Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Military Officer

Wei Xiangyuan 尉相願

Attested AD 570 - AD 577

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wei Xiangyuan was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 570 及在定陽
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 103
AD 577 正月五日
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 47

Career and standing

subordinate officer 屬
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 103

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 103

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Prince Changgong of Lanling (長恭) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 103, 105, 107, 109

Events and relationships

To respond with palace guard
AD 577 正月五日 · Political · Conspirator
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 47

Assessments and attributes

Assessment charged Changgong with greed and cruelty, then explained it as self-defilement to avoid jealousy after Mang Mountain · Mode quotation Speaker Wei Xiangyuan (尉相願)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 103, 105

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 11Volume 11 Biographies 3: Six Princes of Wenxiang · 5 passages

與呼延族、莫多婁敬顯、尉相願同謀，期正月五日，孝珩於千秋門斬高阿那肱，相願在內以禁兵應之，族與敬顯自遊豫園勒兵出。 He joined with Huyan Zu, Moduolou Jingxian, and Wei Xiangyuan in a common plot, fixing the fifth day of the first month: Xiaoheng was to behead Gao Anaogong at the Gate of a Thousand Autumns; Xiangyuan inside would respond with the forbidden guard; Zu and Jingxian would lead troops out from the Pleasure Garden.

及在定陽，其屬尉相願謂曰：「王既受朝寄，何得如此貪殘？」 When he was at Dingyang, his subordinate Wei Xiangyuan said to him, "Your Highness has received the court's commission — how can you be so greedy and cruel?"

相願曰：「豈不由芒山大捷，恐以威武見忌，欲自穢乎？」 Xiangyuan said, "Is it not because of the great victory at Mang Mountain — fearing that your martial prestige would excite jealousy, and wishing to defile yourself?"

相願曰：「朝廷若忌王，於此犯便當行罰，求福反以速禍。」 Xiangyuan said, "If the court resents Your Highness, for this offense it ought at once to punish you — seeking fortune instead hastens disaster."

相願曰：「王前既有勳，今復告捷，威聲太重，宜屬疾在家，勿預事。」 Xiangyuan said, "Your Highness already had merit before; now you report victory again — your martial renown is too heavy; you ought to plead illness and remain at home, and not take part in affairs."