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Overview The translated histories identify Wei Xin as an administrator, official, and scholar. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names Type English Chinese Pinyin
Personal
Wei Xin
魏歆
Wei Xin
Surname
Wei
魏
Wei
Personal
Xin
歆
Xin
Courtesy
Zihu
子胡
Zihu
Identity
Historicity Historical
Identification Named
Sex Male Roles Administrator Official Scholar Life and dates Attested activity Family
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Child of Wei Yan (魏彥) Kinship Term: son / 子Parentage: biologicalSubject Role: fatherObject Role: son
Parent of Wei Yue of Western Han (西漢魏悅) Kinship Term: son / 子Parentage: biologicalSubject Role: fatherObject Role: son
Parent of Wei Yu (魏愉) Kinship Term: son / 子Parentage: biologicalSubject Role: fatherObject Role: son
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Book of Wei, Chapter 110 Volume 104: Author's Preface · 7 passages
彥子歆，字子胡，幼孤有志操，博洽經史，成帝世，位終鉅鹿太守，[2]仍家焉。
Yan's son Xin, styled Zihu, lost his father early but possessed strong character. Well read in the classics and histories, he served during Emperor Cheng's reign and ultimately became Administrator of Julu, [2] where the family established its home.
歆子悅，[3]字處德，性沉厚有度量，宣城公趙國李孝伯見而重之，以女妻焉。
Xin's son Yue, [3] styled Chude, was grave, steady, and broad-minded. Li Xiaobo, Duke of Xuan Cheng in Zhao, took a liking to him and gave him his daughter in marriage.
魏歆仕於漢成帝朝，而其子悅乃仕於元魏太武之世，此理之所必無者。
Wei Xin served under Emperor Cheng of Han, yet his son Yue served under Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei—something that reason flatly cannot accept.
按「成帝世」三字，北史卷五六魏收傳無，當取他書增，據元和姓纂輯本卷八魏氏稱「漢鉅鹿太守歆，居鉅鹿」，錢氏謂成帝謂漢成帝，是。
Examination shows that the phrase "in the reign of Emperor Cheng" does not appear in scroll 56 of the Northern Dynasties; it was likely added from another source. The reconstructed Yuanhe Xingzuan, scroll 8, records under the Wei clan that "Xin, Administrator of Julu under the Han, dwelt in Julu." Qian's identification of Emperor Cheng as Emperor Cheng of Han is correct.
歆子悅 北史卷五六無「歆」字。
In "Xin's son Yue," scroll 56 of the Northern Dynasties omits the character "Xin."
按魏悅為北魏李孝伯壻，魏歆則漢成帝時人，相去四百餘年，豈得為父子。
Wei Yue of Northern Wei was Li Xiaobo's son-in-law, while Wei Xin lived under Emperor Cheng of Han—more than four centuries apart. They cannot have been father and son.
但唐書卷七二中宰相世系表魏氏下稱歆「二子，愉、悅」，則歆有子名悅，亦有旁證。
Yet the Tables of Chancellors' Lineages in scroll 72 of the New Book of Tang records under the Wei clan that Xin "had two sons, Yu and Yue"—so a son named Yue is attested.