 後魏師伐之At Dailai 代來 · Relation Captured atDirectly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 9
- AD 357 to AD 385 苻堅以為西單于At Dailai 代來城 · Relation Garrisoned atDirectly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 6
- AD 357 to AD 385 苻堅以為西單于At inside the frontier 塞內 · Relation Settled inDirectly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 6
Events and relationships
- Attacked by WeiAD 391 後魏師伐之 · Military · DefenderDirectly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 8
- Controlled territoryAD 383 to AD 385 及堅國亂 · Military · Ruler · At Shuofang 朔方 · Troops thirty-eight thousand archers 控弦之士三萬八千Directly stated · Book of Jin 130, passage 7
References in the histories
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