Qin and Han · Merchant

Wei

Attested BC 33 - BC 1

Passages
1
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

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

Found inBook of Han

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wei Wei
Personal name Wei Wěi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Merchant

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 至成、哀間,臨淄姓偉訾五千萬 · Western Interval: Start: BC 33 · End: BC 1
    Explicit · hanshu:103:s0102

Places and affiliations

Assessments and attributes

  • Item: capital of fifty million / 訾五千萬 · Relation: possessed
    Explicit · hanshu:103:s0102

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 103Volume 91: Usurers · 1 passage