Sui and Tang · General

Wei Lun 韋倫

Attested AD 752 - AD 760

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Wei Lun was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 752 天寶十一載
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passages 178, 181
AD 760 敗於秦隴
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 32

Key source chapters

New Book of Tang, Chapter 54 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 141 Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao 1 passage

Career and standing

Inner Works Aide 內作判官
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 181

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 181

Works and attributed material

Proposal · Author
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 181

Events and relationships

Hired skilled mint workers
Policy · Proposer · Outcome Corvee reduced output increased
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 181

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 181

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 54Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 · 1 passage

內作判官韋倫請厚價募工，繇是役用減而鼓鑄多。 Inner Works official Wei Lun proposed hiring skilled workers at high wages, reducing corvée while increasing output.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 1 passage

既而沈飲不親事，愔等陰約党項及奴剌、突厥，敗韋倫於秦、隴，殺監軍使。 Later he sank into drink and neglected affairs; Yin and the rest secretly allied with the Tangut, Nulu, and Turks, defeated Wei Lun in Qin and Long, and killed the army supervisor.