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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 綰 | Wǎn |
| Surname | Wei | 衛 | Wèi |
| Personal name | Wei Wan | 衛綰 | Wèi Wǎn |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · hanshu:055:s0089, shiji:103:s0077
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: died / 薨Explicit · hanshu:055:s0114
- Explicit · shiji:103:s0105
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 事文帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:055:s0089
- Source Date: Text: 事文帝 · Western Year: BC 180Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0078
- Source Date: Text: 吳楚反 · Western Year: BC 154Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0094
- Source Date: Text: 孝景前六年 · Western Year: BC 151Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0095
- Source Date: Text: 建元中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 135Explicit · hanshu:055:s0113
- Source Date: Text: 建元年中免 · Western Year: BC 140Explicit event contextual date · shiji:103:s0104
- Source Date: Text: 景帝中六年 · Western Year: BC 144Explicit 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
- Kinship Role: sons · Count: 1Explicit · shiji:103:s0105
Career and standing
- Label: stunt charioteer / 戲車Explicit · hanshu:055:s0089
- Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0109, shiji:103:s0100
- Label: Commandant of the Capital / 中尉 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0104
- Label: Commandant / 中尉 · Action: appointedExplicit · shiji:103:s0094
- Label: general / 將 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0104, shiji:103:s0094
- Label: gentleman-at-court / 郎 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0089
- Label: Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince / 太子太傅 · Action: appointedExplicit · shiji:103:s0098
- Label: Grand Tutor to the Heir Apparent / 太子太傅 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0108
- Label: Grand Tutor to the King of Hejian / 河閒王太傅 · Action: appointedExplicit · shiji:103:s0093
- Label: Grand Tutor to the Prince of Hejian / 河間王太傅 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0103
- Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: dismissedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0113
- Label: Censor-in-chief / 御史大夫 · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:025:s0335
- Label: mounted attendant (lang) / 郎 · Action: heldExplicit · shiji:103:s0078
- Label: Colonel of the Palace Guard / 中郎將 · Action: promotedExplicit · shiji:103:s0078
- Label: General of the Household / 中郎將 · Action: promotedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0089
- Label: Imperial Clerk / 御史大夫 · Action: promotedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0108
- Label: Imperial Secretary / 御史大夫 · Action: promotedExplicit · 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 151Explicit · shiji:103:s0095
- Title: Marquis of Jianling / 建陵侯 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0105
- Title: Marquis Ai (posthumous) / 哀侯 · Action: bestowedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0114
- Status: dismissal · Action: dismissed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元年中 · Western Interval: Start: BC 140 · End: BC 135Explicit · shiji:103:s0104
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:055:s0089
- Polity: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · shiji:103:s0078
- Place: Daling in Dai / 代大陵Explicit · hanshu:055:s0089, shiji:103:s0077
Works and attributed material
- Kind: joint memorial · Role: co-author · Quoted: true · Addressee Person Id: Emperor Jing of Han (景帝) · Topic: specifications and administration of flogging rods
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-rebels · Place: Wu and Chu revolt / 吳楚Explicit · hanshu:055:s0104
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Place: Wu and Chu / 吳楚Explicit · shiji:103:s0094
- Relation: predecessor-of · Person Id: Liu She (劉舍) · Note: succeeded She as Chancellor - actually Wan succeeded SheExplicit · shiji:103:s0100
- Relation: tutor-of · Person Id: Che (徹)Explicit · shiji:103:s0098
- Relation: successor-of · Person Id: Liu She (劉舍)Explicit · hanshu:055:s0109
- Relation: tutor-of · Person Id: King of Hejian (河閒王)Explicit · shiji:103:s0093
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: incorrupt, loyal, without other designs · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Xiaojing (孝景皇帝)Explicit · hanshu:055:s0103
- Assessment: incorruptible-loyal-sincere · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Source Person Id: Emperor Xiaojing (孝景皇帝)Explicit · shiji:103:s0093
- Item: six swords from Emperor Wen / 先帝賜劍凡六 · Relation: possessed
- Explicit · shiji:103:s0086
References in the histories
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