Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Wei Jin 尉瑾

Attested AD 545 - AD 565

Passages
11
Chapters
5
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Jin as an envoy, official, and statesman. This record brings together 11 passages from 5 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wei Jin 尉瑾 Wei Jin
Courtesy name Anren 安仁 Anren
Given Jin
Personal name Wei Jin 尉瑾
Surname Yu
Personal name Yu Jin 尉瑾 Yu Jin
Personal Yu Jin 尉瑾 Yu Jin

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Envoy
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Yu Qingbin (尉慶賓)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Spouse of Wife of Yu Jin (皮氏女)
    Kinship Term: married / 娶 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active
  • Parent of Yu Dezai (尉德載)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

  • Label: minister of personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointed
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:040:s0009
  • Label: right vice director / 右僕射 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0012
  • Label: secretariat vice-director / 中書舍人 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0006
  • Label: straight attendant / 直後 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0005
  • Label: Secretariat Attendant / 中書舍人 · Action: held

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: could defer to scholars but could not distinguish them; grew harsh and arrogant in high office · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: outwardly eminent but household foul and disorderly; despised by the age · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0014

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 25Volume 25 Biographies 17: Zhang Zuan; Zhang Liang; Zhang Yao; Zhang Qi; Xu Yuan; Wang Jun; Wang Hong · 1 passage
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 30Volume 30 Biographies 22: Cui Xian; Gao Dezheng; Cui Ang · 1 passage
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 40Volume 40 Biographies 32: Yu Jin (Northern Qi); Feng Zicong; Helian Ziyue; Tang Yong; Bai Jian · 7 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 110Volume 104: Author's Preface · 1 passage
Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 159Volume 159 Liang Records 15 · 1 passage