Qin and Han · Official

Wei Xiang 魏相

Died BC 59

Passages
38
Chapters
9
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Xiang as an administrator, official, and statesman. This record brings together 38 passages from 9 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wei Xiang 魏相 Wei Xiang
Title Chancellor Wei Xiang 丞相魏相 Chengxiang Wei Xiang
Title Marquis of Gaoping 高平侯
Posthumous name Marquis Xian 憲侯
Courtesy name Ruoweng 弱翁 Ruòwēng
Surname Wei Wèi
Surname Wei
Personal name Wei Xiang 魏相 Wei Xiang
Personal Wei Xiang 魏相 Wèi Xiàng
Personal name Wei Xiang 魏相 Wèi Xiāng
Given Xiang Xiāng
Given name Xiang
Given Xiang
Surname Wei

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 神爵三年 · Western Year: BC 59
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0094

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 地節中 · Western Year: BC 67
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0051
  • Source Date: Text: 孝宣承統 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 48
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
  • Source Date: Text: 宣帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 49
    Explicit · hanshu:090:s0129
  • Source Date: Text: 宣帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 49
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:101:s0085
  • Source Date: Text: 御史大夫魏相 · Western Year: BC 70
    Explicit · hanshu:069:s0207
  • Source Date: Text: 昭宣之際至神爵三年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 59
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0227, hanshu:085:s0094
  • Source Date: Text: 神爵三年 · Western Year: BC 59
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0094

Family

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

Career and standing

  • Label: chancellor / 丞相 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0239
  • Label: governor of Henan / 河南太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0005
  • Label: grand minister of agriculture / 大司農 · Action: appointed
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0227
  • Label: imperial censor / 御史大夫 · Action: appointed
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0227
  • Label: inspector of Yangzhou / 楊州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0017
  • Label: magistrate of Maoling / 茂陵令 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0002
  • Label: remonstrance grandee / 諫大夫 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0022
  • Label: commandery clerk / 郡卒史 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0002
  • Office: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: held
    Explicit · hanshu:082:s0051
  • Office: Imperial Counselor / 御史大夫
    Explicit · hanshu:069:s0207
  • 丞相
    Explicit · hanshu:075:s0135
  • Title: Marquis of Gaoping / 高平侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 800
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0239
  • Label: posthumous title Marquis Xian / 諡曰憲侯 · Action: granted
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0094
  • Status: amnesty · Action: received
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0016
  • Status: imprisonment · Action: entered · Label: commandant of justice's jail / 廷尉獄
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0015

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: general or chancellor (將相) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
  • Assessment: had achievements recounted in their age · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
  • Assessment: stern and firm, less lenient than Bing Ji · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0093

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 68Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 69Volume 59: Zhang Tang · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 82Volume 71: Jun, Shu, Yu, Xue, Ping and Peng · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 85Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji · 29 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 101Volume 89: Upright Officials · 1 passage