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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 魏 | Wèi |
| Surname | Wei | 魏 | |
| 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 | 相 | Xiāng |
| Given name | Xiang | 相 | |
| Given | 相 | Xiang | |
| Surname | 魏 | Wei |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:090:s0003
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · hanshu:070:s0061
Roles
- Administrator
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 神爵三年 · Western Year: BC 59Explicit · hanshu:085:s0094
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 地節中 · Western Year: BC 67Explicit · hanshu:082:s0051
- Source Date: Text: 孝宣承統 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 48Explicit · hanshu:068:s0260
- Source Date: Text: 宣帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 49Explicit · hanshu:090:s0129
- Source Date: Text: 宣帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 49Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:101:s0085
- Source Date: Text: 御史大夫魏相 · Western Year: BC 70Explicit · hanshu:069:s0207
- Source Date: Text: 昭宣之際至神爵三年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 59Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0227, hanshu:085:s0094
- Source Date: Text: 神爵三年 · Western Year: BC 59Explicit · 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: appointedExplicit · hanshu:085:s0239
- Label: governor of Henan / 河南太守 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:085:s0005
- Label: grand minister of agriculture / 大司農 · Action: appointedExplicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0227
- Label: imperial censor / 御史大夫 · Action: appointedExplicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0227
- Label: inspector of Yangzhou / 楊州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:085:s0017
- Label: magistrate of Maoling / 茂陵令 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:085:s0002
- Label: remonstrance grandee / 諫大夫 · Action: appointedExplicit · hanshu:085:s0022
- Label: commandery clerk / 郡卒史 · Action: heldExplicit · hanshu:085:s0002
- Office: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: heldExplicit · 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: 800Explicit · hanshu:085:s0239
- Label: posthumous title Marquis Xian / 諡曰憲侯 · Action: grantedExplicit · hanshu:085:s0094
- Status: amnesty · Action: receivedExplicit · hanshu:085:s0016
- Status: imprisonment · Action: entered · Label: commandant of justice's jail / 廷尉獄Explicit · hanshu:085:s0015
Places and affiliations
- Label: Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:085:s0001
- Label: Western Han / 漢 · Relation: servedExplicit · hanshu:068:s0260
- Polity: Han · Relation: official-ofExplicit · hanshu:082:s0051
- Polity: Han / 漢Explicit · hanshu:069:s0207
- Place: Dingtao in Jiyin / 濟陰定陶Explicit · hanshu:085:s0001
- Place: Pingling / 平陵 · Relation: moved-toExplicit · hanshu:085:s0001
Learning and skills
- Subject: Book of Changes / 易Explicit · hanshu:085:s0002, hanshu:085:s0040
- Credential: worthy and good / 賢良 · Action: earnedExplicit · hanshu:085:s0002
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Sealed: true
- Kind: memorial · Role: author
Events and relationships
- Kind: legal · Role: magistrate · Action: executed-impostor · Place: Maoling / 茂陵Explicit · hanshu:085:s0003, hanshu:085:s0004
- Kind: political · Role: remonstrant · Action: halted-xiongnu-campaignExplicit · hanshu:085:s0024, hanshu:085:s0039
- Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Bing Ji (丙吉)Explicit · hanshu:085:s0019
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: general or chancellor (將相) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:068:s0260
- Assessment: had achievements recounted in their age · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:068:s0260
- Assessment: stern and firm, less lenient than Bing Ji · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · hanshu:085:s0093
References in the histories
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