Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Wei Heng 魏衡

Attested AD 240 - AD 260

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wei Heng was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 240 to AD 260 有名當世
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 8

Family

Kin of Wei Shu (魏舒)
father's cousin / paternal collateral uncle 從叔父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 8
Kin of Father of Wei Shu
paternal cousins 從父兄弟 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 41, passage 8

Career and standing

Personnel Ministry gentleman 吏部郎
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 8
Gentleman of the Personnel Ministry 吏部郎
Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 8

Works and attributed material

If Shu can serve as headman over a few hundred households, I shall ask nothing more!
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Wei Heng (魏衡)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 8

Events and relationships

Set Wei Shu to guard a water powered mill and underestimated him
Household · Guardian kinsman · With Wei Shu (魏舒)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 8
Relation Superior of · Person Wei Shu (魏舒)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 8

Assessments and attributes

Assessment had fame in his age · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 8

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Jin 41, passage 8

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 41Volume 41 Biographies 11: Wei Shu; Li Xi; Liu Shi; Gao Guang · 1 passage

從叔父吏部郎衡，有名當世，亦不之知，使守水碓，每歎曰：「舒堪數百戶長，我願畢矣！」 His paternal uncle Heng, a Personnel Ministry officer celebrated in their day, never recognized his gifts either and set him to mind the water-powered mill, sighing, "If Shu can serve as headman over a few hundred households, I shall ask nothing more!"