Five Dynasties · Official

Wei Shuo 韋說

Attested AD 926 - AD 927

Passages
6
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Shuo as an official, statesman, and teacher. This record brings together 6 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wei Shuo 韋說 Wei Shuo
Given name Shuo Shuo
Personal name Wei Shuo 韋說 Wei Shuo
Personal Wei Yue 韋說 Wei Yue
Given Yue
Surname Wei

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Statesman
  • Teacher

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Parent of Wei Tao (韋濤)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐同光四年 · Western Year: AD 926

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: instigator · Action: had-student-Wang-Song-memorial-against-prior-reform · Other Person Id: Wang Song (王松) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐同光四年 · Western Year: AD 926
  • Kind: political · Role: approver · Action: supported-Guo-Chongtao-selection-reform · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐同光四年 · Western Year: AD 926
  • Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: Wang Song (王松)

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: blamed selection reform on Guo Chongtao when asked by relatives and friends · Provenance: Mode: narrator-report
  • Assessment: condemned for having student Wang Song reverse Guo Chongtao's selection reforms after his execution · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

Source notes

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 37Volume 37 Book of Later Tang 13: Mingzong Annals 3 · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao · 3 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 148Volume 148: Treatises 10 Selection of Officials · 2 passages