Wei Chuhou (韋處厚) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Chuhou as an official and statesman. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wei Chuhou	韋處厚	Wei Chuhou
Personal name	Wei Chuhou	韋處厚	Wei Chuhou
Personal	Wei Chuhou	韋處厚

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:181:s0027, xintangshu:175:s0074

Roles

Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 太和二年 · Western Year: AD 828
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0027
Source Date: Text: 敬宗文宗間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 824 · End: AD 828
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0074
Source Date: Text: 韋處厚 · Western Year: AD 828
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0029

Career and standing

Label: Grand Councilor / 宰相 · Action: held
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0027

Places and affiliations

Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0027

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: rebuker · Action: rebuked-envoys-of · Other Person Id: Shi Xiancheng (史憲誠)
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0027

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan · 1 passage

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憲誠嘗遣驍將至闕下，恣爲張大，宰相韋處厚以語折剉之，憲誠不敢復與同捷爲應。 Xiancheng once sent bold generals to the capital who swaggered without restraint; Grand Councilor Wei Chuhou put them down with sharp words, and Xiancheng no longer dared to act in concert with Tongjie.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 1 passage

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憲誠嘗遣驍將至闕下，恣為張大，宰相韋處厚以語折剉之，憲誠不敢復與同捷為應。 Xiancheng once sent bold generals to the capital to boast of his power. Grand Councilor Wei Chuhou rebuked them sharply, and Xiancheng dared not coordinate with Tongjie again.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 2 passages

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詣宰相，厲色慢辭，韋處厚惡之，出為桂管觀察使。 At the chancellors' offices he glared and spoke rudely; Wei Chuhou loathed him and posted him to Guiguan as observation commissioner.

文宗立，韋處厚秉政，詔望因緣險薄，營密職，圖褻幸，讙沸眾議，貶漳州司戶參軍。 Under Wenzong, Wei Chuhou ruled and condemned Wang for scheming toward secret posts and imperial intimacy; the uproar sent him to Zhangzhou as army aide.