Sui and Tang · Official

Wei Tao 韋縚

Attested AD 712 - AD 756

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Tao as a musician and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wei Tao 韋縚 Wei Tao
Title Director of Court Music 太常卿
Title Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常卿
Given Tao 縚 Tao
Surname Wei 韋 Wei
Personal name Wei Tao 韋縚 Wei Tao

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Musician
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 太常卿韋縚 · Western Interval: Start: AD 712 · End: AD 756
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:022:s0071
  • Source Date: Text: 開元二十三年 · Western Year: AD 735
    Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:027:s0085

Career and standing

  • Label: Director of Court Music / 太常卿 · Action: held
    Explicit · xintangshu:022:s0071
  • Label: Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices / 太常卿 · Action: held
    Explicit · jiutangshu:027:s0085

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

References in the histories

Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 27Volume 23 Treatises 3: Rites 3 · 1 passage
Open chapter
二十三年，藉田禮畢，正制曰：「服制之紀，或有所未通，宜令禮官學士詳議聞奏。」太常卿韋縚奏曰：「謹按《儀禮喪服》：舅，緦麻三月。 In the twenty-third year, after the plowing rite was completed, a formal ordinance said: "In the regulations of mourning dress, some points may not yet be fully understood. Let ritual officials and scholars deliberate in detail and report." Wei Tao, Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, memorialized: "Respectfully according to the Ceremonies and Rites, Mourning Dress: for a maternal uncle, fine hemp for three months.
New Book of Tang, Chapter 22Volume 22 Treatises 12: Rites and Music 12 · 1 passage
Open chapter