Wei Lin (魏璘) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Lin as a diviner. This record brings together 14 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wei Lin	魏璘	Wèi Lín
Personal name	Lin	璘	Lín
Surname	Wei	魏	Wèi
Personal name	Wei Lin	魏璘	Wèi Lín

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0016

Roles

Diviner

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed · Cause: raiders · Place: Wugu tribe / 烏古部
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0036

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 五年 · Note: Tianlu 5 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:108:s0025
Source Date: Text: 應歷中 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Western Interval: Start: AD 951 · End: AD 969
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:108:s0028
Source Date: Text: 天祿元年 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0017
Source Date: Text: 太宗得於汴 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:108:s0016

Career and standing

Status: exile · Action: entered · Place: Wugu tribe / 烏古部
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0032
Status: exile · Action: exiled · Place: Wugu tribe / 烏古部 · Negated Death Sentence: true
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0032

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0016, liaoshi:108:s0017

Works and attributed material

Kind: divination · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Chage (察割) · Quoted: true
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0026
Kind: divination · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0019, liaoshi:108:s0022, liaoshi:108:s0023, liaoshi:108:s0029, liaoshi:108:s0030, liaoshi:108:s0034

Events and relationships

Kind: divination · Role: diviner · Action: divined-usurpation · Other Person Id: Yansage (罨撒葛)
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0032
Kind: death · Role: victim · Action: killed-by-raiders-with-military-commissioner
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0033, liaoshi:108:s0034, liaoshi:108:s0035, liaoshi:108:s0036
Kind: acquisition · Role: acquired-person · Action: obtained-by · Other Person Id: Yaogu (堯骨) · Place: Bian / 汴
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0016
Kind: divination-contest · Role: diviner · Action: predicted-piebald-horse-correctly · Other Person Id: Wang Bai (王白)
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0019, liaoshi:108:s0020, liaoshi:108:s0024
Kind: divination · Role: diviner · Action: predicted-Zhou-defeat-at-Yan
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0028, liaoshi:108:s0029, liaoshi:108:s0030, liaoshi:108:s0031
Kind: divination · Role: diviner · Action: warned-of-one-day-fate · Other Person Id: Chage (察割)
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0025, liaoshi:108:s0026, liaoshi:108:s0027

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: commended by the emperor for correct horse-race prediction · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0024
Assessment: divined for treason and usurpation; crimes unpardonable; preserved as a warning · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:108:s0062, liaoshi:108:s0063