Qin and Han · General

Wei Qing 衛青

Attested BC 141 - BC 87

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wei Qing was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 216-217

Family

Sibling of Empress Wei (衛后)
elder brother 兄 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 216

Career and standing

Grand General 大將軍
BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時 · Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 216
Marquis of Changping 長平侯
BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 216
Marquis of Changping 長平侯
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 216

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 216

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Dongguo Xiansheng (東郭先生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 222
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 226

Events and relationships

Campaigned against the Xiongnu
BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時 · Military · Commander · At Yuwu River 余吾水 · Outcome Returned with heads and captives
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 217
Presented five hundred catties of gold
Political · Donor · With Lady Wang (王夫人)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 223
Rewarded with gold
Political · Recipient · With Emperor Wu (武帝)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 217
Relation Advised by · Person Dongguo Xiansheng (東郭先生)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 222, 226

Assessments and attributes

BC 141 to BC 87 武帝時
Item a thousand catties of gold 金千斤 · Relation Bestowed · With Emperor Wu (武帝)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 217
Item five hundred catties of gold 五百金 · Relation Gave · With Lady Wang (王夫人)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 223

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History

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 126Biographies of Jesters · 8 passages

武帝時，大將軍衛青者，衛后兄也，封為長平侯。 In the time of Emperor Wu, the Grand General Wei Qing — brother of Empress Wei — held the title of Marquis of Changping.

將軍出宮門，齊人東郭先生以方士待詔公車，當道遮衛將軍車，拜謁曰：「願白事。」 As the general was leaving the palace, a man from Qi named Dongguo Xiansheng — who had been waiting as a fangshi at the Office of the Public Carriage — stepped into the road and blocked the general's carriage. He bowed and said: "I wish to offer a word of counsel."

將軍止車前，東郭先生旁車言曰：「王夫人新得幸於上，家貧。 The general stopped his carriage, and Dongguo Xiansheng spoke from beside it: "Lady Wang has recently won the emperor's favor, but her family is poor.

今將軍得金千斤，誠以其半賜王夫人之親，人主聞之必喜。 Now the general has received a thousand catties of gold. If you were to present half of it to Lady Wang's family as a gift, the emperor will surely be delighted when he hears of it.

衛將軍謝之曰：「先生幸告之以便計，請奉教。」 General Wei thanked him: "The master has been kind enough to share this excellent counsel. I shall follow your advice."

於是衛將軍乃以五百金為王夫人之親壽。 And so General Wei presented five hundred catties of gold to the family of Lady Wang as a gift.

帝曰：「大將軍不知為此。」 The emperor said: "The Grand General would never have thought of this on his own."

問之安所受計策，對曰：「受之待詔者東郭先生。」 Asked who had given him the idea, the general answered: "It was a scholar-in-waiting by the name of Dongguo Xiansheng."