Wei Juyuan (韋巨源) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wei Juyuan was an official and Statesman.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Illustrious	昭

AD 710 及臨淄王平諸韋，家人請避之，巨源曰：「吾大臣，無容見難不赴。」 / 出都街，亂兵殺之，年八十。
Killed by mutinous troops · At capital street 都街
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 217-218

AD 705 to AD 710 中宗朝宰相
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 129
AD 710 及臨淄王平諸韋，家人請避之，巨源曰：「吾大臣，無容見難不赴。」 / 出都街，亂兵殺之，年八十。
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passages 217-218
AD 708 景龍二年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passages 212-213
AD 690 to AD 705 武後時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 199
AD 705 神龍初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 203

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Wei Zhenbo (韋貞伯)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 198
Descendant of Zong (總)
great-grandson 曾孫 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 197
Kin of Wei Daizhi (韋待價)
close kin 近親
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 222
Kin of Wei Anshi (韋安石)
same lineage 同系
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 197
Child of Father of Wei Juyuan (韋巨源之父)
son 子
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 123, passage 198

Kinship Role clansmen reaching high office · Quantity several tens
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 222

Lineage same lineage as Wei Anshi 與安石同系 · Person Wei Anshi (韋安石)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 197

Associate Grand Councilor 同鳳閣鸞臺平章事
AD 690 to AD 705 武後時 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 199
Vice Director of the Ministry of War 夏官侍郎
AD 690 to AD 705 武後時 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 199
Minister of Personnel with Third Grade equal to the Secretariat 吏部尚書同中書門下三品
AD 705 神龍初 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 203
Minister of Revenue 地官尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 202
prefect of Fu Prefecture 鄜州刺史
Demoted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 201
Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書左仆射
Promoted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 215

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Palace Attendant 侍中
Promoted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 209
Duke of Shu 舒國公
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 209
Great Military Commissioner of Jing Prefecture 荊州大都督
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 219
Special Advancement 特進
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 219
Duke of Shu 舒國公
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 209
implicated in Li Zhaode's case 坐李昭德累
Demotion · Demoted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 201
Retained
Still directed government affairs
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 215

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 129, 199
At Fu Prefecture 鄜州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 201
Organization Wei imperial clan register 屬籍 · Relation Enrolled in
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 210

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 206, 217

Filled offices with chancellors kin
Political · Appointer · With Yang Zaisi (楊再思)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 204
Guided Wei clan to follow Empress Wu precedent
Political · Conspirator · With Empress Wei (韋後)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 214
Promoted five colored cloud omen fraud
AD 708 景龍二年 · Ritual political · Promoter · With Empress Wei (韋後)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passages 212-213
Refused rent remission after flood
Administrative · Opponent of remission · With Wu Sansi (武三思) · At Bei Prefecture 貝州
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 211
Requested empress as secondary and self as final offerer
Ritual · Final offerer
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 216
Sought self preservation without correction
Political · Chancellor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 129

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Withdrew to avoid kin conflict
Political · Subject · With Wei Anshi (韋安石)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 208
Relation Ally of · Person Wu Sansi (武三思)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 220
Relation Ally of · Person Zheng Yin (鄭愔)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 214
Relation Ally of · Person Zong Chuke (宗楚客)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 214
Relation Sworn brother of · Person Empress Wei (韋後)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 210
Relation Ally of · Person Zhao Yanxi (趙延禧)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 214

Assessment governance petty; exacted levies causing resentment · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 200
Assessment had administrative talent · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 199

Chuzhi sought shi Zhao; Yong opposed as undeserved
Field posthumous-name · Witness Person Id Li Yong (李邕)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 220-221