Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Calligrapher and Official

Wei Dan 韋仲將

Wei Zhongjiang

Attested AD 220 - AD 265

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wei Dan was a Calligrapher and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 220 to AD 265 魏時
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 281-282

Family

Kinship Role sons and younger brothers · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 283

Places and affiliations

Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 281, 284

Events and relationships

Wrote Lingyun Hall plaque from scaffold
AD 220 to AD 265 魏時 · Artistic · Calligrapher
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 281-282

Assessments and attributes

Assessment a great minister of Wei; if the scaffold story were true it would show Wei virtue was not long · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Wang Xianzhi (王獻之)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 284-285

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi · 2 passages

太元中，新起太極殿，安欲使獻之題榜，以為萬代寶，而難言之，試謂曰：「魏時陵雲殿榜未題，而匠者誤釘之，不可下，乃使韋仲將懸橙書之。 During the Taiyuan era the new Hall of the Supreme Ultimate was raised. Xie An wanted Xianzhi to write the hall plaque—a treasure for all time—but hesitated to ask outright. He began obliquely: "Under Wei, the Lingyun Hall plaque was nailed up before anyone had brushed the characters. When the board could not be removed, they had Wei Dan hoisted on a scaffold to write it.

獻之揣知其旨，正色曰：「仲將，魏之大臣，甯有此事！ Xianzhi saw the point and answered gravely, "Zhongjiang was a high minister of Wei—such a story cannot be true.