Qin and Han · Censor-in-chief

Wei Wan 衛綰

Attested BC 180 - BC 135

Passages
33
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Wan as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 33 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wei Wan 衛綰 Wei Wan
Posthumous name Marquis Ai 哀侯 Āi Hóu
Title Marquis of Jianling 建陵侯 Jiànlíng Hóu
Title Marquis of Jianling 建陵侯
Given name Wan Wǎn
Surname Wei Wèi
Personal name Wei Wan 衛綰 Wèi Wǎn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 事文帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:055:s0089
  • Source Date: Text: 事文帝 · Western Year: BC 180
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0078
  • Source Date: Text: 吳楚反 · Western Year: BC 154
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0094
  • Source Date: Text: 孝景前六年 · Western Year: BC 151
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0095
  • Source Date: Text: 建元中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 135
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0113
  • Source Date: Text: 建元年中免 · Western Year: BC 140
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0104
  • Source Date: Text: 景帝中六年 · Western Year: BC 144
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:025:s0335

Family

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

Career and standing

  • Label: stunt charioteer / 戲車
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0089
  • Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Commandant of the Capital / 中尉 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0104
  • Label: Commandant / 中尉 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0094
  • Label: general / 將 · Action: appointed
  • Label: gentleman-at-court / 郎 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0089
  • Label: Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince / 太子太傅 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0098
  • Label: Grand Tutor to the Heir Apparent / 太子太傅 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0108
  • Label: Grand Tutor to the King of Hejian / 河閒王太傅 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0093
  • Label: Grand Tutor to the Prince of Hejian / 河間王太傅 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0103
  • Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: dismissed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0113
  • Label: Censor-in-chief / 御史大夫 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:025:s0335
  • Label: mounted attendant (lang) / 郎 · Action: held
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0078
  • Label: Colonel of the Palace Guard / 中郎將 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0078
  • Label: General of the Household / 中郎將 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0089
  • Label: Imperial Clerk / 御史大夫 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0108
  • Label: Imperial Secretary / 御史大夫 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0099
  • Title: Marquis of Jianling / 建陵侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 孝景前六年中 · Western Year: BC 151
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0095
  • Title: Marquis of Jianling / 建陵侯 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0105
  • Title: Marquis Ai (posthumous) / 哀侯 · Action: bestowed
    Explicit · hanshu:055:s0114
  • Status: dismissal · Action: dismissed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元年中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 135
    Explicit · shiji:103:s0104

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 25Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 55Volume 46: The Lords of Wan, Wei, Zhi, Zhou and Zhang · 16 passages
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 103Biographies of Wan Shi and Zhang Shu · 16 passages